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SB3359 Engrossed |
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LRB096 20511 RLC 36192 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 12-10.3 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/12-10.3 new) |
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| Sec. 12-10.3. Scleral tattooing prohibited. |
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| (a) For the purpose of this Section, "scleral tattooing" |
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| means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on |
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| the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or |
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| under the fornix conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva, ocular |
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| conjunctiva, or other ocular surface using needles, scalpels or |
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| other related equipment. |
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| (b) It is unlawful for any person to perform or offer to |
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| perform scleral tattooing upon a person. |
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| (c) This Section does not apply to an act of a physician |
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| licensed to practice medicine in all its branches performed in |
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| the course of practice of the physician according to the |
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| customs and standards of the practice of medicine. |
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| (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty |
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| of a Class A misdemeanor.
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