Rep. Michelle Mussman
Filed: 3/7/2023
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2118
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2118 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 635/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 22-50)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. Possession of hypodermic syringes and needles.
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| 8 | (a) (Blank). Except as provided in subsection (b), no | ||||||
| 9 | person, not being a
physician,
dentist, chiropodist or
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| 10 | veterinarian licensed under the laws of this State or of the | ||||||
| 11 | state where he
resides, or a registered professional nurse, or | ||||||
| 12 | a registered embalmer,
manufacturer or dealer in embalming | ||||||
| 13 | supplies, wholesale druggist,
manufacturing pharmacist, | ||||||
| 14 | registered pharmacist, manufacturer of surgical
instruments, | ||||||
| 15 | industrial user, official of any government having possession
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| 16 | of the articles hereinafter mentioned by reason of his or her | ||||||
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| 1 | official duties,
nurse or a medical laboratory technician | ||||||
| 2 | acting under the direction of a
physician or dentist, employee | ||||||
| 3 | of an incorporated hospital acting under the
direction of its | ||||||
| 4 | superintendent or officer in immediate charge, or a
carrier or | ||||||
| 5 | messenger engaged in the transportation of the articles, or | ||||||
| 6 | the
holder of a permit issued under Section 5 of this Act, or a | ||||||
| 7 | farmer
engaged in the use of the instruments on livestock, or a | ||||||
| 8 | person engaged in
chemical, clinical, pharmaceutical or other | ||||||
| 9 | scientific research, or a staff person, volunteer, or | ||||||
| 10 | participant in a needle or hypodermic syringe access program, | ||||||
| 11 | shall have
in his or her possession a hypodermic syringe, | ||||||
| 12 | hypodermic needle, or any
instrument adapted for the use of | ||||||
| 13 | controlled substances or cannabis by
subcutaneous injection.
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| 14 | (b) A person who is at least 18 years of age may purchase | ||||||
| 15 | from any supplier a pharmacy
and have in his or her possession | ||||||
| 16 | any amount of up to 100
hypodermic
syringes or needles.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 100-326, eff. 1-1-18; 101-356, eff. 8-9-19.)
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| 18 | (720 ILCS 635/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 22-51)
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| 19 | Sec. 2. Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles.
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| 20 | (a) (Blank). Except
as provided in subsection (b), no | ||||||
| 21 | syringe, needle or instrument shall
be delivered or sold
to, | ||||||
| 22 | or exchanged with, any person except a registered pharmacist,
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| 23 | physician, dentist, veterinarian, registered embalmer, | ||||||
| 24 | manufacturer or
dealer in embalming supplies, wholesale | ||||||
| 25 | druggist, manufacturing pharmacist,
industrial user, a nurse | ||||||
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| 1 | upon the written order of a physician or dentist,
the holder of | ||||||
| 2 | a permit issued under Section 5 of this Act, a registered
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| 3 | chiropodist, or an employee of an incorporated hospital upon | ||||||
| 4 | the written
order of its superintendent or officer in | ||||||
| 5 | immediate charge; provided that
the provisions of this Act | ||||||
| 6 | shall not prohibit the sale, possession or use
of hypodermic | ||||||
| 7 | syringes or hypodermic needles for treatment of livestock or
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| 8 | poultry by the owner or keeper thereof or a person engaged in | ||||||
| 9 | chemical,
clinical, pharmaceutical or other scientific | ||||||
| 10 | research, or a staff person, volunteer, or participant in a | ||||||
| 11 | needle or hypodermic syringe access program.
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| 12 | (b) Any supplier A pharmacist may sell any amount of | ||||||
| 13 | up to 100 sterile hypodermic syringes or needles
to any a | ||||||
| 14 | person
who is
at least 18 years of age.
A syringe or needle | ||||||
| 15 | sold under this subsection
(b) must be
stored at a
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| 16 | pharmacy
and in a manner that limits access to the | ||||||
| 17 | syringes or needles to pharmacists
employed at
the
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| 18 | pharmacy and any persons designated by the pharmacists. A | ||||||
| 19 | syringe or
needle sold
at a
pharmacy under this subsection | ||||||
| 20 | (b) may be sold only from the pharmacy
department
of the | ||||||
| 21 | pharmacy.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 100-326, eff. 1-1-18; 101-356, eff. 8-9-19.)
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| 23 | (720 ILCS 635/5 rep.) | ||||||
| 24 | Section 10. The Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act is | ||||||
| 25 | amended by repealing Section 5.".
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