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92_HB6049

 
                                               LRB9214274DJgc

 1        AN ACT in relation to health.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 16.10 as follows:

 6        (410 ILCS 620/16.10 new)
 7        Sec.  16.10.  Prescription  drug  directions;   aged   or
 8    impaired person. Upon the request of a person who is 60 years
 9    of  age  or  older  or  who  is  blind  or otherwise visually
10    impaired, when a  person  dispenses  a  drug  by  filling  or
11    refilling  a  written  or oral prescription of a practitioner
12    licensed by law to administer the drug, the person must affix
13    to the drug container a label stating the directions for  the
14    drug's  use  in  a  print  size  that  allows no more than 10
15    characters per inch. In addition, the person  dispensing  the
16    drug must orally explain the directions for the drug's use to
17    the person to whom the drug is dispensed.

18        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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