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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 508 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 570/508) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1508)
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| 7 | Sec. 508.
(a) The Department shall encourage research on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | controlled
substances. In connection with the research, and in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | furtherance of the
purposes of this Act, the Department may:
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| 10 | (1) establish methods to assess accurately the effect | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | of controlled
substances and identify and characterize | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | those with potential for abuse;
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| 13 | (2) make studies and undertake programs of research to:
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| 14 | (i) develop new or improved approaches, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | techniques, systems, equipment
and devices to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | strengthen the enforcement of this Act;
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| 17 | (ii) determine patterns of use, misuse, and abuse | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | of controlled
substances and their social effects; and
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| 19 | (iii) improve methods for preventing, predicting, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | understanding, and
dealing with the use, misuse and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | abuse of controlled substances; and
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| 22 | (3) enter into contracts with public agencies, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | educational institutions,
and private organizations or | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | individuals for the purpose of conducting
research, | ||||||
| 2 | demonstrations, or special projects which relate to the | ||||||
| 3 | use,
misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
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| 4 | (b) Persons authorized to engage in research may be | ||||||
| 5 | authorized by the
Department to protect the privacy of | ||||||
| 6 | individuals who are
the subjects of such research by | ||||||
| 7 | withholding from all persons not connected
with the conduct of | ||||||
| 8 | the research the names and other identifying
characteristics of | ||||||
| 9 | such individuals. Persons who are given this
authorization | ||||||
| 10 | shall not be compelled in any civil, criminal,
administrative, | ||||||
| 11 | legislative or other proceeding to identify the individuals
who | ||||||
| 12 | are the subjects of research for which the authorization was | ||||||
| 13 | granted,
except to the extent necessary to permit the | ||||||
| 14 | Department to
determine whether the research is being conducted | ||||||
| 15 | in accordance with the
authorization.
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| 16 | (c) The Department may authorize the possession and | ||||||
| 17 | dispensing of
controlled substances by persons engaged in | ||||||
| 18 | research, upon such terms and
conditions as may be consistent | ||||||
| 19 | with the public health and safety. The
Department may also | ||||||
| 20 | approve research and treatment
programs involving the | ||||||
| 21 | administration of Methadone. The use of Methadone,
or any | ||||||
| 22 | similar controlled substance by any person is prohibited in | ||||||
| 23 | this
State except as approved and authorized by the Department
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| 24 | in accordance with its rules and regulations. To the extent of | ||||||
| 25 | the
applicable authorization, persons are exempt from | ||||||
| 26 | prosecution in this State
for possession, manufacture or | ||||||
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| 1 | delivery of controlled substances.
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| 2 | (c-5) A treatment program involving the administration of | ||||||
| 3 | Methadone under this Section may not be located within 1,000 | ||||||
| 4 | feet of a school building or real property comprising any | ||||||
| 5 | school that persons under 18 years of age attend. For purposes | ||||||
| 6 | of this subsection (c-5), "school" means a public or private | ||||||
| 7 | pre-school, elementary, or secondary school. A home rule unit | ||||||
| 8 | may not regulate Methadone clinics in a manner that is less | ||||||
| 9 | restrictive than the manner provided in this subsection (c-5). | ||||||
| 10 | This subsection (c-5) is a limitation under subsection (i) of | ||||||
| 11 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | ||||||
| 12 | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | ||||||
| 13 | exercised by the State. | ||||||
| 14 | (d) Practitioners registered under Federal law to conduct | ||||||
| 15 | research with
Schedule I substances may conduct research with | ||||||
| 16 | Schedule I substances within
this State upon furnishing | ||||||
| 17 | evidence of that Federal registration and notification
of the | ||||||
| 18 | scope and purpose of such research to the Department.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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