103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1413

 

Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Sue Rezin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Sale of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has completed a verification process with specified requirements.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sale
5of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "social media" has the
7same meaning as defined in Section 6-5 of the Liquor Control
8Act of 1934.
 
9    Section 10. Sale of pharmaceuticals on social media;
10verification process. Notwithstanding any other provision of
11law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a
12pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has
13completed the following verification process:
14        (1) the individual shall submit an image of both the
15    front and back of the individual's state-issued
16    identification card to the social media platform upon or
17    through which the pharmaceutical is to be sold or
18    advertised;
19        (2) a disclaimer must be included in any advertisement
20    for the pharmaceutical on the social media platform that
21    clearly discloses the name of the individual selling the
22    pharmaceutical;

 

 

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1        (3) the individual must be identified on the social
2    media page upon which the pharmaceutical is being sold or
3    advertised; and
4        (4) the individual must display a disclaimer on the
5    individual's main page on the social media platform
6    stating that the owner or operator sells or advertises the
7    pharmaceutical on that social media platform.