96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5115

 

Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Creates the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a prescription drug repository program, under which a healthcare facility may donate a prescription drug or supplies needed to administer a prescription drug for use by an individual who meets eligibility criteria specified by the Department. Sets forth requirements that prescription drugs or supplies must meet in order to be accepted and dispensed under the program. Provides that no drugs or supplies donated under the prescription drug repository program may be resold. Provides that nothing in the Act requires that a pharmacy or pharmacist participate in the prescription drug repository program. Provides for civil and criminal immunity for drug and supply manufacturers and pharmacists in relation to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of prescription drugs or supplies under the prescription drug repository program. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act, the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort Claims Act to provide that persons engaged in donating or accepting, or packaging, repackaging, or labeling, prescription drugs to the extent permitted or required under the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act are exempt from provisions of those other Acts that might prohibit or otherwise regulate such activity.


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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7     "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
8     "Dispense" has the meaning given to that term in the
9 Pharmacy Practice Act.
10     "Healthcare facility" means an assisted living facility,
11 hospice, rehabilitation facility, or long-term care facility.
12     "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed to engage in the
13 practice of pharmacy under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14     "Pharmacy" means a pharmacy registered in this State under
15 the Pharmacy Practice Act.
16     "Practitioner" means a person licensed in this State to
17 prescribe and administer drugs or licensed in another state and
18 recognized by this State as a person authorized to prescribe
19 and administer drugs.
20     "Prescription drug" means any prescribed drug that may be
21 legally dispensed by a pharmacy. "Prescription drug" does not
22 include drugs for the treatment of cancer that can only be
23 dispensed to a patient registered with the drug manufacturer in

 

 

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1 accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration
2 requirements.
3     "Program" means the prescription drug repository program
4 established under this Act.
 
5     Section 10. Prescription drug repository program. The
6 Department shall establish and maintain a prescription drug
7 repository program, under which a healthcare facility may
8 donate a prescription drug or supplies needed to administer a
9 prescription drug for use by an individual who meets
10 appropriate eligibility criteria. Donations may be made on the
11 premises of a pharmacy that elects to participate in the
12 program and meets appropriate requirements. The pharmacy may
13 charge an individual who receives a prescription drug or
14 supplies needed to administer a prescription drug under this
15 Act a handling fee that may not exceed an appropriate amount. A
16 pharmacy that receives a donated prescription drug or supplies
17 needed to administer a prescription drug under this Act may
18 distribute the prescription drug or supplies to another
19 eligible pharmacy for use under the program.
 
20     Section 15. Requirements for accepting and dispensing
21 prescription drugs and supplies. A prescription drug or
22 supplies needed to administer a prescription drug may be
23 accepted and dispensed under the program only if all of the
24 following requirements are met:

 

 

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1         (1) The prescription drug or supplies needed to
2     administer a prescription drug are in their original,
3     unopened, sealed, and tamper-evident unit-dose packaging
4     or, if packaged in single-unit doses, the single-unit-dose
5     packaging is unopened.
6         (2) The prescription drug bears an expiration date that
7     is later than 6 months after the date that the drug was
8     donated.
9         (3) The prescription drug or supplies needed to
10     administer a prescription drug are not adulterated or
11     misbranded, as determined by a pharmacist employed by, or
12     under contract with, the pharmacy where the drug or
13     supplies are accepted or dispensed. The pharmacist must
14     inspect the drug or supplies before the drug or supplies
15     are dispensed.
16         (4) The prescription drug or supplies needed to
17     administer a prescription drug are prescribed by a
18     practitioner for use by an eligible individual.
 
19     Section 20. Resale of donated drugs or supplies prohibited.
20 No prescription drug or supplies needed to administer a
21 prescription drug that are donated for use under this Act may
22 be resold.
 
23     Section 25. Participation in program not required. Nothing
24 in this Act requires that a pharmacy or pharmacist participate

 

 

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1 in the prescription drug repository program.
 
2     Section 30. Immunity.
3     (a) Except in cases of willful and wanton misconduct, a
4 manufacturer of a drug or supply is not subject to criminal or
5 civil liability for injury, death, or loss to a person or
6 property for matters related to the donation, acceptance, or
7 dispensing of a prescription drug or supply manufactured by the
8 manufacturer that is donated under this Act, including
9 liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or
10 consumer information or the expiration date of the donated
11 prescription drug. The provisions of this subsection shall
12 apply only to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of drugs
13 or supplies provided without fee or compensation. Immunity
14 granted under this subsection is solely applicable to the
15 donation, acceptance, or dispensing of a drug or supply under
16 this Act and is not a general waiver of liability that would
17 have existed under the original prescription.
18     (b) A pharmacist or other health care professional working
19 in a pharmacy participating in the program dispensing,
20 furnishing, or otherwise providing in good faith without fee or
21 compensation donated prescription drugs to eligible
22 individuals under this Act shall not be subject to professional
23 or civil liability, except for willful or wanton misconduct.
 
24     Section 90. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by

 

 

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1 changing Section 4 as follows:
 
2     (225 ILCS 85/4)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4124)
3     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
4     Sec. 4. Exemptions. Nothing contained in any Section of
5 this Act shall apply to, or in any manner interfere with:
6     (a) the lawful practice of any physician licensed to
7 practice medicine in all of its branches, dentist, podiatrist,
8 veterinarian, or therapeutically or diagnostically certified
9 optometrist within the limits of his or her license, or prevent
10 him or her from supplying to his or her bona fide patients such
11 drugs, medicines, or poisons as may seem to him appropriate;
12     (b) the sale of compressed gases;
13     (c) the sale of patent or proprietary medicines and
14 household remedies when sold in original and unbroken packages
15 only, if such patent or proprietary medicines and household
16 remedies be properly and adequately labeled as to content and
17 usage and generally considered and accepted as harmless and
18 nonpoisonous when used according to the directions on the
19 label, and also do not contain opium or coca leaves, or any
20 compound, salt or derivative thereof, or any drug which,
21 according to the latest editions of the following authoritative
22 pharmaceutical treatises and standards, namely, The United
23 States Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary (USP/NF), the United
24 States Dispensatory, and the Accepted Dental Remedies of the
25 Council of Dental Therapeutics of the American Dental

 

 

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1 Association or any or either of them, in use on the effective
2 date of this Act, or according to the existing provisions of
3 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and Regulations of the
4 Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug
5 Administration, promulgated thereunder now in effect, is
6 designated, described or considered as a narcotic, hypnotic,
7 habit forming, dangerous, or poisonous drug;
8     (d) the sale of poultry and livestock remedies in original
9 and unbroken packages only, labeled for poultry and livestock
10 medication;
11     (e) the sale of poisonous substances or mixture of
12 poisonous substances, in unbroken packages, for nonmedicinal
13 use in the arts or industries or for insecticide purposes;
14 provided, they are properly and adequately labeled as to
15 content and such nonmedicinal usage, in conformity with the
16 provisions of all applicable federal, state and local laws and
17 regulations promulgated thereunder now in effect relating
18 thereto and governing the same, and those which are required
19 under such applicable laws and regulations to be labeled with
20 the word "Poison", are also labeled with the word "Poison"
21 printed thereon in prominent type and the name of a readily
22 obtainable antidote with directions for its administration;
23     (f) the delegation of limited prescriptive authority by a
24 physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to
25 a physician assistant under Section 7.5 of the Physician
26 Assistant Practice Act of 1987. This delegated authority under

 

 

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1 Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
2 may, but is not required to, include prescription of controlled
3 substances, as defined in Article II of the Illinois Controlled
4 Substances Act, in accordance with a written supervision
5 agreement; and
6     (g) the delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician
7 licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or a licensed
8 podiatrist to an advanced practice nurse in accordance with a
9 written collaborative agreement under Sections 65-35 and 65-40
10 of the Nurse Practice Act; and .
11     (h) the donation or acceptance, or the packaging,
12 repackaging, or labeling, of prescription drugs to the extent
13 permitted or required under the Prescription Drug Repository
14 Program Act.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 96-189, eff. 8-10-09;
16 96-268, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
17     Section 91. The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act
18 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
19     (225 ILCS 120/15)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8301-15)
20     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
21     Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
22     "Authentication" means the affirmative verification,
23 before any wholesale distribution of a prescription drug
24 occurs, that each transaction listed on the pedigree has

 

 

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1 occurred.
2     "Authorized distributor of record" means a wholesale
3 distributor with whom a manufacturer has established an ongoing
4 relationship to distribute the manufacturer's prescription
5 drug. An ongoing relationship is deemed to exist between a
6 wholesale distributor and a manufacturer when the wholesale
7 distributor, including any affiliated group of the wholesale
8 distributor, as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue
9 Code, complies with the following:
10         (1) The wholesale distributor has a written agreement
11     currently in effect with the manufacturer evidencing the
12     ongoing relationship; and
13         (2) The wholesale distributor is listed on the
14     manufacturer's current list of authorized distributors of
15     record, which is updated by the manufacturer on no less
16     than a monthly basis.
17     "Blood" means whole blood collected from a single donor and
18 processed either for transfusion or further manufacturing.
19     "Blood component" means that part of blood separated by
20 physical or mechanical means.
21     "Board" means the State Board of Pharmacy of the Department
22 of Professional Regulation.
23     "Chain pharmacy warehouse" means a physical location for
24 prescription drugs that acts as a central warehouse and
25 performs intracompany sales or transfers of the drugs to a
26 group of chain or mail order pharmacies that have the same

 

 

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1 common ownership and control. Notwithstanding any other
2 provision of this Act, a chain pharmacy warehouse shall be
3 considered part of the normal distribution channel.
4     "Co-licensed partner or product" means an instance where
5 one or more parties have the right to engage in the
6 manufacturing or marketing of a prescription drug, consistent
7 with the FDA's implementation of the Prescription Drug
8 Marketing Act.
9     "Department" means the Department of Financial and
10 Professional Regulation.
11     "Drop shipment" means the sale of a prescription drug to a
12 wholesale distributor by the manufacturer of the prescription
13 drug or that manufacturer's co-licensed product partner, that
14 manufacturer's third party logistics provider, or that
15 manufacturer's exclusive distributor or by an authorized
16 distributor of record that purchased the product directly from
17 the manufacturer or one of these entities whereby the wholesale
18 distributor or chain pharmacy warehouse takes title but not
19 physical possession of such prescription drug and the wholesale
20 distributor invoices the pharmacy, chain pharmacy warehouse,
21 or other person authorized by law to dispense or administer
22 such drug to a patient and the pharmacy, chain pharmacy
23 warehouse, or other authorized person receives delivery of the
24 prescription drug directly from the manufacturer, that
25 manufacturer's third party logistics provider, or that
26 manufacturer's exclusive distributor or from an authorized

 

 

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1 distributor of record that purchased the product directly from
2 the manufacturer or one of these entities.
3     "Drug sample" means a unit of a prescription drug that is
4 not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the sale of
5 the drug.
6     "Facility" means a facility of a wholesale distributor
7 where prescription drugs are stored, handled, repackaged, or
8 offered for sale.
9     "FDA" means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
10     "Manufacturer" means a person licensed or approved by the
11 FDA to engage in the manufacture of drugs or devices,
12 consistent with the definition of "manufacturer" set forth in
13 the FDA's regulations and guidances implementing the
14 Prescription Drug Marketing Act. "Manufacturer" does not
15 include anyone who is engaged in the packaging, repackaging, or
16 labeling of prescription drugs only to the extent required
17 under the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
18     "Manufacturer's exclusive distributor" means anyone who
19 contracts with a manufacturer to provide or coordinate
20 warehousing, distribution, or other services on behalf of a
21 manufacturer and who takes title to that manufacturer's
22 prescription drug, but who does not have general responsibility
23 to direct the sale or disposition of the manufacturer's
24 prescription drug. A manufacturer's exclusive distributor must
25 be licensed as a wholesale distributor under this Act and, in
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1 must also be an authorized distributor of record.
2     "Normal distribution channel" means a chain of custody for
3 a prescription drug that goes, directly or by drop shipment,
4 from (i) a manufacturer of the prescription drug, (ii) that
5 manufacturer to that manufacturer's co-licensed partner, (iii)
6 that manufacturer to that manufacturer's third party logistics
7 provider, or (iv) that manufacturer to that manufacturer's
8 exclusive distributor to:
9         (1) a pharmacy or to other designated persons
10     authorized by law to dispense or administer the drug to a
11     patient;
12         (2) a wholesale distributor to a pharmacy or other
13     designated persons authorized by law to dispense or
14     administer the drug to a patient;
15         (3) a wholesale distributor to a chain pharmacy
16     warehouse to that chain pharmacy warehouse's intracompany
17     pharmacy to a patient or other designated persons
18     authorized by law to dispense or administer the drug to a
19     patient;
20         (4) a chain pharmacy warehouse to the chain pharmacy
21     warehouse's intracompany pharmacy or other designated
22     persons authorized by law to dispense or administer the
23     drug to the patient;
24         (5) an authorized distributor of record to one other
25     authorized distributor of record to an office-based health
26     care practitioner authorized by law to dispense or

 

 

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1     administer the drug to the patient; or
2         (6) an authorized distributor to a pharmacy or other
3     persons licensed to dispense or administer the drug.
4     "Pedigree" means a document or electronic file containing
5 information that records each wholesale distribution of any
6 given prescription drug from the point of origin to the final
7 wholesale distribution point of any given prescription drug.
8     "Person" means and includes a natural person, partnership,
9 association or corporation.
10     "Pharmacy distributor" means any pharmacy licensed in this
11 State or hospital pharmacy that is engaged in the delivery or
12 distribution of prescription drugs either to any other pharmacy
13 licensed in this State or to any other person or entity
14 including, but not limited to, a wholesale drug distributor
15 engaged in the delivery or distribution of prescription drugs
16 who is involved in the actual, constructive, or attempted
17 transfer of a drug in this State to other than the ultimate
18 consumer except as otherwise provided for by law.
19     "Prescription drug" means any human drug, including any
20 biological product (except for blood and blood components
21 intended for transfusion or biological products that are also
22 medical devices), required by federal law or regulation to be
23 dispensed only by a prescription, including finished dosage
24 forms and bulk drug substances subject to Section 503 of the
25 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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1 container, wrapper, or labeling to further the distribution of
2 a prescription drug, excluding that completed by the pharmacist
3 responsible for dispensing the product to a patient.
4     "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
5 Professional Regulation.
6     "Third party logistics provider" means anyone who
7 contracts with a prescription drug manufacturer to provide or
8 coordinate warehousing, distribution, or other services on
9 behalf of a manufacturer, but does not take title to the
10 prescription drug or have general responsibility to direct the
11 prescription drug's sale or disposition. A third party
12 logistics provider must be licensed as a wholesale distributor
13 under this Act and, in order to be considered part of the
14 normal distribution channel, must also be an authorized
15 distributor of record.
16     "Wholesale distribution" means the distribution of
17 prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient,
18 but does not include any of the following:
19         (1) Intracompany sales of prescription drugs, meaning
20     (i) any transaction or transfer between any division,
21     subsidiary, parent, or affiliated or related company under
22     the common ownership and control of a corporate entity or
23     (ii) any transaction or transfer between co-licensees of a
24     co-licensed product.
25         (2) The sale, purchase, distribution, trade, or
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1     distribute, trade, or transfer a prescription drug for
2     emergency medical reasons.
3         (3) The distribution of prescription drug samples by
4     manufacturers' representatives.
5         (4) Drug returns, when conducted by a hospital, health
6     care entity, or charitable institution in accordance with
7     federal regulation.
8         (5) The sale of minimal quantities of prescription
9     drugs by retail pharmacies to licensed practitioners for
10     office use.
11         (6) The sale, purchase, or trade of a drug, an offer to
12     sell, purchase, or trade a drug, or the dispensing of a
13     drug pursuant to a prescription.
14         (7) The sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of all
15     or part of the business of a pharmacy or pharmacies from or
16     with another pharmacy or pharmacies, whether accomplished
17     as a purchase and sale of stock or business assets.
18         (8) The sale, purchase, distribution, trade, or
19     transfer of a prescription drug from one authorized
20     distributor of record to one additional authorized
21     distributor of record when the manufacturer has stated in
22     writing to the receiving authorized distributor of record
23     that the manufacturer is unable to supply the prescription
24     drug and the supplying authorized distributor of record
25     states in writing that the prescription drug being supplied
26     had until that time been exclusively in the normal

 

 

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1     distribution channel.
2         (9) The delivery of or the offer to deliver a
3     prescription drug by a common carrier solely in the common
4     carrier's usual course of business of transporting
5     prescription drugs when the common carrier does not store,
6     warehouse, or take legal ownership of the prescription
7     drug.
8         (10) The sale or transfer from a retail pharmacy, mail
9     order pharmacy, or chain pharmacy warehouse of expired,
10     damaged, returned, or recalled prescription drugs to the
11     original manufacturer, the originating wholesale
12     distributor, or a third party returns processor.
13         (11) The donation of prescription drugs to the extent
14     permitted under the Prescription Drug Repository Program
15     Act.
16     "Wholesale drug distributor" means anyone engaged in the
17 wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, including
18 without limitation manufacturers; repackers; own label
19 distributors; jobbers; private label distributors; brokers;
20 warehouses, including manufacturers' and distributors'
21 warehouses; manufacturer's exclusive distributors; and
22 authorized distributors of record; drug wholesalers or
23 distributors; independent wholesale drug traders; specialty
24 wholesale distributors; third party logistics providers; and
25 retail pharmacies that conduct wholesale distribution; and
26 chain pharmacy warehouses that conduct wholesale distribution.

 

 

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1 In order to be considered part of the normal distribution
2 channel, a wholesale distributor must also be an authorized
3 distributor of record.
4 (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
 
5     Section 92. The Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
6 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
7     (320 ILCS 50/10)
8     Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
9     "Manufacturer" includes:
10         (1) An entity that is engaged in (a) the production,
11     preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or
12     processing of prescription drug products (i) directly or
13     indirectly by extraction from substances of natural
14     origin, (ii) independently by means of chemical synthesis,
15     or (iii) by combination of extraction and chemical
16     synthesis; or (b) the packaging, repackaging, labeling or
17     re-labeling, or distribution of prescription drug
18     products.
19         (2) The entity holding legal title to or possession of
20     the national drug code number for the covered prescription
21     drug.
22     The term does not include a wholesale distributor of drugs,
23 drugstore chain organization, or retail pharmacy licensed by
24 the State. The term also does not include anyone who is engaged

 

 

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1 in the packaging, repackaging, or labeling of prescription
2 drugs only to the extent required under the Prescription Drug
3 Repository Program Act.
4     "Prescription drug" means a drug that may be dispensed only
5 upon prescription by an authorized prescriber and that is
6 approved for safety and effectiveness as a prescription drug
7 under Section 505 or 507 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
8 Act.
9     "Senior citizen" or "senior" means a person 65 years of age
10 or older.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-594, eff. 6-27-02.)
 
12     Section 93. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
13 amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
 
14     (410 ILCS 620/16)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 516)
15     Sec. 16. (a) The Director is hereby authorized to
16 promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling or
17 packaging requirement of this Act drugs and devices which are
18 (i) , in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be
19 processed, labeled or repacked in substantial quantities at
20 establishments other than those where originally processed or
21 packaged on condition that such drugs and devices are not
22 adulterated or misbranded under the provisions of this Act upon
23 removal from such processing, labeling or repacking
24 establishment or (ii) packaged, repackaged, or labeled to the

 

 

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1 extent required under the Prescription Drug Repository Program
2 Act.
3     (b) Drugs and device labeling or packaging exemptions
4 adopted under the Federal Act and supplements thereto or
5 revisions thereof shall apply to drugs and devices in Illinois
6 except insofar as modified or rejected by regulations
7 promulgated by the Director.
8     (c) A drug intended for use by man which (A) is a
9 habit-forming drug to which Section 15 (d) applies; or (B)
10 because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful
11 effect or the method of its use or the collateral measures
12 necessary to its use is not safe for use except under the
13 supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer
14 such drug; or (C) is limited by an approved application under
15 Section 505 of the Federal Act or Section 17 of this Act to use
16 under the professional supervision of a practitioner licensed
17 by law to administer such drug, shall be dispensed only in
18 accordance with the provisions of the "Illinois Controlled
19 Substances Act". The act of dispensing a drug contrary to the
20 provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed to be an act which
21 results in a drug being misbranded while held for sale.
22     (d) Any drug dispensed by filling or refilling a written or
23 oral prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to
24 administer such drug shall be exempt from the requirements of
25 Section 15, except subsections (a), (k) and (l) and clauses (2)
26 and (3) of subsection (i), and the packaging requirements of

 

 

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1 subsections (g), (h) and (q), if the drug bears a label
2 containing the proprietary name or names, or if there is none,
3 the established name or names of the drugs, the dosage and
4 quantity, unless the prescribing practitioner, in the interest
5 of the health of the patient, directs otherwise in writing, the
6 name and address of the dispenser, the serial number and date
7 of the prescription or of its filling, the name of the
8 prescriber and, if stated in the prescription, the name of the
9 patient, and the directions for use and the cautionary
10 statements, if any, contained in such prescription. This
11 exemption shall not apply to any drug dispensed in the course
12 of the conduct of business of dispensing drugs pursuant to
13 diagnosis by mail, or to a drug dispensed in violation of
14 subsection (a) of this Section.
15     (e) The Director may by regulation remove drugs subject to
16 Section 15 (d) and Section 17 from the requirements of
17 subsection (c) of this Section when such requirements are not
18 necessary for the protection of the public health.
19     (f) A drug which is subject to subsection (c) of this
20 Section shall be deemed to be misbranded if at any time before
21 dispensing its label fails to bear the statement "Caution:
22 Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without Prescription" or
23 "Caution: State Law Prohibits Dispensing Without
24 Prescription". A drug to which subsection (c) of this Section
25 does not apply shall be deemed to be misbranded if at any time
26 prior to dispensing its label bears the caution statement

 

 

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1 quoted in the preceding sentence.
2     (g) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to relieve
3 any person from any requirement prescribed by or under
4 authority of law with respect to controlled substances now
5 included or which may hereafter be included within the
6 classifications of controlled substances cannabis as defined
7 in applicable Federal laws relating to controlled substances or
8 cannabis or the Cannabis Control Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
10     Section 94. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
11 amended by changing Section 102 as follows:
 
12     (720 ILCS 570/102)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102)
13     Sec. 102. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
14 context otherwise requires:
15     (a) "Addict" means any person who habitually uses any drug,
16 chemical, substance or dangerous drug other than alcohol so as
17 to endanger the public morals, health, safety or welfare or who
18 is so far addicted to the use of a dangerous drug or controlled
19 substance other than alcohol as to have lost the power of self
20 control with reference to his addiction.
21     (b) "Administer" means the direct application of a
22 controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
23 ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient,
24 research subject, or animal (as defined by the Humane

 

 

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1 Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act) by:
2         (1) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his
3     authorized agent),
4         (2) the patient or research subject at the lawful
5     direction of the practitioner, or
6         (3) a euthanasia technician as defined by the Humane
7     Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act.
8     (c) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf
9 of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or
10 dispenser. It does not include a common or contract carrier,
11 public warehouseman or employee of the carrier or warehouseman.
12     (c-1) "Anabolic Steroids" means any drug or hormonal
13 substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to
14 testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and
15 corticosteroids) that promotes muscle growth, and includes:
16             (i) boldenone,
17             (ii) chlorotestosterone,
18             (iii) chostebol,
19             (iv) dehydrochlormethyltestosterone,
20             (v) dihydrotestosterone,
21             (vi) drostanolone,
22             (vii) ethylestrenol,
23             (viii) fluoxymesterone,
24             (ix) formebulone,
25             (x) mesterolone,
26             (xi) methandienone,

 

 

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1             (xii) methandranone,
2             (xiii) methandriol,
3             (xiv) methandrostenolone,
4             (xv) methenolone,
5             (xvi) methyltestosterone,
6             (xvii) mibolerone,
7             (xviii) nandrolone,
8             (xix) norethandrolone,
9             (xx) oxandrolone,
10             (xxi) oxymesterone,
11             (xxii) oxymetholone,
12             (xxiii) stanolone,
13             (xxiv) stanozolol,
14             (xxv) testolactone,
15             (xxvi) testosterone,
16             (xxvii) trenbolone, and
17             (xxviii) any salt, ester, or isomer of a drug or
18         substance described or listed in this paragraph, if
19         that salt, ester, or isomer promotes muscle growth.
20     Any person who is otherwise lawfully in possession of an
21 anabolic steroid, or who otherwise lawfully manufactures,
22 distributes, dispenses, delivers, or possesses with intent to
23 deliver an anabolic steroid, which anabolic steroid is
24 expressly intended for and lawfully allowed to be administered
25 through implants to livestock or other nonhuman species, and
26 which is approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services

 

 

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1 for such administration, and which the person intends to
2 administer or have administered through such implants, shall
3 not be considered to be in unauthorized possession or to
4 unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or
5 possess with intent to deliver such anabolic steroid for
6 purposes of this Act.
7     (d) "Administration" means the Drug Enforcement
8 Administration, United States Department of Justice, or its
9 successor agency.
10     (e) "Control" means to add a drug or other substance, or
11 immediate precursor, to a Schedule under Article II of this Act
12 whether by transfer from another Schedule or otherwise.
13     (f) "Controlled Substance" means a drug, substance, or
14 immediate precursor in the Schedules of Article II of this Act.
15     (g) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance,
16 which, or the container or labeling of which, without
17 authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or other
18 identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness
19 thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other
20 than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or
21 dispensed the substance.
22     (h) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive
23 or attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance,
24 with or without consideration, whether or not there is an
25 agency relationship. The term does not include the donation of
26 prescription drugs to the extent permitted under the

 

 

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1 Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
2     (i) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human
3 Services (as successor to the Department of Alcoholism and
4 Substance Abuse) or its successor agency.
5     (j) "Department of State Police" means the Department of
6 State Police of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
7     (k) "Department of Corrections" means the Department of
8 Corrections of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
9     (l) "Department of Professional Regulation" means the
10 Department of Professional Regulation of the State of Illinois
11 or its successor agency.
12     (m) "Depressant" or "stimulant substance" means:
13         (1) a drug which contains any quantity of (i)
14     barbituric acid or any of the salts of barbituric acid
15     which has been designated as habit forming under section
16     502 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
17     U.S.C. 352 (d)); or
18         (2) a drug which contains any quantity of (i)
19     amphetamine or methamphetamine and any of their optical
20     isomers; (ii) any salt of amphetamine or methamphetamine or
21     any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or (iii) any
22     substance which the Department, after investigation, has
23     found to be, and by rule designated as, habit forming
24     because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the
25     central nervous system; or
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1         (4) any drug which contains any quantity of a substance
2     which the Department, after investigation, has found to
3     have, and by rule designated as having, a potential for
4     abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the
5     central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
6     (n) (Blank).
7     (o) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
8 State Police or the Department of Professional Regulation or
9 his designated agents.
10     (p) "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance to
11 an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the
12 lawful order of a prescriber, including the prescribing,
13 administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary
14 to prepare the substance for that delivery.
15     (q) "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.
16     (r) "Distribute" means to deliver, other than by
17 administering or dispensing, a controlled substance.
18     (s) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
19     (t) "Drug" means (1) substances recognized as drugs in the
20 official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic
21 Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National
22 Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (2) substances
23 intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
24 prevention of disease in man or animals; (3) substances (other
25 than food) intended to affect the structure of any function of
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1 as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or
2 (3) of this subsection. It does not include devices or their
3 components, parts, or accessories.
4     (t-5) "Euthanasia agency" means an entity certified by the
5 Department of Professional Regulation for the purpose of animal
6 euthanasia that holds an animal control facility license or
7 animal shelter license under the Animal Welfare Act. A
8 euthanasia agency is authorized to purchase, store, possess,
9 and utilize Schedule II nonnarcotic and Schedule III
10 nonnarcotic drugs for the sole purpose of animal euthanasia.
11     (t-10) "Euthanasia drugs" means Schedule II or Schedule III
12 substances (nonnarcotic controlled substances) that are used
13 by a euthanasia agency for the purpose of animal euthanasia.
14     (u) "Good faith" means the prescribing or dispensing of a
15 controlled substance by a practitioner in the regular course of
16 professional treatment to or for any person who is under his
17 treatment for a pathology or condition other than that
18 individual's physical or psychological dependence upon or
19 addiction to a controlled substance, except as provided herein:
20 and application of the term to a pharmacist shall mean the
21 dispensing of a controlled substance pursuant to the
22 prescriber's order which in the professional judgment of the
23 pharmacist is lawful. The pharmacist shall be guided by
24 accepted professional standards including, but not limited to
25 the following, in making the judgment:
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1     relationship,
2         (2) frequency of prescriptions for same drug by one
3     prescriber for large numbers of patients,
4         (3) quantities beyond those normally prescribed,
5         (4) unusual dosages,
6         (5) unusual geographic distances between patient,
7     pharmacist and prescriber,
8         (6) consistent prescribing of habit-forming drugs.
9     (u-1) "Home infusion services" means services provided by a
10 pharmacy in compounding solutions for direct administration to
11 a patient in a private residence, long-term care facility, or
12 hospice setting by means of parenteral, intravenous,
13 intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraspinal infusion.
14     (v) "Immediate precursor" means a substance:
15         (1) which the Department has found to be and by rule
16     designated as being a principal compound used, or produced
17     primarily for use, in the manufacture of a controlled
18     substance;
19         (2) which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or
20     likely to be used in the manufacture of such controlled
21     substance; and
22         (3) the control of which is necessary to prevent,
23     curtail or limit the manufacture of such controlled
24     substance.
25     (w) "Instructional activities" means the acts of teaching,
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1 substances within educational facilities approved by the State
2 Board of Education or its successor agency.
3     (x) "Local authorities" means a duly organized State,
4 County or Municipal peace unit or police force.
5     (y) "Look-alike substance" means a substance, other than a
6 controlled substance which (1) by overall dosage unit
7 appearance, including shape, color, size, markings or lack
8 thereof, taste, consistency, or any other identifying physical
9 characteristic of the substance, would lead a reasonable person
10 to believe that the substance is a controlled substance, or (2)
11 is expressly or impliedly represented to be a controlled
12 substance or is distributed under circumstances which would
13 lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a
14 controlled substance. For the purpose of determining whether
15 the representations made or the circumstances of the
16 distribution would lead a reasonable person to believe the
17 substance to be a controlled substance under this clause (2) of
18 subsection (y), the court or other authority may consider the
19 following factors in addition to any other factor that may be
20 relevant:
21         (a) statements made by the owner or person in control
22     of the substance concerning its nature, use or effect;
23         (b) statements made to the buyer or recipient that the
24     substance may be resold for profit;
25         (c) whether the substance is packaged in a manner
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1     substances;
2         (d) whether the distribution or attempted distribution
3     included an exchange of or demand for money or other
4     property as consideration, and whether the amount of the
5     consideration was substantially greater than the
6     reasonable retail market value of the substance.
7     Clause (1) of this subsection (y) shall not apply to a
8 noncontrolled substance in its finished dosage form that was
9 initially introduced into commerce prior to the initial
10 introduction into commerce of a controlled substance in its
11 finished dosage form which it may substantially resemble.
12     Nothing in this subsection (y) prohibits the dispensing or
13 distributing of noncontrolled substances by persons authorized
14 to dispense and distribute controlled substances under this
15 Act, provided that such action would be deemed to be carried
16 out in good faith under subsection (u) if the substances
17 involved were controlled substances.
18     Nothing in this subsection (y) or in this Act prohibits the
19 manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding,
20 processing, packaging, advertising or distribution of a drug or
21 drugs by any person registered pursuant to Section 510 of the
22 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360).
23     (y-1) "Mail-order pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is
24 located in a state of the United States, other than Illinois,
25 that delivers, dispenses or distributes, through the United
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1 residents, any substance which requires a prescription.
2     (z) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
3 propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a
4 controlled substance other than methamphetamine, either
5 directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of
6 natural origin, or independently by means of chemical
7 synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical
8 synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the
9 substance or labeling of its container, except that this term
10 does not include:
11         (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or compounding
12     of a controlled substance for his own use; or
13         (2) by a practitioner, or his authorized agent under
14     his supervision, the preparation, compounding, packaging,
15     or labeling of a controlled substance:
16             (a) as an incident to his administering or
17         dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of
18         his professional practice; or
19             (b) as an incident to lawful research, teaching or
20         chemical analysis and not for sale; or .
21         (3) the packaging, repackaging, or labeling of
22     prescription drugs only to the extent required under the
23     Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
24     (z-1) (Blank).
25     (aa) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether
26 produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances

 

 

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1 of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical
2 synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical
3 synthesis:
4         (1) opium and opiate, and any salt, compound,
5     derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate;
6         (2) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
7     preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or
8     identical with any of the substances referred to in clause
9     (1), but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
10         (3) opium poppy and poppy straw;
11         (4) coca leaves and any salts, compound, isomer, salt
12     of an isomer, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves
13     including cocaine or ecgonine, and any salt, compound,
14     isomer, derivative, or preparation thereof which is
15     chemically equivalent or identical with any of these
16     substances, but not including decocainized coca leaves or
17     extractions of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine or
18     ecgonine (for the purpose of this paragraph, the term
19     "isomer" includes optical, positional and geometric
20     isomers).
21     (bb) "Nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under the
22 Nurse Practice Act.
23     (cc) (Blank).
24     (dd) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction
25 forming or addiction sustaining liability similar to morphine
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1 forming or addiction sustaining liability.
2     (ee) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver
3 somniferum L., except its seeds.
4     (ff) "Parole and Pardon Board" means the Parole and Pardon
5 Board of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
6     (gg) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
7 mail-order pharmacy, government or governmental subdivision or
8 agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or
9 association, or any other entity.
10     (hh) "Pharmacist" means any person who holds a license or
11 certificate of registration as a registered pharmacist, a local
12 registered pharmacist or a registered assistant pharmacist
13 under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14     (ii) "Pharmacy" means any store, ship or other place in
15 which pharmacy is authorized to be practiced under the Pharmacy
16 Practice Act.
17     (jj) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of
18 the opium poppy, after mowing.
19     (kk) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed to practice
20 medicine in all its branches, dentist, optometrist,
21 podiatrist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, pharmacist,
22 physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, licensed
23 practical nurse, registered nurse, hospital, laboratory, or
24 pharmacy, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise
25 lawfully permitted by the United States or this State to
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1 administer or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a
2 controlled substance in the course of professional practice or
3 research.
4     (ll) "Pre-printed prescription" means a written
5 prescription upon which the designated drug has been indicated
6 prior to the time of issuance.
7     (mm) "Prescriber" means a physician licensed to practice
8 medicine in all its branches, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist
9 or veterinarian who issues a prescription, a physician
10 assistant who issues a prescription for a controlled substance
11 in accordance with Section 303.05, a written delegation, and a
12 written supervision agreement required under Section 7.5 of the
13 Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, or an advanced
14 practice nurse with prescriptive authority delegated under
15 Section 65-40 of the Nurse Practice Act and in accordance with
16 Section 303.05, a written delegation, and a written
17 collaborative agreement under Section 65-35 of the Nurse
18 Practice Act.
19     (nn) "Prescription" means a lawful written, facsimile, or
20 verbal order of a physician licensed to practice medicine in
21 all its branches, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian for any
22 controlled substance, of an optometrist for a Schedule III, IV,
23 or V controlled substance in accordance with Section 15.1 of
24 the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, of a physician
25 assistant for a controlled substance in accordance with Section
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1 agreement required under Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant
2 Practice Act of 1987, or of an advanced practice nurse with
3 prescriptive authority delegated under Section 65-40 of the
4 Nurse Practice Act who issues a prescription for a controlled
5 substance in accordance with Section 303.05, a written
6 delegation, and a written collaborative agreement under
7 Section 65-35 of the Nurse Practice Act.
8     (oo) "Production" or "produce" means manufacture,
9 planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled
10 substance other than methamphetamine.
11     (pp) "Registrant" means every person who is required to
12 register under Section 302 of this Act.
13     (qq) "Registry number" means the number assigned to each
14 person authorized to handle controlled substances under the
15 laws of the United States and of this State.
16     (rr) "State" includes the State of Illinois and any state,
17 district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof,
18 and any area subject to the legal authority of the United
19 States of America.
20     (ss) "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses
21 a controlled substance for his own use or for the use of a
22 member of his household or for administering to an animal owned
23 by him or by a member of his household.
24 (Source: P.A. 95-242, eff. 1-1-08; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07;
25 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-189, eff.
26 8-10-09; 96-268, eff. 8-11-09.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 95. The Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort
2 Claims Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
3     (740 ILCS 20/3)  (from Ch. 70, par. 903)
4     Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
5 context otherwise requires:
6     "Cannabis" includes marihuana, hashish, and other
7 substances that are identified as including any parts of the
8 plant Cannabis Sativa, whether growing or not, the seeds of
9 that plant, the resin extracted from any part of that plant,
10 and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
11 preparation of that plant, its seeds, or resin, including
12 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other cannabinol
13 derivatives, including its naturally occurring or
14 synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly
15 or indirectly by extraction, independently by means of chemical
16 synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical
17 synthesis. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of
18 that plant, fiber produced from those stalks, oil or cake made
19 from the seeds of that plant, any other compound, manufacture,
20 salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of mature stalks
21 (except the extracted resin), fiber, oil or cake, or the
22 sterilized seeds of that plant that are incapable of
23 germination.
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1 immediate precursor in the Schedules of Article II of the
2 Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
3     "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance or
4 the container or labeling of a controlled substance that,
5 without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or
6 other identifying mark, imprint, number, device, or any
7 likeness thereof of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser
8 other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or
9 dispensed the substance.
10     "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or
11 attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance or
12 cannabis, with or without consideration, whether or not there
13 is an agency relationship. The term does not include the
14 donation of prescription drugs to the extent permitted under
15 the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
16     "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
17 propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a
18 controlled substance, either directly or indirectly, by
19 extraction from substances of natural origin, independently by
20 means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction
21 and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or
22 repackaging of the substance or labeling of its container,
23 except that the term does not include:
24         (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or compounding
25     of a controlled substance for his own use;
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1     supervision, the preparation, compounding, packaging, or
2     labeling of a controlled substance:
3             (A) as an incident to his administering or
4         dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of
5         his professional practice; or
6             (B) as an incident to lawful research, teaching or
7         chemical analysis and not for sale; or
8         (3) the preparation, compounding, packaging, or
9     labeling of cannabis as an incident to lawful research,
10     teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale; or .
11         (4) the packaging, repackaging, or labeling of
12     prescription drugs only to the extent required under the
13     Prescription Drug Repository Program Act.
14     "Owner" means a person who has possession of or any
15 interest whatsoever in the property involved.
16     "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a government,
17 a governmental subdivision or agency, a business trust, an
18 estate, a trust, a partnership or association, or any other
19 entity.
20     "Production" means planting, cultivating, tending, or
21 harvesting.
22     "Property" means real property, including things growing
23 on, affixed to, and found in land, and tangible or intangible
24 personal property, including rights, services, privileges,
25 interests, claims, and securities.
26 (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     New Act
4     225 ILCS 85/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4124
5     225 ILCS 120/15 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-15
6     320 ILCS 50/10
7     410 ILCS 620/16 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 516
8     720 ILCS 570/102 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102
9     740 ILCS 20/3 from Ch. 70, par. 903