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90_HB2453 720 ILCS 570/102 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102 720 ILCS 570/316 new Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may apply to the Department of Professional Regulation for registration for the purpose of being authorized to purchase, possess, and administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize animals. Provides that registered animal shelters and animal control facilities may purchase, possess, and administer legend drugs to sedate animals prior to euthanasia. LRB9008003NTsb LRB9008003NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Controlled Substances Act by 2 changing Section 102 and adding Section 316. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is 6 amended by changing Section 102 and adding Section 316 as 7 follows: 8 (720 ILCS 570/102) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102) 9 Sec. 102. As used in this Act, unless the context 10 otherwise requires: 11 (a) "Addict" means any person who habitually uses any 12 drug, chemical, substance or dangerous drug other than 13 alcohol so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety 14 or welfare or who is so far addicted to the use of a 15 dangerous drug or controlled substance other than alcohol as 16 to have lost the power of self control with reference to his 17 addiction. 18 (b) "Administer" means the direct application of a 19 controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, 20 ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or 21 research subject by: 22 (1) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his 23 authorized agent), or 24 (2) the patient or research subject at the lawful 25 direction of the practitioner. 26 (c) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on 27 behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, 28 or dispenser. It does not include a common or contract 29 carrier, public warehouseman or employee of the carrier or 30 warehouseman. 31 (c-1) "Anabolic Steroids" means any drug or hormonal -2- LRB9008003NTsb 1 substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to 2 testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and 3 corticosteroids) that promotes muscle growth, and includes: 4 (i) boldenone, 5 (ii) chlorotestosterone, 6 (iii) chostebol, 7 (iv) dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, 8 (v) dihydrotestosterone, 9 (vi) drostanolone, 10 (vii) ethylestrenol, 11 (viii) fluoxymesterone, 12 (ix) formebulone, 13 (x) mesterolone, 14 (xi) methandienone, 15 (xii) methandranone, 16 (xiii) methandriol, 17 (xiv) methandrostenolone, 18 (xv) methenolone, 19 (xvi) methyltestosterone, 20 (xvii) mibolerone, 21 (xviii) nandrolone, 22 (xix) norethandrolone, 23 (xx) oxandrolone, 24 (xxi) oxymesterone, 25 (xxii) oxymetholone, 26 (xxiii) stanolone, 27 (xxiv) stanozolol, 28 (xxv) testolactone, 29 (xxvi) testosterone, 30 (xxvii) trenbolone, and 31 (xxviii) any salt, ester, or isomer of a drug 32 or substance described or listed in this paragraph, 33 if that salt, ester, or isomer promotes muscle 34 growth. -3- LRB9008003NTsb 1 Any person who is otherwise lawfully in possession of an 2 anabolic steroid, or who otherwise lawfully manufactures, 3 distributes, dispenses, delivers, or possesses with intent to 4 deliver an anabolic steroid, which anabolic steroid is 5 expressly intended for and lawfully allowed to be 6 administered through implants to livestock or other nonhuman 7 species, and which is approved by the Secretary of Health and 8 Human Services for such administration, and which the person 9 intends to administer or have administered through such 10 implants, shall not be considered to be in unauthorized 11 possession or to unlawfully manufacture, distribute, 12 dispense, deliver, or possess with intent to deliver such 13 anabolic steroid for purposes of this Act. 14 (d) "Administration" means the Drug Enforcement 15 Administration, United States Department of Justice, or its 16 successor agency. 17 (d-5) "Animal control facility" means any facility 18 operated by or under contract for the State, county, or any 19 municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State 20 for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, 21 homeless, abandoned or unwanted dogs, cats, and other 22 animals. "Animal control facility" also means any veterinary 23 hospital or clinic operated by a veterinarian or 24 veterinarians licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and 25 Surgery Practice Act of 1994 that operates for the above 26 mentioned purpose in addition to its customary purposes. 27 (d-10) "Animal shelter" means a facility operated, 28 owned, or maintained by a duly incorporated humane society, 29 animal welfare society, or other non-profit organization for 30 the purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare, 31 protection, and humane treatment of animals. "Animal 32 shelter" also means any veterinary hospital or clinic 33 operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians licensed under 34 the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 1994 that -4- LRB9008003NTsb 1 operates for the above mentioned purpose in addition to its 2 customary purposes. 3 (e) "Control" means to add a drug or other substance, or 4 immediate precursor, to a Schedule under Article II of this 5 Act whether by transfer from another Schedule or otherwise. 6 (f) "Controlled Substance" means a drug, substance, or 7 immediate precursor in the Schedules of Article II of this 8 Act. 9 (g) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled 10 substance, which, or the container or labeling of which, 11 without authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or 12 other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any 13 likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or 14 dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, 15 distributed, or dispensed the substance. 16 (h) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, 17 constructive or attempted transfer of possession of a 18 controlled substance, with or without consideration, whether 19 or not there is an agency relationship. 20 (i) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human 21 Services (as successor to the Department of Alcoholism and 22 Substance Abuse) or its successor agency. 23 (j) "Department of State Police" means the Department of 24 State Police of the State of Illinois or its successor 25 agency. 26 (k) "Department of Corrections" means the Department of 27 Corrections of the State of Illinois or its successor agency. 28 (l) "Department of Professional Regulation" means the 29 Department of Professional Regulation of the State of 30 Illinois or its successor agency. 31 (m) "Depressant" or "stimulant substance" means: 32 (1) a drug which contains any quantity of (i) 33 barbituric acid or any of the salts of barbituric acid 34 which has been designated as habit forming under section -5- LRB9008003NTsb 1 502 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 2 U.S.C. 352 (d)); or 3 (2) a drug which contains any quantity of (i) 4 amphetamine or methamphetamine and any of their optical 5 isomers; (ii) any salt of amphetamine or methamphetamine 6 or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or (iii) 7 any substance which the Department, after investigation, 8 has found to be, and by rule designated as, habit forming 9 because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the 10 central nervous system; or 11 (3) lysergic acid diethylamide; or 12 (4) any drug which contains any quantity of a 13 substance which the Department, after investigation, has 14 found to have, and by rule designated as having, a 15 potential for abuse because of its depressant or 16 stimulant effect on the central nervous system or its 17 hallucinogenic effect. 18 (n) "Designated product" means any narcotic drug, 19 amphetamine, phenmetrazine, methamphetamine, gluthethimide, 20 pentazocine or cannabis product listed in Schedule II and 21 also means a controlled substance listed in Schedule II which 22 is determined and designated by the Department or its 23 successor agency to be such a product. A designated product 24 shall only be dispensed upon an official prescription blank. 25 (o) "Director" means the Director of the Department of 26 State Police or the Department of Professional Regulation or 27 his designated agents. 28 (p) "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance 29 to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the 30 lawful order of a prescriber, including the prescribing, 31 administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary 32 to prepare the substance for that delivery. 33 (q) "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses. 34 (r) "Distribute" means to deliver, other than by -6- LRB9008003NTsb 1 administering or dispensing, a controlled substance. 2 (s) "Distributor" means a person who distributes. 3 (t) "Drug" means (1) substances recognized as drugs in 4 the official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official 5 Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official 6 National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (2) 7 substances intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, 8 treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals; (3) 9 substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure 10 of any function of the body of man or animals and (4) 11 substances intended for use as a component of any article 12 specified in clause (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. It 13 does not include devices or their components, parts, or 14 accessories. 15 (u) "Good faith" means the prescribing or dispensing of 16 a controlled substance by a practitioner in the regular 17 course of professional treatment to or for any person who is 18 under his treatment for a pathology or condition other than 19 that individual's physical or psychological dependence upon 20 or addiction to a controlled substance, except as provided 21 herein: and application of the term to a pharmacist shall 22 mean the dispensing of a controlled substance pursuant to the 23 prescriber's order which in the professional judgment of the 24 pharmacist is lawful. The pharmacist shall be guided by 25 accepted professional standards including, but not limited to 26 the following, in making the judgment: 27 (1) lack of consistency of doctor-patient 28 relationship, 29 (2) frequency of prescriptions for same drug by one 30 prescriber for large numbers of patients, 31 (3) quantities beyond those normally prescribed, 32 (4) unusual dosages, 33 (5) unusual geographic distances between patient, 34 pharmacist and prescriber, -7- LRB9008003NTsb 1 (6) consistent prescribing of habit-forming drugs. 2 (u-1) "Home infusion services" means services provided 3 by a pharmacy in compounding solutions for direct 4 administration to a patient in a private residence, long-term 5 care facility, or hospice setting by means of parenteral, 6 intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraspinal 7 infusion. 8 (v) "Immediate precursor" means a substance: 9 (1) which the Department has found to be and by 10 rule designated as being a principal compound used, or 11 produced primarily for use, in the manufacture of a 12 controlled substance; 13 (2) which is an immediate chemical intermediary 14 used or likely to be used in the manufacture of such 15 controlled substance; and 16 (3) the control of which is necessary to prevent, 17 curtail or limit the manufacture of such controlled 18 substance. 19 (w) "Instructional activities" means the acts of 20 teaching, educating or instructing by practitioners using 21 controlled substances within educational facilities approved 22 by the State Board of Education or its successor agency. 23 (x) "Local authorities" means a duly organized State, 24 County or Municipal peace unit or police force. 25 (y) "Look-alike substance" means a substance, other than 26 a controlled substance which (1) by overall dosage unit 27 appearance, including shape, color, size, markings or lack 28 thereof, taste, consistency, or any other identifying 29 physical characteristic of the substance, would lead a 30 reasonable person to believe that the substance is a 31 controlled substance, or (2) is expressly or impliedly 32 represented to be a controlled substance or is distributed 33 under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to 34 believe that the substance is a controlled substance. For the -8- LRB9008003NTsb 1 purpose of determining whether the representations made or 2 the circumstances of the distribution would lead a reasonable 3 person to believe the substance to be a controlled substance 4 under this clause (2) of subsection (y), the court or other 5 authority may consider the following factors in addition to 6 any other factor that may be relevant: 7 (a) statements made by the owner or person in 8 control of the substance concerning its nature, use or 9 effect; 10 (b) statements made to the buyer or recipient that 11 the substance may be resold for profit; 12 (c) whether the substance is packaged in a manner 13 normally used for the illegal distribution of controlled 14 substances; 15 (d) whether the distribution or attempted 16 distribution included an exchange of or demand for money 17 or other property as consideration, and whether the 18 amount of the consideration was substantially greater 19 than the reasonable retail market value of the substance. 20 Clause (1) of this subsection (y) shall not apply to a 21 noncontrolled substance in its finished dosage form that was 22 initially introduced into commerce prior to the initial 23 introduction into commerce of a controlled substance in its 24 finished dosage form which it may substantially resemble. 25 Nothing in this subsection (y) prohibits the dispensing 26 or distributing of noncontrolled substances by persons 27 authorized to dispense and distribute controlled substances 28 under this Act, provided that such action would be deemed to 29 be carried out in good faith under subsection (u) if the 30 substances involved were controlled substances. 31 Nothing in this subsection (y) or in this Act prohibits 32 the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, 33 processing, packaging, advertising or distribution of a drug 34 or drugs by any person registered pursuant to Section 510 of -9- LRB9008003NTsb 1 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360). 2 (y-1) "Mail-order pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is 3 located in a state of the United States, other than Illinois, 4 that delivers, dispenses or distributes, through the United 5 States Postal Service or other common carrier, to Illinois 6 residents, any substance which requires a prescription. 7 (z) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, 8 propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a 9 controlled substance, either directly or indirectly, by 10 extraction from substances of natural origin, or 11 independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a 12 combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and 13 includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or 14 labeling of its container, except that this term does not 15 include: 16 (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or 17 compounding of a controlled substance for his own use; or 18 (2) by a practitioner, or his authorized agent 19 under his supervision, the preparation, compounding, 20 packaging, or labeling of a controlled substance: 21 (a) as an incident to his administering or 22 dispensing of a controlled substance in the course 23 of his professional practice; or 24 (b) as an incident to lawful research, 25 teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale. 26 (aa) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether 27 produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances 28 of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical 29 synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical 30 synthesis: 31 (1) opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, 32 derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate; 33 (2) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or 34 preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or -10- LRB9008003NTsb 1 identical with any of the substances referred to in 2 clause (1), but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids 3 of opium; 4 (3) opium poppy and poppy straw; 5 (4) coca leaves and any salts, compound, isomer, 6 salt of an isomer, derivative, or preparation of coca 7 leaves including cocaine or ecgonine, and any salt, 8 compound, isomer, derivative, or preparation thereof 9 which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of 10 these substances, but not including decocainized coca 11 leaves or extractions of coca leaves which do not contain 12 cocaine or ecgonine (for the purpose of this paragraph, 13 the term "isomer" includes optical, positional and 14 geometric isomers). 15 (bb) "Nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under the 16 Illinois Nursing Act of 1987. 17 (cc) "Official prescription blanks" means the triplicate 18 prescription forms supplied to prescribers by the Department 19 for prescribing Schedule II Designated Product controlled 20 substances. 21 (dd) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction 22 forming or addiction sustaining liability similar to morphine 23 or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction 24 forming or addiction sustaining liability. 25 (ee) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species 26 Papaver somniferum L., except its seeds. 27 (ff) "Parole and Pardon Board" means the Parole and 28 Pardon Board of the State of Illinois or its successor 29 agency. 30 (gg) "Person" means any individual, corporation, 31 mail-order pharmacy, government or governmental subdivision 32 or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or 33 association, or any other entity. 34 (hh) "Pharmacist" means any person who holds a -11- LRB9008003NTsb 1 certificate of registration as a registered pharmacist, a 2 local registered pharmacist or a registered assistant 3 pharmacist under the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. 4 (ii) "Pharmacy" means any store, ship or other place in 5 which pharmacy is authorized to be practiced under the 6 Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. 7 (jj) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of 8 the opium poppy, after mowing. 9 (kk) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed to 10 practice medicine in all its branches, dentist, podiatrist, 11 veterinarian, scientific investigator, pharmacist, physician 12 assistant, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, 13 hospital, laboratory, or pharmacy, or other person licensed, 14 registered, or otherwise lawfully permitted by the United 15 States or this State to distribute, dispense, conduct 16 research with respect to, administer or use in teaching or 17 chemical analysis, a controlled substance in the course of 18 professional practice or research. 19 (ll) "Pre-printed prescription" means a written 20 prescription upon which the designated drug has been 21 indicated prior to the time of issuance. 22 (mm) "Prescriber" means a physician licensed to practice 23 medicine in all its branches, dentist, podiatrist or 24 veterinarian who issues a prescription or a physician 25 assistant who issues a prescription for a Schedule III, IV, 26 or V controlled substance as delegated by a physician 27 licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in 28 accordance with the written guidelines required under Section 29 7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. 30 (nn) "Prescription" means a lawful written, facsimile, 31 or verbal order of a physician licensed to practice medicine 32 in all its branches, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian for 33 any controlled substance, or of a physician assistant for a 34 Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance as delegated by a -12- LRB9008003NTsb 1 physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches 2 in accordance with the written guidelines required under 3 Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. 4 (oo) "Production" or "produce" means manufacture, 5 planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled 6 substance. 7 (pp) "Registrant" means every person who is required to 8 register under Section 302 of this Act. 9 (qq) "Registry number" means the number assigned to each 10 person authorized to handle controlled substances under the 11 laws of the United States and of this State. 12 (rr) "State" includes the State of Illinois and any 13 state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession 14 thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the 15 United States of America. 16 (ss) "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully 17 possesses a controlled substance for his own use or for the 18 use of a member of his household or for administering to an 19 animal owned by him or by a member of his household. 20 (Source: P.A. 89-202, eff. 10-1-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 21 90-116, eff. 7-14-97.) 22 (720 ILCS 570/316 new) 23 Sec. 316. Animal control facility and animal shelter 24 registration. 25 (a) An animal shelter or animal control facility may 26 apply to the Department of Professional Regulation for 27 registration pursuant to the applicable provisions of this 28 Act for the sole purpose of being authorized to purchase, 29 possess, and administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize 30 injured, sick, homeless, or unwanted domestic pets and 31 animals. Any animal shelter or animal control facility so 32 registered shall not permit a person to administer sodium 33 pentobarbital unless the person has demonstrated adequate -13- LRB9008003NTsb 1 knowledge of the potential hazards and proper techniques to 2 be used in administering this drug. 3 The Department of Professional Regulation may issue a 4 limited registration to carry out the provisions of this 5 Section. The Department of Professional Regulation shall 6 promulgate rules that it deems necessary to insure strict 7 compliance with the provisions of this Section. The 8 Department of Professional Regulation may suspend or revoke 9 registration upon determination that the person administering 10 sodium pentobarbital has not demonstrated adequate knowledge 11 as provided in this subsection (a). This authority is 12 granted in addition to any other power to suspend or revoke 13 registration as provided by law. 14 (b) Animal shelters and animal control facilities 15 registered with the Department of Professional Regulation 16 under this Act and authorized to euthanize animals may 17 purchase, possess, and administer approved legend drugs for 18 the sole purpose of sedating animals prior to euthanasia, 19 when necessary, and for use in chemical capture programs. 20 For the purposes of this Section, "approved legend drugs" 21 means those legend drugs designated by the Department of 22 Professional Regulation by rule as being approved for use by 23 animal shelters and animal control facilities for animal 24 sedating or capture and does not include any substance 25 regulated under this Act. Any animal shelter or animal 26 control facility so registered shall not permit persons to 27 administer any legend drugs unless the person has 28 demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Department of 29 Professional Regulation adequate knowledge of the potential 30 hazards involved in and the proper techniques to be used in 31 administering the drugs. 32 The Department of Professional Regulation shall 33 promulgate rules to regulate the purchase, possession, and 34 administration of legend drugs by animal shelters and animal -14- LRB9008003NTsb 1 control facilities and to insure strict compliance with the 2 provisions of this Section. These rules shall require that 3 the storage, inventory control, administration, and 4 recordkeeping for approved legend drugs conform to the 5 standards adopted by the Department of Professional 6 Regulation under this Act to regulate the use of controlled 7 substances by animal shelters and animal control facilities. 8 The Department of Professional Regulation may suspend or 9 revoke a registration under this Act upon determination by 10 the Department of Professional Regulation that the person 11 administering legend drugs has not demonstrated adequate 12 knowledge as provided in this subsection (b). This authority 13 is granted in addition to any other power to suspend or 14 revoke a registration as provided by law.