720 ILCS 635/0.01
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 635 — Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act.
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720 ILCS 635/1
Possession of hypodermic syringes and needles
Possession of hypodermic syringes and needles. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person, not being a physician, dentist, chiropodist or veterinarian licensed under the laws of this State or of the state where he resides, or a registered professional nurse, or a registered embalmer, manufacturer or dealer in…
720 ILCS 635/2
Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles
Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no syringe, needle or instrument shall be delivered or sold to, or exchanged with, any person except a registered pharmacist, physician, dentist, veterinarian, registered embalmer, manufacturer or dealer in embalming supplies, wholesale…
720 ILCS 635/2.5
Guidelines for disposal
Guidelines for disposal. (a) (Blank). (b) The Illinois Department of Public Health must create guidelines to advise local health departments on implementing syringe and needle disposal policies that are consistent with or more stringent than any available guidelines regarding disposal for home health care products prov…
720 ILCS 635/4
Penalty
Penalty. A person who violates any provision of Section 1 or 2 of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first such offense; and a Class 4 felony for a second or any succeeding offense. (Source: P.A. 93-392, eff. 7-25-03.)
720 ILCS 635/5
Prescriptions
Prescriptions. (a) As used in this Section, "prescriber" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. (b) Except as provided under Section 2, a prescriber may direct a patient under his or her immediate charge to have in possession any of the instruments specified in Sections…
720 ILCS 635/6
Any prosecution under this Act may be commenced by an information as defined in Section 102-12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
Any prosecution under this Act may be commenced by an information as defined in Section 102-12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (Source: P.A. 77-1849.)