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90_SB0148 720 ILCS 635/2 from Ch. 38, par. 22-51 Amends the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit the purchase of a maximum of 10 hypodermic needles at any one time without a prescription. LRB9001153WHmg LRB9001153WHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act 2 by changing Section 2. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act is 6 amended by changing Section 2 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 635/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 22-51) 8 Sec. 2. No such syringe, needle or instrument shall be 9 delivered or sold to, or exchanged with, any person except a 10 registered pharmacist, physician, dentist, veterinarian, 11 registered embalmer, manufacturer or dealer in embalming 12 supplies, wholesale druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, 13 industrial user, a nurse upon the written order of a 14 physician or dentist, the holder of a permit issued under 15 Section 5 of this Act, a registered chiropodist, or an 16 employee of an incorporated hospital upon the written order 17 of its superintendent or officer in immediate charge; 18 provided that the provisions of this Act shall not prohibit 19 the sale, possession or use of hypodermic syringes or 20 hypodermic needles for treatment of livestock or poultry by 21 the owner or keeper thereof or a person engaged in chemical, 22 clinical, pharmaceutical or other scientific research. This 23 Act does not prohibit the purchase of a maximum of 10 24 hypodermic needles at any one time without a prescription, 25 nor the sale or possession of those hypodermic needles 26 incidental to that purchase. 27 (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1408.)