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92_HB6049
LRB9214274DJgc
1 AN ACT in relation to health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
5 amended by adding Section 16.10 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 620/16.10 new)
7 Sec. 16.10. Prescription drug directions; aged or
8 impaired person. Upon the request of a person who is 60 years
9 of age or older or who is blind or otherwise visually
10 impaired, when a person dispenses a drug by filling or
11 refilling a written or oral prescription of a practitioner
12 licensed by law to administer the drug, the person must affix
13 to the drug container a label stating the directions for the
14 drug's use in a print size that allows no more than 10
15 characters per inch. In addition, the person dispensing the
16 drug must orally explain the directions for the drug's use to
17 the person to whom the drug is dispensed.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.