Environmental Health Committee

Filed: 5/5/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1919

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1919 on page 1,
3 after line 21, by inserting the following:
4     ""Unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or
5 excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or
6 resident care and that is in a solid form. The term includes
7 pills, tablets, capsules, and caplets. For long-term care
8 facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, "unused
9 medication" does not include any Schedule II controlled
10 substance under federal law in any form, until such time as the
11 federal Drug Enforcement Administration adopts regulations
12 that permit these facilities to dispose of controlled
13 substances in a manner consistent with this Section."; and
 
14 on page 1, line 22, by replacing "No" with "Except for
15 medications contained in intravenous fluids, syringes, or
16 transdermal patches, no".