(210 ILCS 49/3-106)
Sec. 3-106. Pharmaceutical treatment.
(a) A consumer shall not be given unnecessary drugs. An unnecessary drug is any drug used in an excessive dose, including in duplicative therapy; for excessive duration; without adequate monitoring; without adequate indications for its use; or in the presence of adverse consequences that indicate the drug should be reduced or discontinued. The Department shall adopt, by rule, the standards for unnecessary drugs.
(b) Informed consent shall be required for the prescription of psychotropic medication consistent with the requirements contained in subsection (b) of Section 2-106.1 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
(c) No drug shall be administered except upon the order of a person lawfully authorized to prescribe for and treat mental illness.
(d) All drug orders shall be written, dated, and signed by the person authorized to give such an order. The name, quantity, or specific duration of therapy, dosage, and time or frequency of administration of the drug and the route of administration if other than oral shall be specific.
(e) Verbal orders for drugs and treatment shall be received only by those authorized under Illinois law to do so from their supervising physician. Such orders shall be recorded immediately in the consumer's record by the person receiving the order and shall include the date and time of the order.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
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