(720 ILCS 635/2.5)
Sec. 2.5. Educational materials; guidelines for disposal.
(a) The Illinois Department of Public Health must develop educational materials and make copies of the educational materials available to pharmacists. Pharmacists must make these educational materials available to persons who purchase syringes and needles as authorized under subsection (b) of Section 1. The educational materials must include information regarding safer injection, HIV prevention, syringe and needle disposal, and drug treatment.
(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 provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(Source: P.A. 93-392, eff. 7-25-03.)
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