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Illinois Statutes Chapter 410. Public Health § 642/20. Possession of specified drugs

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

§ 20. Possession of specified drugs.

(a) A home health agency, hospice, or authorized nursing employee of an agency or hospice, in compliance with this Section, may possess or transport the following specified drugs in a sealed portable container for the purpose of administration to the agency's or hospice's patients pursuant to the patient's treating health care professional's orders:

(1) Sterile saline in a sealed portable container of a size determined by the dispensing pharmacist.

(2) Sterile water.

(3) Not more than 5 dosage units of any of the following items in an individually sealed, unused portable container:

(A) Heparin sodium lock flush in a concentration of 10 units per milliliter or 100 units per milliliter.

(B) Epinephrine HCI solution in a concentration of one to 1,000.

(4) Not more than 2 dosage units of Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) 50 milligrams intravenously in an individually sealed, unused portable container, clearly labeled, and placed in a protective carrier.

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