410 ILCS 642/20

Current through Public Act 103-1052
Section 410 ILCS 642/20 - 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.

410 ILCS 642/20

Added by P.A. 094-0638, § 20, eff. 8/22/2005.