Possession of specified drugs

410 ILCS 642/20, under Home Health and Hospice Drug Dispensation and Administration Act.

410 ILCS 642/20

(410 ILCS 642/20)

    Sec. 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. (Source: P.A. 94-638, eff. 8-22-05.)