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1		AN ACT concerning regulation.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended
5		by changing Section 17 as follows:
6		(210 ILCS 150/17)
7		Sec. 17. Pharmaceutical disposal. Notwithstanding any
8		provision of law, any county, city, village, or municipality
9		may authorize the use of its city hall , or police department,
10		or other facility to display a container suitable for use as a
11		receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals.
12		These used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals may include
13		unused medication and prescription drugs, as well as controlled
14		substances if collected in accordance with federal law. This
15		receptacle shall only permit the deposit of items, and the
16		contents shall be locked and secured. The container shall be
17		accessible to the public and shall have posted clearly legible
18		signage indicating that expired or unwanted prescription drugs
19		may be disposed of in the receptacle. The city, village, or
20		municipality shall provide continuous or regular notice to the
21		public regarding the availability of the receptacle.
22		Pharmaceuticals disposed of under this Act may be destroyed in
23		a drug destruction device in accordance with Section 22.58 of

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1		the Environmental Protection Act.
2		(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15.)
3		Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
4		changing Section 22.58 as follows:
5		(415 ILCS 5/22.58)
6		Sec. 22.58. Drug destruction by law enforcement agency.
7		(a) For purposes of this Section:
8		"Drug destruction device" means a device that is (i)
9		designed by its manufacturer to destroy drug evidence and
10		render it non-retrievable and (ii) used exclusively for that
11		purpose.
12		"Drug evidence" means any illegal drug collected as
13		evidence by a law enforcement agency or any used, expired, or
14		unwanted pharmaceuticals collected under the Safe
15		Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. "Drug evidence" does not include
16		hazardous waste.
17		"Drug" "Illegal drug" means any one or more of the
18		following when obtained without a prescription or otherwise in
19		violation of the law:
20		(1) any substance as defined and included in the
21		Schedules of Article II of the Illinois Controlled
22		Substances Act;
23		(2) any cannabis as defined in Section 3 of the
24		Cannabis Control Act; or

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1		(3) any drug as defined in paragraph (b) of Section 3
2		of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
3		"Law enforcement agency" means an agency of this State or
4		unit of local government that is vested by law or ordinance
5		with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal
6		laws or ordinances.
7		"Non-retrievable" means the condition or state following a
8		process that permanently alters the illegal drug's physical or
9		chemical condition or state through irreversible means and
10		thereby renders the illegal drug unavailable and unusable for
11		all practical purposes.
12		(b) To the extent allowed under federal law, drug evidence
13		that is placed into a drug destruction device by a law
14		enforcement agency at the location where the evidence is stored
15		by the agency and that is destroyed under the supervision of
16		the agency in accordance with the specifications of the device
17		manufacturer shall not be considered discarded or a waste under
18		this Act until it is rendered non-retrievable.
19		(Source: P.A. 99-60, eff. 7-16-15.)