Public Act 098-0208

HB1311 Enrolled LRB098 05581 RLC 35619 b

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking Act is

amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(720 ILCS 649/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:

"Administer" or "administration" has the meaning provided

in Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Authorized representative" means an employee or agent of a

qualified outside entity who has been authorized in writing by

his or her agency or office to receive confidential information

from the central repository.

"Central Repository" means the entity chosen by the

Illinois State Police to handle electronic transaction records

as described in this Act.

"Convenience package" means any package that contains 360

milligrams or less of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts

or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers in liquid or

liquid filled capsule form.

"Covered pharmacy" means any pharmacy that distributes any

amount of targeted methamphetamine precursor that is

physically located in Illinois.

"Deliver" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Dispense" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Distribute" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Electronic transaction record" means, with respect to the

distribution of a targeted methamphetamine precursor by a

pharmacy to a recipient under Section 25 of the Methamphetamine

Precursor Control Act, an electronic record that includes: the

name and address of the recipient; date and time of the

transaction; brand and product name and total quantity

distributed of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts, or

optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers; identification

type and identification number of the identification presented

by the recipient; and the name and address of the pharmacy.

"Identification information" means identification type and

identification number.

"Identification number" means the number that appears on

the identification furnished by the recipient of a targeted

methamphetamine precursor.

"Identification type" means the type of identification

furnished by the recipient of a targeted methamphetamine

precursor such as, by way of example only, an Illinois driver's

license or United States passport.

"List I chemical" has the meaning provided in 21 U.S.C.

802.

"Methamphetamine precursor" has the meaning provided in

Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community

Protection Act.

"Package" means an item packaged and marked for retail sale

that is not designed to be further broken down or subdivided

for the purpose of retail sale.

"Pharmacist" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Pharmacy" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Practitioner" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of

the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Prescriber" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the

Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Prescription" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of

the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

"Qualified outside entity" means:

(1) a law enforcement agency or prosecutor's office

with authority to identify, investigate, or prosecute

violations of this Act or any other State or federal law or

rule involving a methamphetamine precursor,

methamphetamine, or any other controlled substance;

(2) any probation and court services department

authorized by the Probation and Probation Officers Act;

(3) the Department of Corrections;

(4) the Department of Juvenile Justice;

(5) the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System; or

(6) the U.S. Parole Commission.

"Readily retrievable" has the meaning provided in 21 C.F.R.

part 1300.

"Recipient" means a person purchasing, receiving, or

otherwise acquiring a targeted methamphetamine precursor from

a pharmacy in Illinois, as described in Section 25 of the

Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act.

"Retail distributor" means a grocery store, general

merchandise store, drug store, other merchandise store, or

other entity or person whose activities as a distributor

relating to drug products containing targeted methamphetamine

precursor are limited exclusively or almost exclusively to

sales for personal use by an ultimate user, both in number of

sales and volume of sales, either directly to walk-in customers

or in face-to-face transactions by direct sales.

"Sales employee" means any employee or agent, other than a

pharmacist or pharmacy technician who at any time (1) operates

a cash register at which convenience packages may be sold, (2)

stocks shelves containing convenience packages, or (3) trains

or supervises any other employee or agent who engages in any of

the preceding activities.

"Single retail transaction" means a sale by a retail

distributor to a recipient at a specific time.

"Targeted methamphetamine precursor" means any compound,

mixture, or preparation that contains any detectable quantity

of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical

isomers, or salts of optical isomers.

"Targeted package" means a package, including a

convenience package, containing any amount of targeted

methamphetamine precursor.

"Ultimate user" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of

the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-670, eff. 1-19-12.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

becoming law.