Illinois health care facilities using liquid medications now must comply with a new state law aimed to prevent unused medications from entering the drinking water supply.
New Illinois legislation (H.B. 1338, P.A. 100-0612) expands the reach of an existing statute prohibiting the discharge of unused medicines into public wastewater systems. It extends the 2010 Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act (P.A. 96-221) by expanding the list of drugs on the anti-dumping list. The list previously included only solids.
The expansion is part of the state’s response to the increased use of home health services and reflects the drugs used in residential ...
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