Hospice and other home health care nurses may not be protected under the law when it comes to picking up certain scheduled narcotics for patients in their care in Illinois. A new law is being put forth that could address this potentially serious oversight within the state. The legislation was introduced by State Senator Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) that will clarify specific components of the law currently in place and stipulate that licensed home health care nurses can, in fact, legally transport a schedule narcotic to a patient when they pick it up directly from a pharmacy.
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