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Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

720 ILCS 5/12C-45

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  1. CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES
  2. Criminal Code of 2012.

Drug induced infliction of harm to a child athlete.

(a) A person commits drug induced infliction of harm to a child athlete when he or she knowingly distributes a drug to or encourages the ingestion of a drug by a person under the age of 18 with the intent that the person under the age of 18 ingest the drug for the purpose of a quick weight gain or loss in connection with participation in athletics.

(b) This Section does not apply to care under usual and customary standards of medical practice by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or to the sale of drugs or products by a retail merchant.

(c) Drug induced infliction of harm to a child athlete is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.

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