STERICYCLE INC
AMENDMENT TO PLAN
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<P ALIGN="RIGHT">Exhibit 10.15</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Second Amendment to</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Stericycle, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan</P>
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</B><P>The Stericycle, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the
&quot;Plan&quot;) is amended as follows pursuant to the authority of the Board
of Directors under Paragraph 10.2 of the Plan:</P>
<P>1.&#9;<B>Paragraphs 8.2 and 8.3</B>.  Paragraphs 8.2 and 8.3 of the Plan are
amended to read as follows:</P><DIR>
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<P>8.2&#9;<B>Term</B>.  The Plan Administrator shall determine (i) whether each
Option shall be exercisable immediately or become exercisable at one time or in
installments at different times and (ii) the time or times at which the Option
shall become and remain exercisable. No Option may have an Expiration Date more
than 10 years from the date that it was granted.</P>
<P>Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the underlying Option Agreement,
(i) each outstanding Option held by an Employee shall become exercisable in full
as of his or her Termination Date if the Employee's termination of employment
occurs by reason of his or her death, and (ii) each outstanding Option shall
become exercisable in full upon a Change in Control. In addition, the Plan
Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the exercisability of any
Option at any time under any related or other circumstances.</P>
<P>8.3&#9;<B>Termination of Employment</B>.  In the case of an Option held by an
Employee:</P><DIR>
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<P>(a)&#9;to the extent that the Option is and remains unexercisable as of the
Employee's Termination Date, the Option shall expire on the Termination Date;
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<P>(b)&#9;to the extent that the Option is or becomes exercisable as of the
Employee's Termination Date, the Option shall expire as specified in the Option
Agreement (or if no date is specified, 30 days after the Termination Date, or if
the Employee's employment terminated by reason of his or her death or
Disability, on the first anniversary of the Termination Date), unless the
Expiration Date is extended by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator
may extend the expiration to any date ending on or before the applicable
Expiration Date.</P></DIR>
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<P>2.&#9;<B>Effective Date</B>.  This Amendment shall be effective as of
December 1, 2001.</P>
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