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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-25-011203
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250421
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250423
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250423

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHAW THOMAS J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001174567
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16465
		FILM NUMBER:		25861185

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		511 LOBO LANE
		CITY:			LITTLE ELM
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75068

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000946563
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				752599762
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		511 LOBO LANE
		CITY:			LITTLE ELM
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75068-0009
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722941010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		511 LOBO LANE
		CITY:			LITTLE ELM
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75068-0009
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents weighted average price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Shaw has investment power over 500,000 shares as Trustee for the benefit of a family member. Mr. Shaw has voting control over the remainder of the shares pursuant to a voting agreement.</footnote>
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    <remarks>The Rule 10b5-1 Plan's date of adoption was August 22, 2024.</remarks>

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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align="center"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align="center"><b><u>FOR EDGAR SUBMISSIONS</u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Dena Valerie Thomas, Ralph Steven Janvey, and John W. Fort III, each acting individually, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(1) act as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account administrator and manage the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(2) legally bind the undersigned for purposes of Form ID;</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(3) prepare, acknowledge, execute, and deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Retractable Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Exchange Act<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>);</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(4) prepare, acknowledge, execute, and deliver Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of the Company as considered necessary or advisable under the Exchange Act;</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(5) seek or obtain, as the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s representative and on the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s behalf, information on transactions in the Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s securities from any third party, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(6) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">The undersigned acknowledges that:</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(3) neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16, Section 13(d), or Section 13(g) of the Exchange Act.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">Except as specifically limited hereby, the undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of March&nbsp;11, 2025.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<table style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr style="font-size:0"><td width="328.8"></td></tr><tr><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign="top" width="328.8"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">/s/ Thomas J. Shaw</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align="center"><b><u>ACKNOWLEDGMENT</u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
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</td><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px" valign="top" width="486.133"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">&sect;</p>
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</td><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px" valign="top" width="486.133"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">&sect;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">This Limited Power of Attorney for EDGAR Submissions was acknowledged before me on the 11th day of March, 2025, by <u>Thomas J. Shaw</u>.</p>
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<table style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr style="font-size:0"><td width="328.8"></td></tr><tr><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign="top" width="328.8"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">/s/ Leticia Rodriguez</p>
</td></tr><tr><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px" valign="top" width="328.8"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">NOTARY PUBLIC <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ndash;</font> STATE OF TEXAS</p>
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</td></tr><tr><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign="top" width="328.8"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Leticia Rodriguez</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">My Commission Expires: 10/2/27 [SEAL]</p>
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