93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2332


 
Introduced 1/28/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














225 ILCS 85/22
  from Ch. 111, par. 4142







    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Provides that, in the case of a drug, medicine, or poison which is sold or
dispensed pursuant to a prescription of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all of its branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian,
licensed podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically certified
optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs, medicines or poisons,
the label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or package containing the
drug, medicine, or poison shall also show the expiration date of the drug, medicine, or poison.



















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    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended  by 
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changing Section 22 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 85/22)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4142)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)

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    Sec. 22. Except only in the case of a drug, medicine or 
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poison
which is lawfully sold or dispensed, at retail, in the 
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original and
unbroken package of the manufacturer, packer, or 
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distributor thereof,
and which package bears the original label 
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thereon showing the name
and address of the manufacturer, 
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packer, or distributor thereof, and
the name of the drug, 
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medicine, or poison therein contained, and the
directions for 
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its use, no person shall sell or dispense, at retail,
any drug, 
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medicine, or poison, without affixing to the box, bottle,

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vessel, or package containing the same, a label bearing the 
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name of
the article distinctly shown, and the directions for 
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its use, with
the name and address of the pharmacy wherein the 
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same is sold or dispensed.
However, in the case of a drug, 
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medicine, or poison which is sold or
dispensed pursuant to a 
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prescription of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in 
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all of its branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian,

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licensed podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically 
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certified
optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs or 
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medicines or poisons,
the label affixed to the box, bottle, 
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vessel, or package containing the
same shall show: (a) the name 
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and address of the pharmacy
wherein the same is sold or 
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dispensed; (b) the name or initials of
the person, authorized 
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to practice pharmacy under the provisions of
this Act, selling 
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or dispensing the same, (c) the date on which such
prescription 
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was filled; (d) the name of the patient; (e) the serial
number 
 


 









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of such prescription as filed in the prescription files; (f)

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the last name of the practitioner who prescribed such 
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prescriptions;
(g) the directions for use thereof as contained 
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in such prescription;
and (h) the proprietary name or names or 
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the established name or
names of the drugs, the dosage and 
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quantity, except as otherwise authorized
by regulation of the 
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Department.
In the case of a drug, medicine, or poison which is 
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sold or
dispensed pursuant to a prescription of a physician 
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licensed to practice
medicine in all of its branches, licensed 
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dentist, licensed veterinarian,
licensed podiatrist, or 
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therapeutically or diagnostically certified
optometrist 
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authorized by law to prescribe drugs, medicines or poisons,
the 
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label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or package containing 
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the
drug, medicine, or poison shall also show the expiration 
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date of the drug, medicine, or poison. The Department shall 
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establish rules governing labeling in Division II and
Division 
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III pharmacies.

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(Source: P.A. 92-880, eff. 1-1-04.)