Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 4/30/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1293
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1293 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 3, 9, 9.5, 16a, 25.15, 30, and 35.16 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 85/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 4123)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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9 | Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, except | ||||||
10 | where otherwise
limited therein:
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11 | (a) "Pharmacy" or "drugstore" means and includes every | ||||||
12 | store, shop,
pharmacy department, or other place where | ||||||
13 | pharmacist
care is
provided
by a pharmacist (1) where drugs, | ||||||
14 | medicines, or poisons are
dispensed, sold or
offered for sale | ||||||
15 | at retail, or displayed for sale at retail; or
(2)
where
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16 | prescriptions of physicians, dentists, advanced practice |
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1 | nurses, physician assistants, veterinarians, podiatrists, or
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2 | optometrists, within the limits of their
licenses, are
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3 | compounded, filled, or dispensed; or (3) which has upon it or
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4 | displayed within
it, or affixed to or used in connection with | ||||||
5 | it, a sign bearing the word or
words "Pharmacist", "Druggist", | ||||||
6 | "Pharmacy", "Pharmaceutical
Care", "Apothecary", "Drugstore",
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7 | "Medicine Store", "Prescriptions", "Drugs", "Dispensary", | ||||||
8 | "Medicines", or any word
or words of similar or like import, | ||||||
9 | either in the English language
or any other language; or (4) | ||||||
10 | where the characteristic prescription
sign (Rx) or similar | ||||||
11 | design is exhibited; or (5) any store, or
shop,
or other place | ||||||
12 | with respect to which any of the above words, objects,
signs or | ||||||
13 | designs are used in any advertisement.
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14 | (b) "Drugs" means and includes (l) articles recognized
in | ||||||
15 | the official United States Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary | ||||||
16 | (USP/NF),
or any supplement thereto and being intended for and | ||||||
17 | having for their
main use the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, | ||||||
18 | treatment or prevention of
disease in man or other animals, as | ||||||
19 | approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration, but | ||||||
20 | does not include devices or their components, parts,
or | ||||||
21 | accessories; and (2) all other articles intended
for and having | ||||||
22 | for their main use the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
treatment | ||||||
23 | or prevention of disease in man or other animals, as approved
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24 | by the United States Food and Drug Administration, but does not | ||||||
25 | include
devices or their components, parts, or accessories; and | ||||||
26 | (3) articles
(other than food) having for their main use and |
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1 | intended
to affect the structure or any function of the body of | ||||||
2 | man or other
animals; and (4) articles having for their main | ||||||
3 | use and intended
for use as a component or any articles | ||||||
4 | specified in clause (l), (2)
or (3); but does not include | ||||||
5 | devices or their components, parts or
accessories.
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6 | (c) "Medicines" means and includes all drugs intended for
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7 | human or veterinary use approved by the United States Food and | ||||||
8 | Drug
Administration.
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9 | (d) "Practice of pharmacy" means (1) the interpretation and | ||||||
10 | the provision of assistance in the monitoring, evaluation, and | ||||||
11 | implementation of prescription drug orders; (2) the dispensing | ||||||
12 | of prescription drug orders; (3) participation in drug and | ||||||
13 | device selection; (4) drug administration limited to the | ||||||
14 | administration of oral, topical, injectable, and inhalation as | ||||||
15 | follows: in the context of patient education on the proper use | ||||||
16 | or delivery of medications; vaccination of patients 14 years of | ||||||
17 | age and older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing | ||||||
18 | order, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its | ||||||
19 | branches, upon completion of appropriate training, including | ||||||
20 | how to address contraindications and adverse reactions set | ||||||
21 | forth by rule, with notification to the patient's physician and | ||||||
22 | appropriate record retention, or pursuant to hospital pharmacy | ||||||
23 | and therapeutics committee policies and procedures; (5) drug | ||||||
24 | regimen review; (6) drug or drug-related research; (7) the | ||||||
25 | provision of patient counseling; (8) the practice of | ||||||
26 | telepharmacy; (9) the provision of those acts or services |
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1 | necessary to provide pharmacist care; (10) medication therapy | ||||||
2 | management; and (11) the responsibility for compounding and | ||||||
3 | labeling of drugs and devices (except labeling by a | ||||||
4 | manufacturer, repackager, or distributor of non-prescription | ||||||
5 | drugs and commercially packaged legend drugs and devices), | ||||||
6 | proper and safe storage of drugs and devices, and maintenance | ||||||
7 | of required records. A pharmacist who performs any of the acts | ||||||
8 | defined as the practice of pharmacy in this State must be | ||||||
9 | actively licensed as a pharmacist under this Act.
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10 | (e) "Prescription" means and includes any written, oral, | ||||||
11 | facsimile, or
electronically transmitted order for drugs
or | ||||||
12 | medical devices, issued by a physician licensed to practice | ||||||
13 | medicine in
all its branches, dentist, veterinarian, or | ||||||
14 | podiatrist, or
optometrist, within the
limits of their | ||||||
15 | licenses, by a physician assistant in accordance with
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16 | subsection (f) of Section 4, or by an advanced practice nurse | ||||||
17 | in
accordance with subsection (g) of Section 4, containing the
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18 | following: (l) name
of the patient; (2) date when prescription | ||||||
19 | was issued; (3) name
and strength of drug or description of the | ||||||
20 | medical device prescribed;
and (4) quantity, (5) directions for | ||||||
21 | use, (6) prescriber's name,
address
and signature, and (7) DEA | ||||||
22 | number where required, for controlled
substances.
DEA numbers | ||||||
23 | shall not be required on inpatient drug orders.
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24 | (f) "Person" means and includes a natural person, | ||||||
25 | copartnership,
association, corporation, government entity, or | ||||||
26 | any other legal
entity.
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1 | (g) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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2 | Professional Regulation.
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3 | (h) "Board of Pharmacy" or "Board" means the State Board
of | ||||||
4 | Pharmacy of the Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
5 | Regulation.
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6 | (i) "Secretary"
means the Secretary
of Financial and | ||||||
7 | Professional Regulation.
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8 | (j) "Drug product selection" means the interchange for a
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9 | prescribed pharmaceutical product in accordance with Section | ||||||
10 | 25 of
this Act and Section 3.14 of the Illinois Food, Drug and | ||||||
11 | Cosmetic Act.
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12 | (k) "Inpatient drug order" means an order issued by an | ||||||
13 | authorized
prescriber for a resident or patient of a facility | ||||||
14 | licensed under the
Nursing Home Care Act or the Hospital | ||||||
15 | Licensing Act, or "An Act in relation to
the founding and | ||||||
16 | operation of the University of Illinois Hospital and the
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17 | conduct of University of Illinois health care programs", | ||||||
18 | approved July 3, 1931,
as amended, or a facility which is | ||||||
19 | operated by the Department of Human
Services (as successor to | ||||||
20 | the Department of Mental Health
and Developmental | ||||||
21 | Disabilities) or the Department of Corrections.
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22 | (k-5) "Pharmacist" means an individual health care | ||||||
23 | professional and
provider currently licensed by this State to | ||||||
24 | engage in the practice of
pharmacy.
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25 | (l) "Pharmacist in charge" means the licensed pharmacist | ||||||
26 | whose name appears
on a pharmacy license and who is responsible |
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1 | for all aspects of the
operation related to the practice of | ||||||
2 | pharmacy.
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3 | (m) "Dispense" or "dispensing" means the interpretation, | ||||||
4 | evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order, | ||||||
5 | including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a | ||||||
6 | patient or patient's agent in a suitable container | ||||||
7 | appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use | ||||||
8 | by a patient in accordance with applicable State and federal | ||||||
9 | laws and regulations.
"Dispense" or "dispensing" does not mean | ||||||
10 | the physical delivery to a patient or a
patient's | ||||||
11 | representative in a home or institution by a designee of a | ||||||
12 | pharmacist
or by common carrier. "Dispense" or "dispensing" | ||||||
13 | also does not mean the physical delivery
of a drug or medical | ||||||
14 | device to a patient or patient's representative by a
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15 | pharmacist's designee within a pharmacy or drugstore while the | ||||||
16 | pharmacist is
on duty and the pharmacy is open.
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17 | (n) "Nonresident pharmacy"
means a pharmacy that is located | ||||||
18 | in a state, commonwealth, or territory
of the United States, | ||||||
19 | other than Illinois, that delivers, dispenses, or
distributes, | ||||||
20 | through the United States Postal Service, commercially | ||||||
21 | acceptable parcel delivery service, or other common
carrier, to | ||||||
22 | Illinois residents, any substance which requires a | ||||||
23 | prescription.
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24 | (o) "Compounding" means the preparation and mixing of | ||||||
25 | components, excluding flavorings, (1) as the result of a | ||||||
26 | prescriber's prescription drug order or initiative based on the |
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1 | prescriber-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course of | ||||||
2 | professional practice or (2) for the purpose of, or incident | ||||||
3 | to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale | ||||||
4 | or dispensing. "Compounding" includes the preparation of drugs | ||||||
5 | or devices in anticipation of receiving prescription drug | ||||||
6 | orders based on routine, regularly observed dispensing | ||||||
7 | patterns. Commercially available products may be compounded | ||||||
8 | for dispensing to individual patients only if all of the | ||||||
9 | following conditions are met: (i) the commercial product is not | ||||||
10 | reasonably available from normal distribution channels in a | ||||||
11 | timely manner to meet the patient's needs and (ii) the | ||||||
12 | prescribing practitioner has requested that the drug be | ||||||
13 | compounded.
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14 | (p) (Blank).
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15 | (q) (Blank).
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16 | (r) "Patient counseling" means the communication between a | ||||||
17 | pharmacist or a student pharmacist pharmacy intern under the | ||||||
18 | supervision of a pharmacist and a patient or the patient's | ||||||
19 | representative about the patient's medication or device for the | ||||||
20 | purpose of optimizing proper use of prescription medications or | ||||||
21 | devices. "Patient counseling" may include without limitation | ||||||
22 | (1) obtaining a medication history; (2) acquiring a patient's | ||||||
23 | allergies and health conditions; (3) facilitation of the | ||||||
24 | patient's understanding of the intended use of the medication; | ||||||
25 | (4) proper directions for use; (5) significant potential | ||||||
26 | adverse events; (6) potential food-drug interactions; and (7) |
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1 | the need to be compliant with the medication therapy. A | ||||||
2 | pharmacy technician may only participate in the following | ||||||
3 | aspects of patient counseling under the supervision of a | ||||||
4 | pharmacist: (1) obtaining medication history; (2) providing | ||||||
5 | the offer for counseling by a pharmacist or student pharmacist | ||||||
6 | intern ; and (3) acquiring a patient's allergies and health | ||||||
7 | conditions.
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8 | (s) "Patient profiles" or "patient drug therapy record" | ||||||
9 | means the
obtaining, recording, and maintenance of patient | ||||||
10 | prescription
information, including prescriptions for | ||||||
11 | controlled substances, and
personal information.
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12 | (t) (Blank).
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13 | (u) "Medical device" means an instrument, apparatus, | ||||||
14 | implement, machine,
contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or | ||||||
15 | other similar or related article,
including any component part | ||||||
16 | or accessory, required under federal law to
bear the label | ||||||
17 | "Caution: Federal law requires dispensing by or on the order
of | ||||||
18 | a physician". A seller of goods and services who, only for the | ||||||
19 | purpose of
retail sales, compounds, sells, rents, or leases | ||||||
20 | medical devices shall not,
by reasons thereof, be required to | ||||||
21 | be a licensed pharmacy.
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22 | (v) "Unique identifier" means an electronic signature, | ||||||
23 | handwritten
signature or initials, thumb print, or other | ||||||
24 | acceptable biometric
or electronic identification process as | ||||||
25 | approved by the Department.
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26 | (w) "Current usual and customary retail price" means the |
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1 | price that a pharmacy charges to a non-third-party payor
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2 | (x) "Automated pharmacy system" means a mechanical system | ||||||
3 | located within the confines of the pharmacy or remote location | ||||||
4 | that performs operations or activities, other than compounding | ||||||
5 | or administration, relative to storage, packaging, dispensing, | ||||||
6 | or distribution of medication, and which collects, controls, | ||||||
7 | and maintains all transaction information. | ||||||
8 | (y) "Drug regimen review" means and includes the evaluation | ||||||
9 | of prescription drug orders and patient records for (1)
known | ||||||
10 | allergies; (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications;
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11 | (3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of | ||||||
12 | administration, taking into consideration factors such as age, | ||||||
13 | gender, and contraindications; (4) reasonable directions for | ||||||
14 | use; (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions; (6) | ||||||
15 | drug-drug interactions; (7) drug-food interactions; (8) | ||||||
16 | drug-disease contraindications; (9) therapeutic duplication; | ||||||
17 | (10) patient laboratory values when authorized and available; | ||||||
18 | (11) proper utilization (including over or under utilization) | ||||||
19 | and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and (12) abuse and misuse.
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20 | (z) "Electronic transmission prescription" means any | ||||||
21 | prescription order for which a facsimile or electronic image of | ||||||
22 | the order is electronically transmitted from a licensed | ||||||
23 | prescriber to a pharmacy. "Electronic transmission | ||||||
24 | prescription" includes both data and image prescriptions.
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25 | (aa) "Medication therapy management services" means a | ||||||
26 | distinct service or group of services offered by licensed |
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1 | pharmacists, physicians licensed to practice medicine in all | ||||||
2 | its branches, advanced practice nurses authorized in a written | ||||||
3 | agreement with a physician licensed to practice medicine in all | ||||||
4 | its branches, or physician assistants authorized in guidelines | ||||||
5 | by a supervising physician that optimize therapeutic outcomes | ||||||
6 | for individual patients through improved medication use. In a | ||||||
7 | retail or other non-hospital pharmacy, medication therapy | ||||||
8 | management services shall consist of the evaluation of | ||||||
9 | prescription drug orders and patient medication records to | ||||||
10 | resolve conflicts with the following: | ||||||
11 | (1) known allergies; | ||||||
12 | (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications; | ||||||
13 | (3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of | ||||||
14 | administration, taking into consideration factors such as | ||||||
15 | age, gender, and contraindications; | ||||||
16 | (4) reasonable directions for use; | ||||||
17 | (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions; | ||||||
18 | (6) drug-drug interactions; | ||||||
19 | (7) drug-food interactions; | ||||||
20 | (8) drug-disease contraindications; | ||||||
21 | (9) identification of therapeutic duplication; | ||||||
22 | (10) patient laboratory values when authorized and | ||||||
23 | available; | ||||||
24 | (11) proper utilization (including over or under | ||||||
25 | utilization) and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and | ||||||
26 | (12) drug abuse and misuse. |
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1 | "Medication therapy management services" includes the | ||||||
2 | following: | ||||||
3 | (1) documenting the services delivered and | ||||||
4 | communicating the information provided to patients' | ||||||
5 | prescribers within an appropriate time frame, not to exceed | ||||||
6 | 48 hours; | ||||||
7 | (2) providing patient counseling designed to enhance a | ||||||
8 | patient's understanding and the appropriate use of his or | ||||||
9 | her medications; and | ||||||
10 | (3) providing information, support services, and | ||||||
11 | resources designed to enhance a patient's adherence with | ||||||
12 | his or her prescribed therapeutic regimens.
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13 | "Medication therapy management services" may also include | ||||||
14 | patient care functions authorized by a physician licensed to | ||||||
15 | practice medicine in all its branches for his or her identified | ||||||
16 | patient or groups of patients under specified conditions or | ||||||
17 | limitations in a standing order from the physician. | ||||||
18 | "Medication therapy management services" in a licensed | ||||||
19 | hospital may also include the following: | ||||||
20 | (1) reviewing assessments of the patient's health | ||||||
21 | status; and | ||||||
22 | (2) following protocols of a hospital pharmacy and | ||||||
23 | therapeutics committee with respect to the fulfillment of | ||||||
24 | medication orders.
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25 | (bb) "Pharmacist care" means the provision by a pharmacist | ||||||
26 | of medication therapy management services, with or without the |
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1 | dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes | ||||||
2 | that improve patient health, quality of life, and comfort and | ||||||
3 | enhance patient safety.
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4 | (cc) "Protected health information" means individually | ||||||
5 | identifiable health information that, except as otherwise | ||||||
6 | provided, is:
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7 | (1) transmitted by electronic media; | ||||||
8 | (2) maintained in any medium set forth in the | ||||||
9 | definition of "electronic media" in the federal Health | ||||||
10 | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; or | ||||||
11 | (3) transmitted or maintained in any other form or | ||||||
12 | medium. | ||||||
13 | "Protected health information" does not include individually | ||||||
14 | identifiable health information found in: | ||||||
15 | (1) education records covered by the federal | ||||||
16 | Family Educational Right and Privacy Act; or | ||||||
17 | (2) employment records held by a licensee in its | ||||||
18 | role as an employer. | ||||||
19 | (dd) "Standing order" means a specific order for a patient | ||||||
20 | or group of patients issued by a physician licensed to practice | ||||||
21 | medicine in all its branches in Illinois. | ||||||
22 | (ee) "Address of record" means the address recorded by the | ||||||
23 | Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or | ||||||
24 | license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure | ||||||
25 | maintenance unit. | ||||||
26 | (ff) "Home pharmacy" means the location of a pharmacy's |
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1 | primary operations.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-459, eff. 1-1-06; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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3 | (225 ILCS 85/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4129)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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5 | Sec. 9. Registration as pharmacy technician. Any person | ||||||
6 | shall be entitled
to registration as a registered pharmacy | ||||||
7 | technician who is of the age of 16
or over, has not engaged in | ||||||
8 | conduct or behavior determined to be grounds for
discipline | ||||||
9 | under this Act, is attending or has
graduated from an | ||||||
10 | accredited high school or comparable school or educational
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11 | institution or received a GED, and has filed a written | ||||||
12 | application for registration on a form
to be prescribed and | ||||||
13 | furnished by the Department for that purpose. The
Department | ||||||
14 | shall issue a certificate of
registration as a registered | ||||||
15 | pharmacy technician to any applicant who has
qualified as | ||||||
16 | aforesaid, and such registration shall be the sole authority
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17 | required to assist licensed pharmacists in the practice of | ||||||
18 | pharmacy, under
the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. A | ||||||
19 | registered pharmacy technician may, under the supervision of a | ||||||
20 | pharmacist, assist in the practice of pharmacy and perform such | ||||||
21 | functions as assisting in the dispensing process, offering | ||||||
22 | counseling, receiving new verbal prescription orders, and | ||||||
23 | having prescriber contact concerning prescription drug order | ||||||
24 | clarification. A registered pharmacy technician may not engage | ||||||
25 | in patient counseling, drug regimen review, or clinical |
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1 | conflict resolution. | ||||||
2 | Beginning on January 1, 2010, within 2 years after initial | ||||||
3 | registration being employed as a registered technician, a | ||||||
4 | pharmacy technician must become certified by successfully | ||||||
5 | passing the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) | ||||||
6 | examination or another Board-approved pharmacy technician | ||||||
7 | examination and register as a certified pharmacy technician | ||||||
8 | with the Department in order to continue to perform pharmacy | ||||||
9 | technician's duties. This requirement does not apply to | ||||||
10 | pharmacy technicians registered hired prior to January 1, 2008.
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11 | Any person registered
as a pharmacy technician who is also | ||||||
12 | enrolled in a first professional
degree program in pharmacy in | ||||||
13 | a school or college of pharmacy or a
department of pharmacy of | ||||||
14 | a university approved by the Department or has graduated from | ||||||
15 | such a program within the last 18 months, shall be
considered a | ||||||
16 | " student pharmacist pharmacy intern "
and entitled to use the | ||||||
17 | title " student pharmacist" pharmacy intern" . A student | ||||||
18 | pharmacist pharmacy intern must meet all of the requirements | ||||||
19 | for registration as a pharmacy technician set forth in this | ||||||
20 | Section excluding the requirement of certification prior to the | ||||||
21 | second registration renewal and pay the required pharmacy | ||||||
22 | technician registration fees. A student pharmacist may, under | ||||||
23 | the supervision of a pharmacist, assist in the practice of | ||||||
24 | pharmacy and perform any and all functions delegated to him or | ||||||
25 | her by the pharmacist. | ||||||
26 | Any person seeking licensure as a pharmacist who has |
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1 | graduated from a pharmacy program outside the United States | ||||||
2 | must register as a pharmacy technician and shall be considered | ||||||
3 | a "student pharmacist" and be entitled to use the title | ||||||
4 | "student pharmacist" while completing the 1,200 clinical hours | ||||||
5 | of training approved by the Board of Pharmacy described and for | ||||||
6 | no more than 18 months after completion of these hours. These | ||||||
7 | individuals are not required to become certified pharmacy | ||||||
8 | technicians while completing their Board approved clinical | ||||||
9 | training, but must become licensed as a pharmacist or become a | ||||||
10 | certified pharmacy technician before the second pharmacy | ||||||
11 | technician registration renewal following completion of the | ||||||
12 | Board approved clinical training. | ||||||
13 | The Department shall not renew the pharmacy technician | ||||||
14 | license of any person who has been registered as a "student | ||||||
15 | pharmacist" and has dropped out of or been expelled from an | ||||||
16 | ACPE accredited college of pharmacy, who has failed to complete | ||||||
17 | his or her 1,200 hours of Board approved clinical training | ||||||
18 | within 24 months or who has failed the pharmacist licensure | ||||||
19 | examination 3 times and shall require these individuals to meet | ||||||
20 | the requirements of and become registered a certified pharmacy | ||||||
21 | technician. | ||||||
22 | The Department , upon the recommendation of the Board, may
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23 | take any action set forth in Section 30 of this Act with regard | ||||||
24 | to registrations
certificates pursuant to this Section.
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25 | Any person who is enrolled in a non-traditional Pharm.D.
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26 | program at an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy and is a |
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1 | licensed pharmacist
under the laws of another United States | ||||||
2 | jurisdiction shall be permitted to
engage in the program of | ||||||
3 | practice experience required in the academic program
by virtue | ||||||
4 | of such license. Such person shall be exempt from the | ||||||
5 | requirement
of registration as a registered pharmacy | ||||||
6 | technician while engaged in the
program of practice experience | ||||||
7 | required in the academic program.
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8 | An applicant for registration as a pharmacy technician may | ||||||
9 | assist a
pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy for a period of | ||||||
10 | up to
60 days prior to the issuance of a certificate of | ||||||
11 | registration if the
applicant has submitted the required fee | ||||||
12 | and an application for registration
to the Department. The | ||||||
13 | applicant shall keep a copy of the submitted
application on the | ||||||
14 | premises where the applicant is assisting in the
practice of | ||||||
15 | pharmacy. The Department shall forward confirmation of receipt | ||||||
16 | of the application with start and expiration dates of practice | ||||||
17 | pending registration.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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19 | (225 ILCS 85/9.5) | ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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21 | Sec. 9.5. Certified pharmacy technician. | ||||||
22 | (a) An individual registered as a pharmacy technician under | ||||||
23 | this Act may be registered receive certification as a certified | ||||||
24 | pharmacy technician, if he or she meets all of the following | ||||||
25 | requirements: |
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1 | (1) He or she has submitted a written application in | ||||||
2 | the form and manner prescribed by the Department Board . | ||||||
3 | (2) He or she has attained the age of 18. | ||||||
4 | (3) He or she is of good moral character, as determined | ||||||
5 | by the Department. | ||||||
6 | (4) He or she has (i) graduated from pharmacy | ||||||
7 | technician training meeting the requirements set forth in | ||||||
8 | subsection (a) of Section 17.1 of this Act or (ii) obtained | ||||||
9 | documentation from the pharmacist-in-charge of the | ||||||
10 | pharmacy where the applicant is employed verifying that he | ||||||
11 | or she has successfully completed a training program and | ||||||
12 | has successfully completed an objective assessment | ||||||
13 | mechanism prepared in accordance with rules established by | ||||||
14 | the Department Board . | ||||||
15 | (5) He or she has successfully passed an examination | ||||||
16 | accredited by the National Organization of Certifying | ||||||
17 | Agencies, as approved and required by the Board. | ||||||
18 | (6) He or she has paid the required certification fees. | ||||||
19 | (b) No pharmacist whose license has been denied, revoked, | ||||||
20 | suspended, or restricted for disciplinary purposes may be | ||||||
21 | eligible to be registered as a certified pharmacy technician. | ||||||
22 | (c) The Department Board may, by rule, establish any | ||||||
23 | additional requirements for certification under this Section.
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24 | (d) A person who is not a registered pharmacy technician | ||||||
25 | and meets the requirements of this Section may register as a | ||||||
26 | certified pharmacy technician without first registering as a |
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1 | pharmacy technician. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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3 | (225 ILCS 85/16a) (from Ch. 111, par. 4136a)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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5 | Sec. 16a. | ||||||
6 | (a) The Department shall establish rules and regulations,
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7 | consistent with the provisions of this Act, governing | ||||||
8 | nonresident
pharmacies,
including pharmacies providing | ||||||
9 | services via the Internet,
which sell, or offer for sale, | ||||||
10 | drugs, medicines, or other pharmaceutical
services in this | ||||||
11 | State.
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12 | (b) The Department Board shall require and provide for an | ||||||
13 | annual nonresident
special pharmacy registration for all | ||||||
14 | pharmacies located outside of this
State that dispense | ||||||
15 | medications for Illinois residents and mail, ship, or
deliver | ||||||
16 | prescription medications into this State. Nonresident special
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17 | pharmacy registration shall be granted by the Department Board | ||||||
18 | upon the disclosure and
certification by a pharmacy:
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19 | (1) that it is licensed in the state in which the | ||||||
20 | dispensing facility
is located and from which the drugs are | ||||||
21 | dispensed;
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22 | (2) of the location, names, and titles of all principal | ||||||
23 | corporate
officers and all pharmacists who are dispensing | ||||||
24 | drugs to residents of this
State;
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25 | (3) that it complies with all lawful directions and |
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1 | requests for
information from the board of pharmacy of each | ||||||
2 | state in which it is
licensed or registered, except that it | ||||||
3 | shall respond directly to all
communications from the Board | ||||||
4 | or Department concerning any emergency circumstances | ||||||
5 | arising
from the dispensing of drugs to residents of this | ||||||
6 | State;
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7 | (4) that it maintains its records of drugs dispensed to | ||||||
8 | residents of
this State so that the records are readily | ||||||
9 | retrievable from the records of
other drugs dispensed;
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10 | (5) that it cooperates with the Board or Department in | ||||||
11 | providing information to the
board of pharmacy of the state | ||||||
12 | in which it is licensed concerning matters
related to the | ||||||
13 | dispensing of drugs to residents of this State; and
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14 | (6) that during its regular hours of operation, but not | ||||||
15 | less than 6
days per week, for a minimum of 40 hours per | ||||||
16 | week, a toll-free telephone
service is provided to | ||||||
17 | facilitate communication between patients in this
State | ||||||
18 | and a pharmacist at the pharmacy who has access to the | ||||||
19 | patients'
records. The toll-free number must be disclosed | ||||||
20 | on the label affixed to
each container of drugs dispensed | ||||||
21 | to residents of this State.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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23 | (225 ILCS 85/25.15) | ||||||
24 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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25 | Sec. 25.15. Telepharmacy.
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1 | (a) In this Section, "telepharmacy" means the provision of | ||||||
2 | pharmacist care by a pharmacist that is accomplished through
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3 | the use of telecommunications or other technologies to patients
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4 | or their agents who are at a distance and are located within | ||||||
5 | the
United States, and which follows all federal and State | ||||||
6 | laws, rules,
and regulations with regard to privacy and | ||||||
7 | security. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any pharmacy engaged in the practice of telepharmacy | ||||||
9 | must meet all of the following conditions:
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10 | (1) All events involving the contents of an
automated | ||||||
11 | pharmacy system must be stored in a secure location
and may | ||||||
12 | be recorded electronically. | ||||||
13 | (2) An automated pharmacy or prescription dispensing | ||||||
14 | machine system may be used in
conjunction with the | ||||||
15 | pharmacy's practice of telepharmacy after inspection and | ||||||
16 | approval by the Department. | ||||||
17 | (3) The pharmacist in charge shall: | ||||||
18 | (A) be responsible for the practice of | ||||||
19 | telepharmacy
performed at a remote pharmacy, including | ||||||
20 | the supervision of any
prescription dispensing machine | ||||||
21 | or automated medication system; | ||||||
22 | (B) ensure that the home pharmacy has
sufficient | ||||||
23 | pharmacists on duty for the safe operation and
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24 | supervision of all remote pharmacies; | ||||||
25 | (C) ensure, through the use of a video and auditory
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26 | communication system, that a certified pharmacy |
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1 | technician at the remote
pharmacy has accurately and | ||||||
2 | correctly prepared any prescription for
dispensing | ||||||
3 | according to the prescription; | ||||||
4 | (D) be responsible for the supervision and | ||||||
5 | training of
certified pharmacy technicians at remote | ||||||
6 | pharmacies who shall be subject to
all rules and | ||||||
7 | regulations; and | ||||||
8 | (E) ensure that patient counseling at the remote | ||||||
9 | pharmacy is
performed by a pharmacist or student | ||||||
10 | pharmacist pharmacist intern .
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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12 | (225 ILCS 85/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 4150)
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13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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14 | Sec. 30. Refusal, revocation, or suspension. | ||||||
15 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke | ||||||
16 | a license or registration, or may suspend, place on probation, | ||||||
17 | fine, or take any disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as | ||||||
18 | the Department may deem proper, including fines not to exceed | ||||||
19 | $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any licensee or | ||||||
20 | registrant In accordance with Section 11 of this Act, the | ||||||
21 | Department
may refuse to issue, restore, or renew, or may | ||||||
22 | revoke, suspend, place on
probation, or reprimand as the | ||||||
23 | Department
may deem proper with regard to any license or | ||||||
24 | certificate of registration
or may impose a fine upon a | ||||||
25 | licensee or registrant not to exceed $10,000 per violation for |
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1 | any one or combination of the following causes:
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2 | 1. Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
3 | the Department.
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4 | 2. Violations of this Act, or the rules promulgated | ||||||
5 | hereunder.
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6 | 3. Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | obtaining licenses.
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8 | 4. A pattern of conduct which demonstrates | ||||||
9 | incompetence or unfitness
to practice.
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10 | 5. Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
11 | provision of
this Act or rules.
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12 | 6. Failing, within 60 days, to respond to a written | ||||||
13 | request made by
the Department for information.
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14 | 7. Engaging in unprofessional, dishonorable , or | ||||||
15 | unethical conduct of
a character likely to deceive, defraud | ||||||
16 | or harm the public.
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17 | 8. Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or foreign | ||||||
18 | nation, if at
least one of the grounds for the discipline | ||||||
19 | is the same or substantially
equivalent to those set forth | ||||||
20 | herein.
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21 | 9. Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
22 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or association | ||||||
23 | any fee, commission, rebate
or other form of compensation | ||||||
24 | for any professional services not actually
or personally | ||||||
25 | rendered.
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26 | 10. A finding by the Department that the licensee, |
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1 | after having his
license placed on probationary status has | ||||||
2 | violated the terms of probation.
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3 | 11. Selling or engaging in the sale of drug samples | ||||||
4 | provided at no
cost by drug manufacturers.
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5 | 12. Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
6 | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
7 | skill which results in the inability
to practice the | ||||||
8 | profession with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
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9 | 13. A finding that licensure or registration has been | ||||||
10 | applied for or
obtained by fraudulent means.
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11 | 14. The applicant or licensee has been convicted in | ||||||
12 | state or federal
court of or entered a plea of guilty, nolo | ||||||
13 | contendere, or the equivalent in a state or federal court | ||||||
14 | to any crime which is a felony or any misdemeanor related | ||||||
15 | to
the practice of pharmacy or , of which an essential | ||||||
16 | element is dishonesty.
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17 | 15. Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
18 | narcotics, stimulants
or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
19 | which results in the inability
to practice with reasonable | ||||||
20 | judgment, skill or safety.
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21 | 16. Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
22 | in the practice
of pharmacy, including, but not limited to | ||||||
23 | false records to support
claims against the medical | ||||||
24 | assistance program of the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
25 | Family Services (formerly Department of
Public Aid) under | ||||||
26 | the Public Aid Code.
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1 | 17. Gross and willful overcharging for professional | ||||||
2 | services including
filing false statements for collection | ||||||
3 | of fees for which services are
not rendered, including, but | ||||||
4 | not limited to, filing false statements
for collection of | ||||||
5 | monies for services not rendered from the medical
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6 | assistance program of the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
7 | Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) under | ||||||
8 | the Public Aid Code.
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9 | 18. Dispensing Repetitiously dispensing prescription | ||||||
10 | drugs without receiving a
written or oral prescription in | ||||||
11 | violation of law .
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12 | 19. Upon a finding of a substantial discrepancy in a | ||||||
13 | Department audit
of a prescription drug, including | ||||||
14 | controlled substances, as that term
is defined in this Act | ||||||
15 | or in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
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16 | 20. Physical or mental illness or any other impairment | ||||||
17 | or disability, including without limitation deterioration | ||||||
18 | through the aging process or loss of motor skills that
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19 | results in the inability to practice with
reasonable | ||||||
20 | judgment, skill or safety, or mental incompetence,
as | ||||||
21 | declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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22 | 21. Violation of the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | ||||||
23 | Act.
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24 | 22. Failing to sell or dispense any drug, medicine, or | ||||||
25 | poison in good
faith. "Good faith", for the purposes of | ||||||
26 | this Section, has the meaning
ascribed
to it in subsection |
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1 | (u) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
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2 | Act. "Good faith", as used in this item (22), shall not be | ||||||
3 | limited to the sale or dispensing of controlled substances, | ||||||
4 | but shall apply to all prescription drugs.
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5 | 23. Interfering with the professional judgment of a | ||||||
6 | pharmacist by
any registrant under this Act, or his or her | ||||||
7 | agents or employees.
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8 | 24. Failing to report within 60 days to the Department
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9 | any adverse final action taken against a pharmacist, | ||||||
10 | pharmacist technician, or certified pharmacist technician | ||||||
11 | by another licensing jurisdiction in any other state or any | ||||||
12 | territory of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction, | ||||||
13 | any governmental agency, any law enforcement agency, or any | ||||||
14 | court for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct that | ||||||
15 | would constitute grounds for discipline as defined in this | ||||||
16 | Section. | ||||||
17 | 25. Failing to comply with a subpoena issued in | ||||||
18 | accordance with Section 35.5 of this Act.
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19 | 26. Disclosing protected health information in | ||||||
20 | violation of any State or federal law. | ||||||
21 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
22 | license or
registration of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
23 | return, or to pay the tax,
penalty or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
24 | return, or to pay any final assessment
of tax, penalty or | ||||||
25 | interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
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26 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the |
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1 | requirements of any
such tax Act are satisfied.
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2 | (c) The Department shall revoke the license or certificate | ||||||
3 | of
registration issued under the provisions of this Act or any | ||||||
4 | prior Act of
this State of any person who has been convicted a | ||||||
5 | second time of committing
any felony under the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Controlled Substances Act, or who
has been convicted a second | ||||||
7 | time of committing a Class 1 felony under
Sections 8A-3 and | ||||||
8 | 8A-6 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. A
person whose license or | ||||||
9 | certificate of registration issued under the
provisions of this | ||||||
10 | Act or any prior Act of this State is revoked under this
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11 | subsection (c) shall be prohibited from engaging in the | ||||||
12 | practice of
pharmacy in this State.
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13 | (d) The Department may adopt rules for the imposition of | ||||||
14 | fines in disciplinary cases, not to exceed $10,000 for each | ||||||
15 | violation of this Act. Fines may be imposed in conjunction with | ||||||
16 | other forms of disciplinary action, but shall not be the | ||||||
17 | exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising out of | ||||||
18 | conduct resulting in death or injury to a patient. Fines shall | ||||||
19 | be paid within 60 days or as otherwise agreed to by the | ||||||
20 | Department. Any funds collected from such fines shall be | ||||||
21 | deposited in the Illinois State Pharmacy Disciplinary Fund.
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22 | (e) The entry of an order or judgment by any circuit court | ||||||
23 | establishing that any person holding a license or certificate | ||||||
24 | under this Act is a person in need of mental treatment operates | ||||||
25 | as a suspension of that license. A licensee may resume his or | ||||||
26 | her practice only upon the entry of an order of the Department |
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1 | based upon a finding by the Board that he or she has been | ||||||
2 | determined to be recovered from mental illness by the court and | ||||||
3 | upon the Board's recommendation that the licensee be permitted | ||||||
4 | to resume his or her practice.
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5 | (f) The Department shall issue quarterly to the Board a | ||||||
6 | status of all
complaints related to the profession received by | ||||||
7 | the Department.
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8 | (g) In enforcing this Section, the Board or the Department, | ||||||
9 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may compel any licensee | ||||||
10 | or applicant for licensure under this Act to submit to a mental | ||||||
11 | or physical examination or both, as required by and at the | ||||||
12 | expense of the Department. The examining physician , or | ||||||
13 | multidisciplinary team involved in providing physical and | ||||||
14 | mental examinations led by a physician consisting of one or a | ||||||
15 | combination of licensed physicians, licensed clinical | ||||||
16 | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | ||||||
17 | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
18 | administrative staff, shall be those specifically designated | ||||||
19 | by the Department. The Board or the Department may order the | ||||||
20 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
21 | to present testimony concerning this mental or physical | ||||||
22 | examination of the licensee or applicant. No information , | ||||||
23 | report, or other documents in any way related to the | ||||||
24 | examination shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
25 | statutory privilege relating to communication between the | ||||||
26 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician or any member |
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1 | of the multidisciplinary team . The individual to be examined | ||||||
2 | may have, at his or her own expense, another physician of his | ||||||
3 | or her choice present during all aspects of the examination. | ||||||
4 | Failure of any individual to submit to a mental or physical | ||||||
5 | examination when directed shall be grounds for suspension of | ||||||
6 | his or her license until such time as the individual submits to | ||||||
7 | the examination if the Board finds, after notice and hearing, | ||||||
8 | that the refusal to submit to the examination was without | ||||||
9 | reasonable cause. If the Board finds a pharmacist , certified | ||||||
10 | pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician unable to practice | ||||||
11 | because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the Board | ||||||
12 | shall require such pharmacist , certified pharmacy technician, | ||||||
13 | or pharmacy technician to submit to care, counseling, or | ||||||
14 | treatment by physicians or other appropriate health care | ||||||
15 | providers approved or designated by the Board as a condition | ||||||
16 | for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to practice. | ||||||
17 | Any pharmacist , certified pharmacy technician, or pharmacy | ||||||
18 | technician whose license was granted, continued, reinstated, | ||||||
19 | renewed, disciplined, or supervised, subject to such terms, | ||||||
20 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to comply with such | ||||||
21 | terms, conditions, or restrictions or to complete a required | ||||||
22 | program of care, counseling, or treatment, as determined by the | ||||||
23 | chief pharmacy coordinator or a deputy pharmacy coordinator, | ||||||
24 | shall be referred to the Secretary for a determination as to | ||||||
25 | whether the licensee shall have his or her license suspended | ||||||
26 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Board. In instances in |
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1 | which the Secretary immediately suspends a license under this | ||||||
2 | subsection (g), a hearing upon such person's license must be | ||||||
3 | convened by the Board within 15 days after such suspension and | ||||||
4 | completed without appreciable delay. The Board shall have the | ||||||
5 | authority to review the subject pharmacist's , certified | ||||||
6 | pharmacy technician's, or pharmacy technician's record of | ||||||
7 | treatment and counseling regarding the impairment.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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9 | (225 ILCS 85/35.16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4155.16)
| ||||||
10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 35.16. The Secretary Director may
temporarily suspend | ||||||
12 | the license of a pharmacist or pharmacy, or the registration of | ||||||
13 | a , pharmacy technician
or certified pharmacy technician | ||||||
14 | registration as a distributor , without a hearing, | ||||||
15 | simultaneously
with the institution of proceedings for a | ||||||
16 | hearing provided for in Section
35.2 of this Act, if the | ||||||
17 | Secretary Director finds that evidence in his possession
| ||||||
18 | indicates that a continuation in practice would constitute an | ||||||
19 | imminent
danger to the public. In the event that the Secretary | ||||||
20 | Director suspends, temporarily,
this license or registration | ||||||
21 | certificate without a hearing, a hearing by the Department
must | ||||||
22 | be held within 15
days after such suspension has occurred, and
| ||||||
23 | be concluded without appreciable delay.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)".
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