96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1773


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert Rita
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



225 ILCS 85/10
  from Ch. 111, par. 4130








    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the State Board of Pharmacy.
















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    AN ACT concerning 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 is amended by changing 
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Section 10 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 85/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4130)


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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. There is created in the

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the Department the
State Board of Pharmacy.
It shall consist of 
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9 members, 7 of whom shall be licensed pharmacists.
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those 7 members must be a licensed pharmacist in good standing

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in this State, a graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy 
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or hold
a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and have at 
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least 5 years'
practical experience in the practice of pharmacy 
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subsequent to the
date of his licensure as a licensed 
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pharmacist in the State of Illinois.
There shall be 2 public 
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members, who shall be voting members, who
shall not be licensed 
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pharmacists in this State or any other state.
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    Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.

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    Members
 shall be appointed to 5 year terms.  The Governor 
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shall fill any vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. 
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Partial terms over 3 years in length shall be considered full 
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terms. A member may be reappointed for a successive term, but 
 


 






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no member shall serve more than 2 full terms in his or her 
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lifetime.



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    In making the appointment of members on the Board, the 
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Governor shall
give due consideration to recommendations by the 
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members of the profession
of pharmacy and by pharmacy
 
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organizations therein.  The Governor
shall notify the pharmacy
 
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organizations promptly of any vacancy
of members on the Board 
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and in appointing members shall give consideration
to 
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individuals engaged in all types and settings of pharmacy 
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practice.

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    The Governor may remove any member of the Board for 
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misconduct, incapacity
or neglect of duty and he shall be the 
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sole judge of the sufficiency of the
cause for removal.

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    Each member of the Board shall be reimbursed for such 
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actual
and legitimate expenses as he may incur in going to and 
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from the place
of meeting and remaining thereat during sessions 
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of the Board.  In
addition, each member of the Board may
 receive 
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a per diem payment
in an amount determined from time to time by 
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the Director for attendance
at meetings of the Board and 
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conducting other official business of
the Board.

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    The Board shall hold quarterly meetings at such times and 
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places and upon
 notice as the Department

may determine and as 
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its business may require.
A majority of the Board members 
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currently appointed shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the 
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membership of the Board shall not impair the right of a quorum 
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to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the 
 


 






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Board.


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    The Board shall exercise the rights, powers and duties 
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which have been
vested in the Board under this Act, and any 
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other duties conferred
upon the Board by law.

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(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)