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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2179 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 225 ILCS 85/8 | from Ch. 111, par. 4128 |
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Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning licensure without examination.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2179 | | LRB099 06671 HAF 26744 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 85/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4128)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 8 | | Sec. 8. Licensure by endorsement; emergency licensure.
The
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| 9 | | The Department may, in its discretion, license
as a pharmacist, |
| 10 | | without examination, on payment of the required fee,
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| 11 | | applicant who is so licensed under the laws of another U.S. |
| 12 | | jurisdiction
or another country, if the requirements for |
| 13 | | licensure in the other
jurisdiction in which the applicant was |
| 14 | | licensed, were, at the date
of his or her licensure deemed by |
| 15 | | the Board to be substantially equivalent
to the requirements |
| 16 | | then in force in this State. |
| 17 | | A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good
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| 18 | | standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license
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| 19 | | pursuant to Section 7 of this Act due to a natural disaster or
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| 20 | | catastrophic event in another jurisdiction may be temporarily
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| 21 | | authorized by the Secretary to practice pharmacy pending the
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| 22 | | issuance of the license. This temporary authorization shall |
| 23 | | expire upon issuance of the license or upon notification that |