95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1951

 

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Aaron Schock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 115/17   from Ch. 111, par. 7017

    Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Requires any person licensed under the Act who dispenses any prescription drug to provide the client to whom the drug is dispensed with a client information sheet that sets forth certain information about the drug at the time of dispensation. Effective January 1, 2008.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act
5 of 2004 is amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 115/17)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7017)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
8     Sec. 17. Dispensation of drugs; client information sheet.
9     (a) In this Section:
10     "Client information sheet" means a paper given to a
11 veterinarian by a prescription drug manufacturer, as required
12 by the Center for Veterinary Medicine of the federal Food and
13 Drug Administration, for the purpose of communicating
14 important risk information to clients so that the owners of an
15 animal are provided with vital product safety information,
16 including without limitation precautions, contraindications,
17 signs of a possible adverse reaction, and steps to take in the
18 event of an adverse reaction to the prescription drug.
19     "Drug" has the meaning given to that term in the Pharmacy
20 Practice Act of 1987.
21     "Good faith" has the meaning given to that term in
22 subsection (v) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
23 Substances Act.

 

 

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1     "Medicine" has the meaning given to that term in the
2 Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
3     (b) Any person licensed under this Act who dispenses any
4 drug or medicine shall dispense such drug or medicine in good
5 faith and shall affix to the container containing the same a
6 label indicating: (a) the date on which such drug or medicine
7 is dispensed, (b) the name of the owner, (c) the last name of
8 the person dispensing such drug or medicine, (d) directions for
9 use thereof, including dosage and quantity, and (e) the
10 proprietary or generic name of the drug or medicine, except as
11 otherwise authorized by rules of the Department. This Section
12 shall not apply to drugs and medicines that are in a container
13 which bears a label of the manufacturer with information
14 describing its contents that are in compliance with
15 requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the
16 Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, approved June 29, 1967,
17 as amended, and which are dispensed without consideration by a
18 practitioner licensed under this Act. "Drug" and "medicine"
19 have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pharmacy Practice Act
20 of 1987, as amended, and "good faith" has the meaning ascribed
21 to it in subsection (v) of Section 102 of the "Illinois
22 Controlled Substances Act", approved August 16, 1971, as
23 amended.
24     (c) Any person licensed under this Act who dispenses any
25 prescription drug must provide the client to whom the drug is
26 dispensed with a client information sheet at the time of

 

 

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1 dispensation.
2 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
4 1, 2008.