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Full Text of HB4878  93rd General Assembly

HB4878 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4878

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by Karen May, William B. Black, Patricia Bailey, Carolyn H. Krause

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 85/16b new

    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Requires a pharmacy that dispenses medications via the Internet to Illinois residents and mails, ships, or delivers prescription medications into this State to prominently display its license or registration number at the entry point to the portion of the pharmacy's web site where prescription drugs are sold to the public. Provides that whoever dispenses medications via the Internet to Illinois residents and mails, ships, or delivers prescription medications into this State without the proper license or registration under this Act shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony for the first offense and shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony for each subsequent offense.


LRB093 18036 AMC 46830 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4878 LRB093 18036 AMC 46830 b

1     AN ACT concerning pharmacies.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
5 adding Section 16b as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 85/16b new)
7     Sec. 16b. Internet sales.
8     (a) A pharmacy that dispenses medications via the Internet
9 to Illinois residents and mails, ships, or delivers
10 prescription medications into this State must prominently
11 display its license or registration number at the entry point
12 to the portion of the pharmacy's web site where prescription
13 drugs are sold to the public.
14     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
15 whoever dispenses medications via the Internet to Illinois
16 residents and mails, ships, or delivers prescription
17 medications into this State without the proper license or
18 registration under this Act shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony
19 for the first offense and shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony
20 for each subsequent offense.