Full Text of SB2028 095th General Assembly
SB2028eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| Section 12 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 85/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 4132)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| Sec. 12. Expiration of license or certificate of | 9 |
| registration ; renewal ; military service . The expiration date | 10 |
| and renewal
period for
each license and certificate of | 11 |
| registration issued under this Act
shall be set by rule.
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| As a condition for the renewal of a certificate of | 13 |
| registration as
a pharmacist license , the licensee registrant | 14 |
| shall provide evidence to the
Department of completion of a | 15 |
| total of 30 hours of pharmacy continuing
education during the | 16 |
| 24 months
preceding the expiration date
of the license | 17 |
| certificate . Such continuing education shall be approved by
the | 18 |
| Accreditation Council on Pharmacy
Education.
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| The Department shall establish by rule a means for the | 20 |
| verification
of completion of the continuing education | 21 |
| required by this Section.
This verification may be accomplished | 22 |
| through audits of records maintained
by licensees or | 23 |
| registrants, by requiring the filing of continuing education |
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| certificates
with the Department or a qualified organization | 2 |
| selected by the Department
to maintain such records or by other | 3 |
| means established by the Department.
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| Rules developed under this Section may provide for a | 5 |
| reasonable biennial
fee, not to exceed $20, to fund the cost of | 6 |
| such recordkeeping.
The Department shall, by rule, further | 7 |
| provide an orderly process
for the reinstatement of licenses or | 8 |
| certificates which have not been renewed due to
the failure to | 9 |
| meet the continuing education requirements of this Section.
The | 10 |
| requirements of continuing education may be waived, in whole or
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| in part, in cases of extreme hardship as defined by rule of the | 12 |
| Department.
Such waivers shall be granted for not more than one | 13 |
| of any 3 consecutive
renewal periods.
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| Any pharmacist or pharmacy technician who has permitted his | 15 |
| or her license or certificate to expire or who has had
his or | 16 |
| her license or certificate on inactive status may have his or | 17 |
| her license or certificate restored by making
application to | 18 |
| the Department and filing proof acceptable to the Department
of | 19 |
| his or her fitness to have his or her license restored, and by | 20 |
| paying the required
restoration fee.
The Department shall | 21 |
| determine, by an evaluation program established
by rule his or | 22 |
| her fitness for restoration of his or her license and shall | 23 |
| establish
procedures and requirements for such restoration. | 24 |
| However, any pharmacist
who demonstrates that he or she has | 25 |
| continuously maintained active practice
in another | 26 |
| jurisdiction pursuant to a license in good standing, and
who |
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| has substantially complied with the continuing education | 2 |
| requirements
of this Section shall not be subject to further | 3 |
| evaluation for purposes
of this Section.
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| Any licensee or registrant who shall engage in the practice | 5 |
| for which his or her
license or certificate
was issued while | 6 |
| the license or certificate is expired or on inactive status
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| shall
be considered to be practicing without a license or | 8 |
| certificate, which , shall be grounds
for discipline under | 9 |
| Section 30 of this Act.
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| Any pharmacy operating on an expired license is engaged in
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| the unlawful
practice of pharmacy and is subject to discipline | 12 |
| under Section 30 of this
Act. A pharmacy whose license has been | 13 |
| expired for one year or
more may not
have its license restored | 14 |
| but must apply for a new license and meet all
requirements for | 15 |
| licensure. Any pharmacy whose license has been expired for
less | 16 |
| than one year may apply for restoration of its license and | 17 |
| shall have
its license restored.
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| However, any pharmacist or pharmacy technician whose | 19 |
| license or certificate expired while he or she was (l) in
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| Federal Service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the | 21 |
| United
States, or the State Militia called into service or | 22 |
| training, or (2)
in training or education under the supervision | 23 |
| of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military | 24 |
| service, may have his or her license
or certificate restored | 25 |
| without paying any lapsed renewal fees, if
within 2 years after | 26 |
| honorable termination of such service, training
or education he |
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| or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence
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| the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or | 3 |
| her service, training
or education has been so terminated.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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| (225 ILCS 120/24 rep.) | 6 |
| Section 10. The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act | 7 |
| is amended by repealing Section 24.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law.
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