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410 ILCS 620/3.14

(410 ILCS 620/3.14) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 503.14)

Sec. 3.14.

Dispensing or causing to be dispensed a different drug  in
place of the drug or brand of drug ordered or prescribed without the
express permission of the person ordering or prescribing.


Except as set forth in Section 26 of the Pharmacy Practice Act, this Section does not prohibit the interchange of different brands
of the same generically equivalent drug product, when the drug
products
are not required to bear the legend "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing
without prescription", provided that the same dosage form is dispensed and
there is no greater than 1% variance in the stated amount of each active
ingredient of the drug products.
A generic drug determined to be therapeutically equivalent by the
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall be available
for substitution in Illinois in accordance with this Act and the
Pharmacy Practice Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-65, eff. 8-11-17.)