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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 15.3 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 85/15.3 new)
7    Sec. 15.3. Emergency prescription refills.
8    (a) A pharmacist may exercise professional judgment to 
9dispense an emergency supply of medication for a chronic 
10disease or condition if the pharmacist is unable to obtain 
11refill authorization from the prescriber when:
12        (1) in the pharmacist's professional judgment, 
13    interruption of therapy might reasonably produce 
14    undesirable consequences or cause patient suffering;
15        (2) the pharmacy previously dispensed or refilled a 
16    prescription from the prescriber for the same patient and 
17    medication;
18        (3) the prescription is not for a controlled substance;
19        (4) the pharmacist informs the patient or the patient's 
20    agent at the time of dispensing that prescriber 
21    authorization is required for future refills; notification 
22    may be made verbally, electronically, or in writing; and
23        (5) the emergency dispensing is documented in the 
 
 
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1    patient's prescription record and the pharmacist informs 
2    the prescriber of the emergency refill.
3    (b) The emergency supply must be limited to the amount 
4needed for the emergency period as determined by the pharmacist 
5within his or her professional judgment. However, the total 
6amount dispensed shall not exceed a 30-day supply. 
 

7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.