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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 |
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| 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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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 |
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| registration; renewal; military service. The expiration date |
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| and renewal
period for
each license and certificate of |
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| registration issued under this Act
shall be set by rule.
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| As a condition for the renewal of a certificate of |
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| registration as
a pharmacist license, the licensee registrant |
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| shall provide evidence to the
Department of completion of a |
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| total of 30 hours of pharmacy continuing
education during the |
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| 24 months
preceding the expiration date
of the license |
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| certificate. Such continuing education shall be approved by
the |
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| Accreditation Council on Pharmacy
Education.
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| The Department shall establish by rule a means for the |
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| verification
of completion of the continuing education |
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| required by this Section.
This verification may be accomplished |
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| through audits of records maintained
by licensees or |
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| registrants, by requiring the filing of continuing education |
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| certificates
with the Department or a qualified organization |
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| selected by the Department
to maintain such records or by other |
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| means established by the Department.
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| Rules developed under this Section may provide for a |
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| reasonable biennial
fee, not to exceed $20, to fund the cost of |
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| such recordkeeping.
The Department shall, by rule, further |
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| provide an orderly process
for the reinstatement of licenses or |
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| certificates which have not been renewed due to
the failure to |
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| meet the continuing education requirements of this Section.
The |
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| 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 |
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| Department.
Such waivers shall be granted for not more than one |
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| of any 3 consecutive
renewal periods.
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| Any pharmacist or pharmacy technician who has permitted his |
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| or her license or certificate to expire or who has had
his or |
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| her license or certificate on inactive status may have his or |
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| her license or certificate restored by making
application to |
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| the Department and filing proof acceptable to the Department
of |
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| his or her fitness to have his or her license restored, and by |
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| paying the required
restoration fee.
The Department shall |
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| determine, by an evaluation program established
by rule his or |
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| her fitness for restoration of his or her license and shall |
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| establish
procedures and requirements for such restoration. |
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| However, any pharmacist
who demonstrates that he or she has |
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| continuously maintained active practice
in another |
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| jurisdiction pursuant to a license in good standing, and
who |
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| has substantially complied with the continuing education |
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| requirements
of this Section shall not be subject to further |
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| evaluation for purposes
of this Section.
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| Any licensee or registrant who shall engage in the practice |
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| for which his or her
license or certificate
was issued while |
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| the license or certificate is expired or on inactive status
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| shall
be considered to be practicing without a license or |
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| certificate, which, shall be grounds
for discipline under |
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| 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 |
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| under Section 30 of this
Act. A pharmacy whose license has been |
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| expired for one year or
more may not
have its license restored |
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| but must apply for a new license and meet all
requirements for |
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| licensure. Any pharmacy whose license has been expired for
less |
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| than one year may apply for restoration of its license and |
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| shall have
its license restored.
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| However, any pharmacist or pharmacy technician whose |
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| 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 |
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| United
States, or the State Militia called into service or |
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| training, or (2)
in training or education under the supervision |
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| of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military |
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| service, may have his or her license
or certificate restored |
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| without paying any lapsed renewal fees, if
within 2 years after |
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| 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 |
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| 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.) |
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| Section 10. The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act |
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| is amended by repealing Section 24.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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