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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3358 
  Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:   | 
 
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 225 ILCS 85/8 | 
  from Ch. 111, par. 4128 |   
 
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    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning licensure without examination.
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A BILL FOR
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SB3358 | 
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LRB096 17092 ASK 32414 b | 
 
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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 8 as follows:  
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 |     (225 ILCS 85/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4128)
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 |     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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 |     Sec. 8. Licensure by endorsement; emergency licensure.
The
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 | The Department may, in its discretion, license
as a pharmacist,  | 
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 | without examination, on payment of the required fee,
an  | 
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 | applicant who is so licensed under the laws of another U.S.  | 
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 | jurisdiction
or another country, if the requirements for  | 
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 | licensure in the other
jurisdiction in which the applicant was  | 
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 | licensed, were, at the date
of his or her licensure deemed by  | 
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 | the Board to be substantially equivalent
to the requirements  | 
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 | then in force in this State. | 
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 |     A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good
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 | standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license
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 | pursuant to Section 7 of this Act due to a natural disaster or
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 | catastrophic event in another jurisdiction may be temporarily
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 | authorized by the Secretary to practice  pharmacy pending the
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 | issuance of the license.  This temporary authorization shall  | 
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 | expire upon issuance of the license or upon notification that  |