Rep. Theresa Mah
Filed: 4/15/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3497




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3497 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 10 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 85/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4130)


7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)

8    Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. 
9    (a) There is created in the Department the
State Board of 
10Pharmacy.
It shall consist of 11 9 members, 8 7 of whom shall 
11be licensed pharmacists. One of the licensed pharmacists shall 
12have a primary site for the practice of pharmacy at an 
13inpatient hospital pharmacy.
Each of those 8 7 members must be 
14a licensed pharmacist in good standing
in this State, a 
15graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy or hold
a 
16Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and have at least 5 
 
 
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1years'
practical experience in the practice of pharmacy 
2subsequent to the
date of his licensure as a licensed 
3pharmacist in the State of Illinois. There shall be one member 
4who is a pharmacy technician.
There shall be 2 public members, 
5who shall be voting members, who
shall not be engaged in any 
6way, directly or indirectly, as providers of health care in 
7this State or any other state.

8    (b) Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.

9    (c) Members
 shall be appointed to 5 year terms.  The 
10Governor shall fill any vacancy for the remainder of the 
11unexpired term. Partial terms over 3 years in length shall be 
12considered full terms. A member may be reappointed for a 
13successive term, but no member shall serve more than 2 full 
14terms in his or her lifetime.



15    (d) In making the appointment of members on the Board, the 
16Governor shall
give due consideration to recommendations by 
17the members of the profession
of pharmacy and by pharmacy
 
18organizations therein.  The Governor
shall notify the pharmacy
 
19organizations promptly of any vacancy
of members on the Board 
20and in appointing members shall give consideration
to 
21individuals engaged in all types and settings of pharmacy 
22practice.

23    (e) The Governor may remove any member of the Board for 
24misconduct, incapacity,
or neglect of duty, and he or she 
25shall be the sole judge of the sufficiency of the
cause for 
26removal.

 
 
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1    (f) Each member of the Board shall be reimbursed for such 
2actual
and legitimate expenses as he or she may incur in going 
3to and from the place
of meeting and remaining there during 
4sessions of the Board.

5    (g) The Board shall hold quarterly meetings at such times 
6and places and upon
 notice as the Department

may determine and 
7as its business may require.
A majority of the Board members 
8currently appointed shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in 
9the membership of the Board shall not impair the right of a 
10quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of 
11the Board.


12    (h) The Board shall exercise the rights, powers and duties 
13which have been
vested in the Board under this Act, and any 
14other duties conferred
upon the Board by law.



15(Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17.)".