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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 17.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 85/17.1)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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| 8 | | Sec. 17.1. Registered pharmacy technician training.
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| 9 | | (a) It shall be the joint responsibility of a
pharmacy
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| 10 | | its pharmacist in charge to have trained all of its registered |
| 11 | | pharmacy technicians
or obtain
proof of prior training in all |
| 12 | | of the following practice areas as they apply to Illinois law |
| 13 | | and relate to the
specific practice site and job |
| 14 | | responsibilities:
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| 15 | | (1) The duties and responsibilities of the technicians |
| 16 | | and pharmacists.
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| 17 | | (2) Tasks and technical skills, policies, and |
| 18 | | procedures.
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| 19 | | (3) Compounding, packaging, labeling, and storage.
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| 20 | | (4) Pharmaceutical and medical terminology.
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| 21 | | (5) Record keeping requirements.
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| 22 | | (6) The ability to perform and apply arithmetic |
| 23 | | calculations.
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| 1 | | Beginning January 1, 2024, it shall also be the joint |
| 2 | | responsibility of a pharmacy and its pharmacist in charge to |
| 3 | | ensure that all new pharmacy technicians are educated and |
| 4 | | trained using a standard nationally accredited education and |
| 5 | | training program, such as those accredited by the |
| 6 | | Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)/the |
| 7 | | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), or |
| 8 | | equivalent work experience of 500 hours as a pharmacy |
| 9 | | technician covering the practice areas set forth in items (1) |
| 10 | | through (6) of this subsection, or equivalent work experience |
| 11 | | as a pharmacy technician as set forth by the Department by rule |
| 12 | | other board approved education and training programs. The |
| 13 | | pharmacist in charge is not required to provide the required |
| 14 | | education to the pharmacy technician, but the pharmacist in |
| 15 | | charge must ensure that the pharmacy technician has presented |
| 16 | | proof that he or she completed a standard nationally |
| 17 | | accredited education and training program or has equivalent |
| 18 | | work experience as provided in this subsection board approved |
| 19 | | education and training program. |
| 20 | | (b) Within 2 years of initial licensure as a pharmacy |
| 21 | | technician and within 6 months before beginning any new duties |
| 22 | | and
responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician, it
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| 23 | | shall be
the joint responsibility of the pharmacy and the |
| 24 | | pharmacist in charge to
train the registered
pharmacy |
| 25 | | technician or obtain proof of prior training in the areas |
| 26 | | listed in
subsection (a)
of this Section as they relate to the |
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| 1 | | practice site or to document that the pharmacy technician is |
| 2 | | making appropriate progress.
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| 3 | | (c) All pharmacies shall maintain an up-to-date training
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| 4 | | program policies and procedures manual
describing the duties |
| 5 | | and responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician and |
| 6 | | registered certified pharmacy technician.
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| 7 | | (d) All pharmacies shall create and maintain retrievable
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| 8 | | records
of
training or proof of training as required in this |
| 9 | | Section.
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| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-621, eff. 1-1-20; 102-643, eff. 8-27-21.)
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 12 | | becoming law.
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