93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2332

 

Introduced 1/28/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 85/22   from Ch. 111, par. 4142

    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Provides that, in the case of a drug, medicine, or poison which is sold or dispensed pursuant to a prescription of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian, licensed podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically certified optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs, medicines or poisons, the label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or package containing the drug, medicine, or poison shall also show the expiration date of the drug, medicine, or poison.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Section 22 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 85/22)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4142)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
8     Sec. 22. Except only in the case of a drug, medicine or
9 poison which is lawfully sold or dispensed, at retail, in the
10 original and unbroken package of the manufacturer, packer, or
11 distributor thereof, and which package bears the original label
12 thereon showing the name and address of the manufacturer,
13 packer, or distributor thereof, and the name of the drug,
14 medicine, or poison therein contained, and the directions for
15 its use, no person shall sell or dispense, at retail, any drug,
16 medicine, or poison, without affixing to the box, bottle,
17 vessel, or package containing the same, a label bearing the
18 name of the article distinctly shown, and the directions for
19 its use, with the name and address of the pharmacy wherein the
20 same is sold or dispensed. However, in the case of a drug,
21 medicine, or poison which is sold or dispensed pursuant to a
22 prescription of a physician licensed to practice medicine in
23 all of its branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian,
24 licensed podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically
25 certified optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs or
26 medicines or poisons, the label affixed to the box, bottle,
27 vessel, or package containing the same shall show: (a) the name
28 and address of the pharmacy wherein the same is sold or
29 dispensed; (b) the name or initials of the person, authorized
30 to practice pharmacy under the provisions of this Act, selling
31 or dispensing the same, (c) the date on which such prescription
32 was filled; (d) the name of the patient; (e) the serial number

 

 

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1 of such prescription as filed in the prescription files; (f)
2 the last name of the practitioner who prescribed such
3 prescriptions; (g) the directions for use thereof as contained
4 in such prescription; and (h) the proprietary name or names or
5 the established name or names of the drugs, the dosage and
6 quantity, except as otherwise authorized by regulation of the
7 Department. In the case of a drug, medicine, or poison which is
8 sold or dispensed pursuant to a prescription of a physician
9 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed
10 dentist, licensed veterinarian, licensed podiatrist, or
11 therapeutically or diagnostically certified optometrist
12 authorized by law to prescribe drugs, medicines or poisons, the
13 label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or package containing
14 the drug, medicine, or poison shall also show the expiration
15 date of the drug, medicine, or poison. The Department shall
16 establish rules governing labeling in Division II and Division
17 III pharmacies.
18 (Source: P.A. 92-880, eff. 1-1-04.)