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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 changing | ||||||
5 | Section 12 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 85/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 4132)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 12. Expiration of license or certificate of | ||||||
9 | registration ; renewal ; military service . The expiration date | ||||||
10 | and renewal
period for
each license and certificate of | ||||||
11 | registration issued under this Act
shall be set by rule.
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12 | As a condition for the renewal of a certificate of | ||||||
13 | registration as
a pharmacist license , the licensee registrant | ||||||
14 | shall provide evidence to the
Department of completion of a | ||||||
15 | total of 30 hours of pharmacy continuing
education during the | ||||||
16 | 24 months
preceding the expiration date
of the license | ||||||
17 | certificate . Such continuing education shall be approved by
the | ||||||
18 | Accreditation Council on Pharmacy
Education.
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19 | The Department shall establish by rule a means for the | ||||||
20 | verification
of completion of the continuing education | ||||||
21 | required by this Section.
This verification may be accomplished | ||||||
22 | through audits of records maintained
by licensees or | ||||||
23 | registrants, by requiring the filing of continuing education |
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1 | certificates
with the Department or a qualified organization | ||||||
2 | selected by the Department
to maintain such records or by other | ||||||
3 | means established by the Department.
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4 | Rules developed under this Section may provide for a | ||||||
5 | reasonable biennial
fee, not to exceed $20, to fund the cost of | ||||||
6 | such recordkeeping.
The Department shall, by rule, further | ||||||
7 | provide an orderly process
for the reinstatement of licenses or | ||||||
8 | certificates which have not been renewed due to
the failure to | ||||||
9 | meet the continuing education requirements of this Section.
The | ||||||
10 | requirements of continuing education may be waived, in whole or
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11 | in part, in cases of extreme hardship as defined by rule of the | ||||||
12 | Department.
Such waivers shall be granted for not more than one | ||||||
13 | of any 3 consecutive
renewal periods.
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14 | Any pharmacist or pharmacy technician who has permitted his | ||||||
15 | or her license or certificate to expire or who has had
his or | ||||||
16 | her license or certificate on inactive status may have his or | ||||||
17 | her license or certificate restored by making
application to | ||||||
18 | the Department and filing proof acceptable to the Department
of | ||||||
19 | his or her fitness to have his or her license restored, and by | ||||||
20 | paying the required
restoration fee.
The Department shall | ||||||
21 | determine, by an evaluation program established
by rule his or | ||||||
22 | her fitness for restoration of his or her license and shall | ||||||
23 | establish
procedures and requirements for such restoration. | ||||||
24 | However, any pharmacist
who demonstrates that he or she has | ||||||
25 | continuously maintained active practice
in another | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction pursuant to a license in good standing, and
who |
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1 | has substantially complied with the continuing education | ||||||
2 | requirements
of this Section shall not be subject to further | ||||||
3 | evaluation for purposes
of this Section.
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4 | Any licensee or registrant who shall engage in the practice | ||||||
5 | for which his or her
license or certificate
was issued while | ||||||
6 | the license or certificate is expired or on inactive status
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7 | shall
be considered to be practicing without a license or | ||||||
8 | certificate, which , shall be grounds
for discipline under | ||||||
9 | Section 30 of this Act.
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10 | Any pharmacy operating on an expired license is engaged in
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11 | the unlawful
practice of pharmacy and is subject to discipline | ||||||
12 | under Section 30 of this
Act. A pharmacy whose license has been | ||||||
13 | expired for one year or
more may not
have its license restored | ||||||
14 | but must apply for a new license and meet all
requirements for | ||||||
15 | licensure. Any pharmacy whose license has been expired for
less | ||||||
16 | than one year may apply for restoration of its license and | ||||||
17 | shall have
its license restored.
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18 | However, any pharmacist or pharmacy technician whose | ||||||
19 | license or certificate expired while he or she was (l) in
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20 | Federal Service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the | ||||||
21 | United
States, or the State Militia called into service or | ||||||
22 | training, or (2)
in training or education under the supervision | ||||||
23 | of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military | ||||||
24 | service, may have his or her license
or certificate restored | ||||||
25 | without paying any lapsed renewal fees, if
within 2 years after | ||||||
26 | honorable termination of such service, training
or education he |
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1 | or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence
to | ||||||
2 | the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or | ||||||
3 | her service, training
or education has been so terminated.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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5 | (225 ILCS 120/24 rep.) | ||||||
6 | Section 10. The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act | ||||||
7 | is amended by repealing Section 24.
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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