Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/23/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2901 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2901 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by 
5changing Section 8 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 85/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4128)


7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

8    Sec. 8. Licensure by endorsement; emergency licensure.
The

9The Department may, in its discretion, license
as a pharmacist, 
10without examination, on payment of the required fee,
an 
11applicant who is so licensed under the laws of another U.S. 
12jurisdiction
or another country, if the requirements for 
13licensure in the other
jurisdiction in which the applicant was 
14licensed, were, at the date
of his or her licensure deemed by 
15the Board to be substantially equivalent
to the requirements 
16then in force in this State.
 
 
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1    A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good


2standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license


3pursuant to Section 7 of this Act due to a natural disaster or


4catastrophic event in another jurisdiction may be temporarily


5authorized by the Secretary to practice  pharmacy pending the


6issuance of the license.  This temporary authorization shall 
7expire upon issuance of the license or upon notification that 
8the Department has denied licensure.

9    Upon a declared Executive Order due to an emergency caused 
10by  a natural or manmade disaster or any other exceptional 
11situation that causes an extraordinary demand for pharmacist 
12services, the Department may issue a pharmacist who holds a 
13license to practice pharmacy in another state an emergency 
14license to practice in this State.

15(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)".