Full Text of SB0218 103rd General Assembly
SB0218 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB0218 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 95/4 | from Ch. 111, par. 4604 | 225 ILCS 95/5.5 | | 225 ILCS 95/6 | from Ch. 111, par. 4606 | 225 ILCS 95/7 | from Ch. 111, par. 4607 | 225 ILCS 95/7.5 | | 225 ILCS 95/7.7 | | 225 ILCS 95/7.8 new | | 225 ILCS 95/7.9 new | | 225 ILCS 95/17 | from Ch. 111, par. 4617 | 225 ILCS 95/21 | from Ch. 111, par. 4621 | 720 ILCS 570/102 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102 | 720 ILCS 570/303.05 | |
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Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician assistant", "physician assistant practice", "board", and "collaborating physician". Provides that a physician assistant shall be deemed by law to possess the ability to prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of such authority by a physician. Provides that such ability shall include the prescribing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances. Provides that to prescribe Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances under the Act, a physician assistant shall obtain a mid-level practitioner controlled substances license. Provides that when a written collaboration agreement is required under the Act, delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician is not required. Provides that a physician assistant who files with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation a notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of continuing education or training and at least 2,000 hours of clinical experience after first attaining national certification shall not require a written collaborative agreement. Provides the specified scope of practice of a physician assistant with optimal practice authority. Provides that a physician assistant shall be able to hold more than one professional position. Makes changes in provisions concerning the physician assistant title, collaboration requirements, and the written collaborative agreement. Makes other changes and corresponding changes to the Act and to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 7.5, 7.7, 17, and 21 | 6 | | and by adding Sections 7.8 and 7.9 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4604)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 9 | | Sec. 4. Definitions. In this Act:
| 10 | | 1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and
| 11 | | Professional Regulation.
| 12 | | 2. "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | 13 | | Professional Regulation.
| 14 | | 3. "Physician assistant" means any person not holding an | 15 | | active license or permit issued by the Department pursuant to | 16 | | the Medical Practice Act of 1987 who has been
certified as a | 17 | | physician assistant by the National Commission on the
| 18 | | Certification of Physician Assistants or equivalent successor | 19 | | agency and
performs procedures in collaboration with a | 20 | | physician as defined in this
Act. A physician assistant may | 21 | | perform such procedures within the
specialty of the | 22 | | collaborating physician, except that such physician shall
| 23 | | exercise such direction, collaboration, and control over such |
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| 1 | | physician
assistants as will assure that patients shall | 2 | | receive quality medical
care. Physician assistants shall be | 3 | | capable of performing a variety of tasks
within the specialty | 4 | | of medical care in collaboration with a physician.
| 5 | | Collaboration with the physician assistant shall not be | 6 | | construed to
necessarily require the personal presence of the | 7 | | collaborating physician at
all times at the place where | 8 | | services are rendered, as long as there is
communication | 9 | | available for consultation by radio, telephone or
| 10 | | telecommunications within established guidelines as determined | 11 | | by the
physician/physician assistant team. The collaborating | 12 | | physician may delegate
tasks and duties to the physician | 13 | | assistant. Delegated tasks or duties
shall be consistent with | 14 | | physician assistant education, training, and
experience. The | 15 | | delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to the
practice | 16 | | setting and shall be implemented and reviewed under a written | 17 | | collaborative agreement
established by the physician or | 18 | | physician/physician assistant team. A
physician assistant, | 19 | | acting as an agent of the physician, shall be
permitted to | 20 | | transmit the collaborating physician's orders as determined by
| 21 | | the institution's by-laws, policies, procedures, or job | 22 | | description within
which the physician/physician assistant | 23 | | team practices. Physician
assistants shall practice only in | 24 | | accordance with a written collaborative agreement .
| 25 | | Any person who holds an active license or permit issued | 26 | | pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987 shall have that |
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| 1 | | license automatically placed into inactive status upon | 2 | | issuance of a physician assistant license. Any person who | 3 | | holds an active license as a physician assistant who is issued | 4 | | a license or permit pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of | 5 | | 1987 shall have his or her physician assistant license | 6 | | automatically placed into inactive status. | 7 | | 3.5. "Physician assistant practice" means the performance | 8 | | of any legal medical service for which the physician assistant
| 9 | | has been prepared by the physician assistant's education,
| 10 | | training, and experience and is competent to perform as
| 11 | | determined by the practice through employment agreement or
| 12 | | credentialing and privileging systems of licensed facilities.
| 13 | | Medical and surgical services provided by a physician
| 14 | | assistant include, but are not limited to: | 15 | | (A) obtaining and performing comprehensive health | 16 | | histories and physical examinations; | 17 | | (B) evaluating, diagnosing, managing, and providing | 18 | | medical treatment; | 19 | | (C) ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic | 20 | | studies and therapeutic procedures; | 21 | | (D) educating patients on health promotion and disease | 22 | | prevention; | 23 | | (E) providing consultation upon request; | 24 | | (F) writing medical orders; | 25 | | (G) prescribing, dispensing, ordering, administering, | 26 | | and procuring drugs and medical devices; and |
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| 1 | | (H) assisting in surgery procedures within the | 2 | | specialty of the collaborating physician. Physician | 3 | | assistants shall be capable of performing a variety of | 4 | | tasks within the specialty of medical care of the | 5 | | collaborating physician. Collaboration with the physician | 6 | | assistant shall not be construed to necessarily require | 7 | | the personal presence of the collaborating physician at | 8 | | all times at the place where services are rendered, as | 9 | | long as there is communication available for consultation | 10 | | by radio, telephone, telecommunications, or electronic | 11 | | communications. The collaborating physician may delegate | 12 | | tasks and duties to the physician assistant. Delegated | 13 | | tasks or duties shall be consistent with physician | 14 | | assistant education, training, and experience. The | 15 | | delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to the | 16 | | practice setting and shall be implemented and reviewed | 17 | | under a written collaborative agreement established by the | 18 | | physician or physician/physician assistant team. A | 19 | | physician assistant shall be permitted to transmit the | 20 | | collaborating physician's orders as determined by the | 21 | | institution's bylaws, policies, or procedures or the job | 22 | | description within which the physician/physician assistant | 23 | | team practices. Physician assistants shall practice only | 24 | | in accordance with a written collaborative agreement, | 25 | | except as provided in Section 7.5 of this Act . | 26 | | 4. "Board" means the Illinois State Medical Board Medical |
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| 1 | | Licensing Board
constituted under the Medical Practice Act of | 2 | | 1987 .
| 3 | | 5. (Blank).
| 4 | | 6. "Physician" means a person licensed to
practice | 5 | | medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act | 6 | | of 1987.
| 7 | | 7. "Collaborating physician" means the physician who, | 8 | | within
his or her specialty and expertise, may delegate a | 9 | | variety of
tasks and procedures to the physician assistant. | 10 | | Such tasks and
procedures shall be delegated in accordance | 11 | | with a written
collaborative agreement when such agreement is
| 12 | | required under this Act .
| 13 | | 8. (Blank).
| 14 | | 9. "Address of record" means the designated address | 15 | | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's | 16 | | application file or license file maintained by the | 17 | | Department's licensure maintenance unit.
| 18 | | 10. "Hospital affiliate" means a corporation, partnership, | 19 | | joint venture, limited liability company, or similar | 20 | | organization, other than a hospital, that is devoted primarily | 21 | | to the provision, management, or support of health care | 22 | | services and that directly or indirectly controls, is | 23 | | controlled by, or is under common control of the hospital. For | 24 | | the purposes of this definition, "control" means having at | 25 | | least an equal or a majority ownership or membership interest. | 26 | | A hospital affiliate shall be 100% owned or controlled by any |
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| 1 | | combination of hospitals, their parent corporations, or | 2 | | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches | 3 | | in Illinois. "Hospital affiliate" does not include a health | 4 | | maintenance organization regulated under the Health | 5 | | Maintenance Organization Act. | 6 | | 11. "Email address of record" means the designated email | 7 | | address recorded by the Department in the applicant's | 8 | | application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained | 9 | | by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)
| 11 | | (225 ILCS 95/5.5) | 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 13 | | Sec. 5.5. Billing. A physician assistant may shall not be | 14 | | allowed to personally bill patients and or in any way charge | 15 | | for services. The employer of a physician assistant may bill | 16 | | and charge for services rendered by the physician assistant. | 17 | | All claims for services rendered by the physician assistant | 18 | | shall be submitted using the physician assistant's national | 19 | | provider identification number as the rendering provider , with | 20 | | the exception of when optional billing provisions, such as | 21 | | incident to, split, or shared visit billing, are being used | 22 | | whenever appropriate . Payment for services rendered by a | 23 | | physician assistant shall be made to his or her employer if the | 24 | | payor would have made payment had the services been provided | 25 | | by a physician licensed to provide medicine in all of its |
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| 1 | | branches.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-559, eff. 12-8-17.)
| 3 | | (225 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 4606)
| 4 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 5 | | Sec. 6. Physician assistant title.
| 6 | | (a) No physician assistant shall use
the title of doctor | 7 | | or , physician , or associate with his or her name or any other | 8 | | term that
would indicate to other persons that he or she is | 9 | | qualified to engage in the
general practice of medicine .
| 10 | | (b) A physician assistant shall verbally identify himself | 11 | | or herself as a physician assistant, including specialty | 12 | | certification , when applicable , to each patient. | 13 | | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve a | 14 | | physician assistant of the professional or legal | 15 | | responsibility for the care and treatment of persons attended | 16 | | by him or her.
| 17 | | (d) (Blank). The collaborating physician shall file with | 18 | | the Department notice of
employment, discharge, or | 19 | | collaboration with a physician assistant within 60 days of | 20 | | employment, discharge, or assumption of collaboration with a
| 21 | | physician assistant. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a | 22 | | physician assistant from beginning his or her employment | 23 | | before the notice of employment or collaboration has been | 24 | | filed.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-735, eff. 1-1-23 .)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 95/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4607)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 3 | | Sec. 7. Collaboration requirements. | 4 | | (a) A written collaborative agreement is required for all | 5 | | physician assistants engaged in clinical practice prior to | 6 | | meeting the requirements of Section 7.9, except for physician | 7 | | assistants who practice in a hospital, hospital affiliate, or | 8 | | ambulatory surgical treatment center as provided in Section | 9 | | 7.7. | 10 | | (b) A collaborating physician shall determine the number | 11 | | of physician assistants to collaborate with, provided the | 12 | | physician is able to provide adequate collaboration as | 13 | | outlined in the written collaborative agreement required under | 14 | | Section 7.5 of this Act and consideration is given to the | 15 | | nature of the physician's practice, complexity of the patient | 16 | | population, and the experience of each physician assistant. A | 17 | | collaborating physician may collaborate with a maximum of 7 | 18 | | full-time equivalent physician assistants as described in | 19 | | Section 54.5 of the Medical Practice Act of 1987. As used in | 20 | | this Section, "full-time equivalent" means the equivalent of | 21 | | 40 hours per week per individual. Physicians and physician | 22 | | assistants who work in a hospital, hospital affiliate, or | 23 | | ambulatory surgical treatment center as defined by Section 7.7 | 24 | | of this Act are exempt from the collaborative ratio | 25 | | restriction requirements of this Section. A physician |
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| 1 | | assistant shall be able to
hold more than one professional | 2 | | position. A collaborating physician shall
file a notice of | 3 | | collaboration of each physician assistant according to the
| 4 | | rules of the Department.
| 5 | | (c) A physician assistant shall be able to hold more than | 6 | | one professional position.
| 7 | | (d) Physician assistants shall collaborate only with | 8 | | physicians as defined in
this Act
who are engaged in clinical | 9 | | practice, or in clinical practice in
public health or other | 10 | | community health facilities.
| 11 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | 12 | | delegation of tasks or
duties by a physician to a nurse or | 13 | | other appropriately trained personnel.
| 14 | | (f) Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to prohibit the | 15 | | employment of physician assistants by
a hospital, nursing home | 16 | | or other health care facility where such physician
assistants | 17 | | function with under a collaborating physician.
| 18 | | (g) A physician assistant may be employed by a practice | 19 | | group or other entity
employing multiple physicians at one or | 20 | | more locations. In that case, one of
the
physicians practicing | 21 | | at a location shall be designated the collaborating
physician. | 22 | | The other physicians with that practice group or other entity | 23 | | who
practice in the same general type of practice or specialty
| 24 | | as the collaborating physician may collaborate with the | 25 | | physician assistant with respect
to their patients.
| 26 | | (h) (b) A physician assistant licensed in this State, or |
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| 1 | | licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. | 2 | | jurisdiction or credentialed by his or her federal employer as | 3 | | a physician assistant, who is responding to a need for medical | 4 | | care created by an emergency or by a state or local disaster | 5 | | may render such care that the physician assistant is able to | 6 | | provide without collaboration as it is defined in this Section | 7 | | or with such collaboration as is available.
| 8 | | (i) Any physician who collaborates with a physician | 9 | | assistant providing medical care in response to such an | 10 | | emergency or state or local disaster shall not be required to | 11 | | meet the requirements set forth in this Section for a | 12 | | collaborating physician. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; 100-605, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.5)
| 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 16 | | Sec. 7.5. Written collaborative agreements; prescriptive | 17 | | authority. | 18 | | (a) A written collaborative agreement is required for all | 19 | | physician assistants to practice in the State, except as | 20 | | provided in Sections Section 7.7 and Section 7.9 of this Act. | 21 | | When a written collaborative agreement is required under this | 22 | | Act, the following shall apply: | 23 | | (1) A written collaborative agreement shall describe | 24 | | the working relationship of the physician assistant with | 25 | | the collaborating physician and shall describe the |
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| 1 | | categories of care, treatment, or procedures to be | 2 | | provided by the physician assistant.
The written | 3 | | collaborative agreement shall promote the exercise of | 4 | | professional judgment by the physician assistant | 5 | | commensurate with his or her education and experience. The | 6 | | services to be provided by the physician assistant shall | 7 | | be services that the collaborating physician is authorized | 8 | | to and generally provides to his or her patients in the | 9 | | normal course of his or her clinical medical practice. The | 10 | | written collaborative agreement need not describe the | 11 | | exact steps that a physician assistant must take with | 12 | | respect to each specific condition, disease, or symptom | 13 | | but must specify which authorized procedures require the | 14 | | presence of the collaborating physician as the procedures | 15 | | are being performed. The relationship under a written | 16 | | collaborative agreement shall not be construed to require | 17 | | the personal presence of a physician at the place where | 18 | | services are rendered. Methods of communication shall be | 19 | | available for consultation with the collaborating | 20 | | physician in person or by telecommunications or electronic | 21 | | communications as set forth in the written collaborative | 22 | | agreement. For the purposes of this Act, "generally | 23 | | provides to his or her patients in the normal course of his | 24 | | or her clinical medical practice" means services, not | 25 | | specific tasks or duties, the collaborating physician | 26 | | routinely provides individually or through delegation to |
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| 1 | | other persons so that the physician has the experience and | 2 | | ability to collaborate and provide consultation. | 3 | | (2) (Blank). The written collaborative agreement shall | 4 | | be adequate if a physician does each of the following: | 5 | | (A) Participates in the joint formulation and | 6 | | joint approval of orders or guidelines with the | 7 | | physician assistant and he or she periodically reviews | 8 | | such orders and the services provided patients under | 9 | | such orders in accordance with accepted standards of | 10 | | medical practice and physician assistant practice. | 11 | | (B) Provides consultation at least once a month. | 12 | | (3) A copy of the signed, written collaborative | 13 | | agreement must be available to the Department upon request | 14 | | from both the physician assistant and the collaborating | 15 | | physician . | 16 | | (4) A physician assistant shall inform each | 17 | | collaborating physician of all written collaborative | 18 | | agreements he or she has signed and provide a copy of these | 19 | | to any collaborating physician upon request. | 20 | | (b) To prescribe Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled | 21 | | substances under this Section, a physician assistant must | 22 | | obtain a mid-level practitioner controlled substances license. | 23 | | A collaborating physician may, but is not required to, | 24 | | delegate prescriptive authority to a physician assistant as | 25 | | part of a written collaborative agreement. This authority may, | 26 | | but is not required to, include prescription of, selection of, |
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| 1 | | orders for, administration of, storage of, acceptance of | 2 | | samples of, and dispensing medical devices, over the counter | 3 | | medications, legend drugs, medical gases, and controlled | 4 | | substances categorized as Schedule II through V controlled | 5 | | substances, as defined in Article II of the Illinois | 6 | | Controlled Substances Act, and other preparations, including, | 7 | | but not limited to, botanical and herbal remedies. The | 8 | | collaborating physician must have a valid, current Illinois | 9 | | controlled substance license and federal registration with the | 10 | | Drug Enforcement Administration to delegate the authority to | 11 | | prescribe controlled substances. | 12 | | (1) To prescribe Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled | 13 | | substances under this
Section, a physician assistant must | 14 | | obtain a mid-level practitioner
controlled substances | 15 | | license. Medication orders issued by a
physician
assistant | 16 | | shall be reviewed
periodically by the collaborating | 17 | | physician. | 18 | | (2) The collaborating physician shall file
with the | 19 | | Department notice of delegation of prescriptive authority | 20 | | to a
physician assistant and
termination of delegation, | 21 | | specifying the authority delegated or terminated.
Upon | 22 | | receipt of this notice delegating authority to prescribe | 23 | | controlled substances, the physician assistant shall be | 24 | | eligible to
register for a mid-level practitioner | 25 | | controlled substances license under
Section 303.05 of the | 26 | | Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
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| 1 | | shall be construed to limit the delegation of tasks or
| 2 | | duties by the collaborating physician to a nurse or other | 3 | | appropriately trained
persons in accordance with Section | 4 | | 54.2 of the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 5 | | (3) In addition to the requirements of this subsection | 6 | | (b), a collaborating physician may, but is not required | 7 | | to, delegate authority to a physician assistant to | 8 | | prescribe Schedule II controlled substances, if all of the | 9 | | following conditions apply: | 10 | | (A) Specific Schedule II controlled substances by | 11 | | oral dosage or topical or transdermal application may | 12 | | be delegated, provided that the delegated Schedule II | 13 | | controlled substances are routinely prescribed by the | 14 | | collaborating physician. This delegation must identify | 15 | | the specific Schedule II controlled substances by | 16 | | either brand name or generic name. Schedule II | 17 | | controlled substances to be delivered by injection or | 18 | | other route of administration may not be delegated. | 19 | | (B) (Blank). | 20 | | (C) Any prescription must be limited to no more | 21 | | than a 30-day supply, with any continuation authorized | 22 | | only after prior approval of the collaborating | 23 | | physician. | 24 | | (D) The physician assistant must discuss the | 25 | | condition of any patients for whom a controlled | 26 | | substance is prescribed monthly with the collaborating |
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| 1 | | physician. | 2 | | (E) The physician assistant meets the education | 3 | | requirements of Section 303.05 of the Illinois | 4 | | Controlled Substances Act. | 5 | | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | 6 | | delegation of tasks or duties by a physician to a licensed | 7 | | practical nurse, a registered professional nurse, or other | 8 | | persons. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | 9 | | method of delegation that may be authorized by any means, | 10 | | including, but not limited to, oral, written, electronic, | 11 | | standing orders, protocols, guidelines, or verbal orders. | 12 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a | 13 | | physician assistant to provide health care services required | 14 | | by law or rule to be performed by a physician. Nothing in this | 15 | | Act shall be construed to authorize the delegation or | 16 | | performance of operative surgery. Nothing in this Section | 17 | | shall be construed to preclude a physician assistant from | 18 | | assisting in surgery. | 19 | | (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply
| 20 | | to any medication authority, including Schedule II controlled
| 21 | | substances of a licensed physician assistant for care provided
| 22 | | in a hospital, hospital affiliate, or ambulatory surgical
| 23 | | treatment center pursuant to Section 7.7 of this Act or to a | 24 | | physician assistant meeting the requirements of Section 7.9 of | 25 | | this Act .
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| 1 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit | 2 | | generic substitution. | 3 | | (f) Delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician is | 4 | | not required under this Section. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.7) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 8 | | Sec. 7.7. Physician assistants in hospitals, hospital | 9 | | affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers. | 10 | | (a) A physician assistant may provide services in a | 11 | | hospital as defined in the Hospital Licensing Act, a hospital | 12 | | affiliate as defined in the University of Illinois Hospital | 13 | | Act, or a licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center as | 14 | | defined in the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act | 15 | | without a written collaborative agreement pursuant to Section | 16 | | 7.5 of this Act. A physician assistant must possess clinical | 17 | | privileges recommended by the hospital medical staff and | 18 | | granted by the hospital or the consulting medical staff | 19 | | committee and ambulatory surgical treatment center in order to | 20 | | provide services. The medical staff or consulting medical | 21 | | staff committee shall periodically review the services of | 22 | | physician assistants granted clinical privileges, including | 23 | | any care provided in a hospital affiliate. A physician | 24 | | assistant practicing under this Section shall have the | 25 | | authority to prescribe, select, order, and administer |
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| 1 | | medications, including controlled substances. Authority may | 2 | | also be granted when recommended by the hospital medical staff | 3 | | and granted by the hospital or recommended by the consulting | 4 | | medical staff committee and ambulatory surgical treatment | 5 | | center to individual physician assistants to select, order, | 6 | | and administer medications, including controlled substances, | 7 | | to provide delineated care. In a hospital, hospital affiliate, | 8 | | or ambulatory surgical treatment center, the attending | 9 | | physician shall determine a physician assistant's role in | 10 | | providing care for his or her patients, except as otherwise | 11 | | provided in the medical staff bylaws or consulting committee | 12 | | policies. | 13 | | (a-5) Physician assistants practicing in a hospital | 14 | | affiliate shall have the authority may be, but are not | 15 | | required to be, granted authority to prescribe Schedule II | 16 | | through V controlled substances when such authority is | 17 | | recommended by the appropriate physician committee of the | 18 | | hospital affiliate and granted by the hospital affiliate . This | 19 | | authority includes may, but is not required to, include | 20 | | prescription of, selection of, orders for, administration of,
| 21 | | storage of, acceptance of samples of, and dispensing | 22 | | over-the-counter medications, legend drugs, medical gases, and | 23 | | controlled substances categorized as Schedule II through V | 24 | | controlled substances, as defined in Article II of the | 25 | | Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and other preparations, | 26 | | including, but not limited to, botanical and herbal remedies. |
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| 1 | | To prescribe controlled substances under this subsection | 2 | | (a-5), a physician assistant must obtain a mid-level | 3 | | practitioner controlled substance license. Medication orders | 4 | | shall be reviewed periodically by the appropriate hospital | 5 | | affiliate physicians committee or its physician designee. | 6 | | The hospital affiliate shall file with the Department | 7 | | notice of a grant of prescriptive authority consistent with | 8 | | this subsection (a-5) and termination of such a grant of | 9 | | authority in accordance with rules of the Department. Upon | 10 | | receipt of this notice of grant of authority to prescribe any | 11 | | Schedule II through V controlled substances, the licensed | 12 | | physician assistant may register for a mid-level practitioner | 13 | | controlled substance license under Section 303.05 of the | 14 | | Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | 15 | | In addition, a hospital affiliate may, but is not required | 16 | | to, grant authority to a physician assistant to prescribe any | 17 | | Schedule II controlled substances if all of the following | 18 | | conditions apply: | 19 | | (1) specific Schedule II controlled substances by oral | 20 | | dosage or topical or transdermal application may be | 21 | | designated, provided that the designated Schedule II | 22 | | controlled substances are routinely prescribed by | 23 | | physician assistants in their area of certification; this | 24 | | grant of authority must identify the specific Schedule II | 25 | | controlled substances by either brand name or generic | 26 | | name; authority to prescribe or dispense Schedule II |
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| 1 | | controlled substances to be delivered by injection or | 2 | | other route of administration may not be granted; | 3 | | (2) any grant of authority must be controlled | 4 | | substances limited to the practice of the physician | 5 | | assistant; | 6 | | (3) any prescription must be limited to no more than a | 7 | | 30-day supply; | 8 | | (4) the physician assistant must discuss the condition | 9 | | of any patients for whom a controlled substance is | 10 | | prescribed monthly with the appropriate physician | 11 | | committee of the hospital affiliate or its physician | 12 | | designee; and | 13 | | (5) the physician assistant must meet the education | 14 | | requirements of Section 303.05 of the Illinois Controlled | 15 | | Substances Act. | 16 | | (b) A physician assistant granted authority to order | 17 | | medications including controlled substances may complete | 18 | | discharge prescriptions provided the prescription is in the | 19 | | name of the physician assistant and the attending or | 20 | | discharging physician . | 21 | | (c) Physician assistants practicing in a hospital, | 22 | | hospital affiliate, or an ambulatory surgical treatment center | 23 | | are not required to obtain a mid-level controlled substance | 24 | | license to order controlled substances under Section 303.05 of | 25 | | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | 26 | | (d) Delegation of prescriptive authority by a physician is |
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| 1 | | not required under this Section.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17.) | 3 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.8 new) | 4 | | Sec. 7.8. Prescriptive authority. A physician assistant | 5 | | shall be deemed by law to possess the ability to prescribe, | 6 | | dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical | 7 | | devices without delegation of such authority by a physician. | 8 | | Such ability shall include prescribing Schedule II, III, IV, | 9 | | and V controlled substances. To prescribe Schedule II, III, | 10 | | IV, or V controlled substances under this Act, a physician | 11 | | assistant shall obtain a mid-level practitioner controlled | 12 | | substances license. When a written collaborative agreement is | 13 | | required under this Act, delegation of prescriptive authority | 14 | | by a physician is not required. | 15 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.9 new) | 16 | | Sec. 7.9. Optimal practice authority. | 17 | | (a) A physician assistant shall be deemed by law to | 18 | | possess the ability to practice without a written | 19 | | collaborative agreement as set forth in this Section. | 20 | | (b) A physician assistant who files with the Department a | 21 | | notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of | 22 | | continuing education or training and at least 2,000 hours of | 23 | | clinical experience after first attaining national | 24 | | certification shall not require a written collaborative |
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| 1 | | agreement. Documentation of successful completion shall be | 2 | | provided to the Department upon request. | 3 | | (c) The scope of practice of a physician assistant with | 4 | | optimal practice authority includes: | 5 | | (1) all matters included in subsection (3.5) of | 6 | | Section 4; | 7 | | (2) practicing without a written collaborative | 8 | | agreement in all practice settings consistent with this | 9 | | Act; | 10 | | (3) authority to prescribe both legend drugs and | 11 | | Schedule II through V controlled substances; this | 12 | | authority includes prescription of, selection of, orders | 13 | | for, administration of, storage of, acceptance of samples | 14 | | of, and dispensing over-the-counter medications, legend | 15 | | drugs, and controlled substances categorized as any | 16 | | Schedule II through V controlled substances, as defined in | 17 | | Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and | 18 | | other preparations, including, but not limited to, | 19 | | botanical and herbal remedies; and | 20 | | (4) authority to obtain a controlled substances | 21 | | license in the State and a federal Drug Enforcement | 22 | | Administration number. | 23 | | The scope of practice of a physician assistant does not | 24 | | include operative surgery. Nothing in this Section shall be | 25 | | construed to preclude a physician assistant from assisting in | 26 | | surgery or performing other procedures as privileged by the |
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| 1 | | physician assistant's employer. | 2 | | (d) The Department may adopt rules necessary to administer | 3 | | this Section, including, but not limited to, requiring the | 4 | | completion of forms and the payment of fees. | 5 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a | 6 | | physician assistant with optimal practice authority to provide | 7 | | health care services required by law or rule to be performed by | 8 | | a physician.
| 9 | | (225 ILCS 95/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4617)
| 10 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 11 | | Sec. 17. Inactive status. Any physician assistant who | 12 | | notified the
Department in
writing on forms prescribed by the | 13 | | Department, may elect to place his or
her license on an | 14 | | inactive status and shall, subject to rules of the
Department, | 15 | | be excused from payment of renewal fees until he or she
| 16 | | notifies the
Department in writing of his or her intention to | 17 | | restore the
license. Any person who holds an active license or | 18 | | permit issued pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987 | 19 | | shall have that license automatically placed into inactive | 20 | | status upon issuance of a physician assistant license. Any | 21 | | person who holds an active license as a physician assistant | 22 | | who is issued a license or permit pursuant to the Medical | 23 | | Practice Act of 1987 shall have the physician assistant | 24 | | license automatically placed into inactive status.
| 25 | | Any physician assistant requesting restoration from |
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| 1 | | inactive status shall
be required to pay the current renewal | 2 | | fee and shall be required to restore
his or her license, as | 3 | | provided in Section 16 of this Act.
| 4 | | Any physician assistant whose license is in an inactive | 5 | | status shall not
practice in the State of Illinois.
| 6 | | Any licensee who shall engage in practice while his or her | 7 | | license is
lapsed or
on inactive status shall be considered to | 8 | | be practicing without a license,
which shall be grounds for | 9 | | discipline under Section 21 of this Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97 .)
| 11 | | (225 ILCS 95/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 4621)
| 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 13 | | Sec. 21. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| 14 | | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may
| 15 | | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
| 16 | | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action with regard to any | 17 | | license issued under this Act as the
Department may deem | 18 | | proper, including the issuance of fines not to exceed
$10,000
| 19 | | for each violation, for any one or combination of the | 20 | | following causes:
| 21 | | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | 22 | | the Department.
| 23 | | (2) Violations of this Act, or the rules adopted under | 24 | | this Act.
| 25 | | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, |
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| 1 | | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | 2 | | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | 3 | | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | 4 | | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | 5 | | jurisdiction of the United States that is: (i) a felony; | 6 | | or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is | 7 | | dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice of | 8 | | the profession.
| 9 | | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | 10 | | obtaining licenses.
| 11 | | (5) Professional incompetence.
| 12 | | (6) Aiding or assisting another person in violating | 13 | | any provision of this
Act or its rules.
| 14 | | (7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | 15 | | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| 16 | | (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | 17 | | unprofessional conduct, as
defined by rule, of a character | 18 | | likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public.
| 19 | | (9) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | 20 | | narcotics,
stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | 21 | | that results in a physician
assistant's inability to | 22 | | practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| 23 | | (10) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | 24 | | foreign nation, if at
least one of the grounds for | 25 | | discipline is the same or substantially equivalent
to | 26 | | those set forth in this Section.
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| 1 | | (11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving | 2 | | from any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or | 3 | | association any fee, commission, rebate or
other form of | 4 | | compensation for any professional services not actually or
| 5 | | personally rendered. Nothing in this paragraph (11) | 6 | | affects any bona fide independent contractor or employment | 7 | | arrangements, which may include provisions for | 8 | | compensation, health insurance, pension, or other | 9 | | employment benefits, with persons or entities authorized | 10 | | under this Act for the provision of services within the | 11 | | scope of the licensee's practice under this Act.
| 12 | | (12) A finding by the Board that the licensee, after | 13 | | having
his or her license placed on probationary status, | 14 | | has violated the terms of
probation.
| 15 | | (13) Abandonment of a patient.
| 16 | | (14) Willfully making or filing false records or | 17 | | reports in his or her
practice, including but not limited | 18 | | to false records filed with State agencies
or departments.
| 19 | | (15) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 20 | | suspected child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | 21 | | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| 22 | | (16) Physical illness, or mental illness or impairment
| 23 | | that results in the inability to practice the profession | 24 | | with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, including, but | 25 | | not limited to, deterioration through the aging process or | 26 | | loss of motor skill.
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| 1 | | (17) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 2 | | report by the
Department of Children and Family Services | 3 | | under the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, and | 4 | | upon proof by clear and convincing evidence
that the | 5 | | licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or | 6 | | neglected child
as defined in the Abused and Neglected | 7 | | Child Reporting Act.
| 8 | | (18) (Blank).
| 9 | | (19) Gross negligence
resulting in permanent injury or | 10 | | death
of a patient.
| 11 | | (20) Employment of fraud, deception or any unlawful | 12 | | means in applying for
or securing a license as a physician | 13 | | assistant.
| 14 | | (21) Exceeding the authority delegated to him or her | 15 | | by his or her collaborating
physician in a written | 16 | | collaborative agreement when such agreement is required
| 17 | | under this Act .
| 18 | | (22) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, | 19 | | such as sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual | 20 | | exploitation related to the licensee's practice.
| 21 | | (23) Violation of the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | 22 | | Act.
| 23 | | (24) Practicing under a false or assumed name, except | 24 | | as provided by law.
| 25 | | (25) Making a false or misleading statement regarding | 26 | | his or her skill or
the efficacy or value of the medicine, |
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| 1 | | treatment, or remedy prescribed by him
or her in the | 2 | | course of treatment.
| 3 | | (26) Allowing another person to use his or her license | 4 | | to practice.
| 5 | | (27) Prescribing, selling, administering, | 6 | | distributing, giving, or
self-administering a drug | 7 | | classified as a controlled substance for other than | 8 | | medically accepted therapeutic purposes.
| 9 | | (28) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | 10 | | appliances, or goods
provided for a patient in a manner to | 11 | | exploit the patient for financial gain.
| 12 | | (29) A pattern of practice or other behavior that | 13 | | demonstrates incapacity
or incompetence to practice under | 14 | | this Act.
| 15 | | (30) Violating State or federal laws or regulations | 16 | | relating to controlled
substances or other legend drugs or | 17 | | ephedra as defined in the Ephedra Prohibition Act.
| 18 | | (31) (Blank). Exceeding the prescriptive authority | 19 | | delegated by the collaborating
physician or violating the | 20 | | written collaborative agreement delegating that
authority.
| 21 | | (32) (Blank). Practicing without providing to the | 22 | | Department a notice of collaboration
or delegation of
| 23 | | prescriptive authority.
| 24 | | (33) Failure to establish and maintain records of | 25 | | patient care and treatment as required by law. | 26 | | (34) Attempting to subvert or cheat on the examination |
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| 1 | | of the National Commission on Certification of Physician | 2 | | Assistants or its successor agency. | 3 | | (35) Willfully or negligently violating the | 4 | | confidentiality between physician assistant and patient, | 5 | | except as required by law. | 6 | | (36) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 7 | | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | 8 | | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and | 9 | | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | 10 | | (37) Being named as an abuser in a verified report by | 11 | | the Department on Aging under the Adult Protective | 12 | | Services Act and upon proof by clear and convincing | 13 | | evidence that the licensee abused, neglected, or | 14 | | financially exploited an eligible adult as defined in the | 15 | | Adult Protective Services Act. | 16 | | (38) Failure to report to the Department an adverse | 17 | | final action taken against him or her by another licensing | 18 | | jurisdiction of the United States or a foreign state or | 19 | | country, a peer review body, a health care institution, a | 20 | | professional society or association, a governmental | 21 | | agency, a law enforcement agency, or a court acts or | 22 | | conduct similar to acts or conduct that would constitute | 23 | | grounds for action under this Section. | 24 | | (39) Failure to provide copies of records of patient | 25 | | care or treatment, except as required by law. | 26 | | (40) When a written collaborative agreement is
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| 1 | | required under this Act, entering Entering into an | 2 | | excessive number of written collaborative agreements with | 3 | | licensed physicians resulting in an inability to | 4 | | adequately collaborate. | 5 | | (41) When a written collaborative agreement is
| 6 | | required under this Act, repeated Repeated failure to | 7 | | adequately collaborate with a collaborating physician. | 8 | | (42) Violating the Compassionate Use of Medical | 9 | | Cannabis Program Act. | 10 | | (b) The Department may, without a hearing, refuse to issue | 11 | | or renew or may suspend the license of any
person who fails to | 12 | | file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest
shown in | 13 | | a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the tax,
| 14 | | penalty, or interest as required by any tax Act administered | 15 | | by the
Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | 16 | | requirements of any
such tax Act are satisfied.
| 17 | | (b-5) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, summarily | 18 | | suspend, place on prohibition, reprimand, refuse to issue or
| 19 | | renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
| 20 | | action against the license or permit issued under this Act to
| 21 | | practice as a physician assistant based solely upon the
| 22 | | physician assistant providing, authorizing, recommending,
| 23 | | aiding, assisting, referring for, or otherwise participating
| 24 | | in any health care service, so long as the care was not | 25 | | unlawful
under the laws of this State,
regardless of whether | 26 | | the patient was a resident of this State
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| 1 | | (b-10) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, summarily
| 2 | | suspend, place on prohibition, reprimand, refuse to issue or
| 3 | | renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
| 4 | | action against the license or permit issued under this Act to
| 5 | | practice as a physician assistant based upon the physician
| 6 | | assistant's license being revoked or suspended, or the
| 7 | | physician assistant being otherwise disciplined by any other
| 8 | | state, if that revocation, suspension, or other form of
| 9 | | discipline was based solely on the physician assistant
| 10 | | violating another state's laws prohibiting the provision of,
| 11 | | authorization of, recommendation of, aiding or assisting in,
| 12 | | referring for, or participation in any health care service if
| 13 | | that health care service as provided would not have been | 14 | | unlawful under the laws of this State
and is consistent with | 15 | | the standards of conduct for a physician
assistant practicing | 16 | | in Illinois. | 17 | | (b-15) The conduct specified in subsections (b-5) and | 18 | | (b-10)
shall not constitute grounds for suspension under | 19 | | Section
22.13. | 20 | | (b-20) An applicant seeking licensure, certification, or
| 21 | | authorization pursuant to this Act who has been subject to
| 22 | | disciplinary action by a duly authorized professional
| 23 | | disciplinary agency of another jurisdiction solely on the
| 24 | | basis of having provided, authorized, recommended, aided,
| 25 | | assisted, referred for, or otherwise participated in health
| 26 | | care shall not be denied such licensure, certification, or
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| 1 | | authorization, unless the Department determines that such | 2 | | action would have constituted professional misconduct in this
| 3 | | State; however, nothing in this Section shall be
construed as | 4 | | prohibiting the Department from evaluating the
conduct of such | 5 | | applicant and making a determination regarding
the licensure, | 6 | | certification, or authorization to practice a
profession under | 7 | | this Act. | 8 | | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee | 9 | | is subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as | 10 | | provided in the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities | 11 | | Code operates as an automatic suspension.
The
suspension will | 12 | | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no
| 13 | | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | 14 | | and issues an
order so finding and discharging the patient, | 15 | | and upon the
recommendation of
the Board to the Secretary
that | 16 | | the licensee be allowed to resume
his or her practice.
| 17 | | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department upon a | 18 | | showing of a
possible
violation may compel an individual | 19 | | licensed to practice under this Act, or
who has applied for | 20 | | licensure under this Act, to submit
to a mental or physical | 21 | | examination, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | 22 | | sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the expense
| 23 | | of the Department. | 24 | | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | 25 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | 26 | | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in |
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| 1 | | providing the mental or physical examination or both. The | 2 | | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | 3 | | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | 4 | | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | 5 | | medicine in all of its branches, licensed clinical | 6 | | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | 7 | | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | 8 | | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | 9 | | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to | 10 | | submit to an examination pursuant to this Section to submit to | 11 | | any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary to | 12 | | complete any examination or evaluation process, including, but | 13 | | not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | 14 | | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | 15 | | The Department may order the examining physician or any | 16 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | 17 | | Department any and all records, including business records, | 18 | | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | 19 | | supplemental testing performed. | 20 | | The Department may order the examining physician or any | 21 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to
present
testimony | 22 | | concerning the mental or physical examination of the licensee | 23 | | or
applicant. No information, report, record, or other | 24 | | documents in any way related to the examination shall be | 25 | | excluded by reason of any common law or
statutory privilege | 26 | | relating to communications between the licensee or
applicant |
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| 1 | | and the examining physician or any member of the | 2 | | multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary from the | 3 | | licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an examination for | 4 | | the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | 5 | | team to provide information, reports, records, or other | 6 | | documents or to provide any testimony regarding the | 7 | | examination and evaluation. | 8 | | The individual to be examined may have, at his or her own | 9 | | expense, another
physician of his or her choice present during | 10 | | all
aspects of this examination. However, that physician shall | 11 | | be present only to observe and may not interfere in any way | 12 | | with the examination. | 13 | | Failure of an individual to submit to a mental
or
physical | 14 | | examination, when ordered, shall result in an automatic | 15 | | suspension of his or
her
license until the individual submits | 16 | | to the examination.
| 17 | | If the Department finds an individual unable to practice | 18 | | because of
the
reasons
set forth in this Section, the | 19 | | Department may require that individual
to submit
to
care, | 20 | | counseling, or treatment by physicians approved
or designated | 21 | | by the Department, as a condition, term, or restriction
for | 22 | | continued,
reinstated, or
renewed licensure to practice; or, | 23 | | in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment,
the Department may | 24 | | file
a complaint to immediately
suspend, revoke, or otherwise | 25 | | discipline the license of the individual.
An individual whose
| 26 | | license was granted, continued, reinstated, renewed, |
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| 1 | | disciplined, or supervised
subject to such terms, conditions, | 2 | | or restrictions, and who fails to comply
with
such terms, | 3 | | conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | 4 | | Secretary
for
a
determination as to whether the individual | 5 | | shall have his or her license
suspended immediately, pending a | 6 | | hearing by the Department.
| 7 | | In instances in which the Secretary
immediately suspends a | 8 | | person's license
under this Section, a hearing on that | 9 | | person's license must be convened by
the Department within 30
| 10 | | days after the suspension and completed without
appreciable
| 11 | | delay.
The Department shall have the authority to review the | 12 | | subject
individual's record of
treatment and counseling | 13 | | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by
applicable | 14 | | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | 15 | | confidentiality of
medical records.
| 16 | | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | 17 | | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate | 18 | | to the Department that he or
she can resume
practice in | 19 | | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
| 20 | | provisions of his or her license.
| 21 | | (e) An individual or organization acting in good faith, | 22 | | and not in a willful and wanton manner, in complying with this | 23 | | Section by providing a report or other information to the | 24 | | Board, by assisting in the investigation or preparation of a | 25 | | report or information, by participating in proceedings of the | 26 | | Board, or by serving as a member of the Board, shall not be |
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| 1 | | subject to criminal prosecution or civil damages as a result | 2 | | of such actions. | 3 | | (f) Members of the Board shall be indemnified by the State | 4 | | for any actions occurring within the scope of services on the | 5 | | Board, done in good faith and not willful and wanton in nature. | 6 | | The Attorney General shall defend all such actions unless he | 7 | | or she determines either that there would be a conflict of | 8 | | interest in such representation or that the actions complained | 9 | | of were not in good faith or were willful and wanton. | 10 | | If the Attorney General declines representation, the | 11 | | member has the right to employ counsel of his or her choice, | 12 | | whose fees shall be provided by the State, after approval by | 13 | | the Attorney General, unless there is a determination by a | 14 | | court that the member's actions were not in good faith or were | 15 | | willful and wanton. | 16 | | The member must notify the Attorney General within 7 days | 17 | | after receipt of notice of the initiation of any action | 18 | | involving services of the Board. Failure to so notify the | 19 | | Attorney General constitutes an absolute waiver of the right | 20 | | to a defense and indemnification. | 21 | | The Attorney General shall determine, within 7 days after | 22 | | receiving such notice, whether he or she will undertake to | 23 | | represent the member. | 24 | | (g) The Department may adopt rules to implement the | 25 | | changes made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 26 | | Assembly. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | 2 | | 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)
| 3 | | Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is | 4 | | amended by changing Sections 102 and 303.05 as follows: | 5 | | (720 ILCS 570/102) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102) | 6 | | Sec. 102. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 7 | | context
otherwise requires:
| 8 | | (a) "Addict" means any person who habitually uses any | 9 | | drug, chemical,
substance or dangerous drug other than alcohol | 10 | | so as to endanger the public
morals, health, safety or welfare | 11 | | or who is so far addicted to the use of a
dangerous drug or | 12 | | controlled substance other than alcohol as to have lost
the | 13 | | power of self control with reference to his or her addiction.
| 14 | | (b) "Administer" means the direct application of a | 15 | | controlled
substance, whether by injection, inhalation, | 16 | | ingestion, or any other
means, to the body of a patient, | 17 | | research subject, or animal (as
defined by the Humane | 18 | | Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act) by:
| 19 | | (1) a practitioner (or, in his or her presence, by his | 20 | | or her authorized agent),
| 21 | | (2) the patient or research subject pursuant to an | 22 | | order, or
| 23 | | (3) a euthanasia technician as defined by the Humane | 24 | | Euthanasia in
Animal Shelters Act.
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| 1 | | (c) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf | 2 | | of or at
the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, | 3 | | dispenser, prescriber, or practitioner. It does not
include a | 4 | | common or contract carrier, public warehouseman or employee of
| 5 | | the carrier or warehouseman.
| 6 | | (c-1) "Anabolic Steroids" means any drug or hormonal | 7 | | substance,
chemically and pharmacologically related to | 8 | | testosterone (other than
estrogens, progestins, | 9 | | corticosteroids, and dehydroepiandrosterone),
and includes:
| 10 | | (i) 3[beta],17-dihydroxy-5a-androstane, | 11 | | (ii) 3[alpha],17[beta]-dihydroxy-5a-androstane, | 12 | | (iii) 5[alpha]-androstan-3,17-dione, | 13 | | (iv) 1-androstenediol (3[beta], | 14 | | 17[beta]-dihydroxy-5[alpha]-androst-1-ene), | 15 | | (v) 1-androstenediol (3[alpha], | 16 | | 17[beta]-dihydroxy-5[alpha]-androst-1-ene), | 17 | | (vi) 4-androstenediol | 18 | | (3[beta],17[beta]-dihydroxy-androst-4-ene), | 19 | | (vii) 5-androstenediol | 20 | | (3[beta],17[beta]-dihydroxy-androst-5-ene), | 21 | | (viii) 1-androstenedione | 22 | | ([5alpha]-androst-1-en-3,17-dione), | 23 | | (ix) 4-androstenedione | 24 | | (androst-4-en-3,17-dione), | 25 | | (x) 5-androstenedione | 26 | | (androst-5-en-3,17-dione), |
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| 1 | | (xi) bolasterone (7[alpha],17a-dimethyl-17[beta]- | 2 | | hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 3 | | (xii) boldenone (17[beta]-hydroxyandrost- | 4 | | 1,4,-diene-3-one), | 5 | | (xiii) boldione (androsta-1,4- | 6 | | diene-3,17-dione), | 7 | | (xiv) calusterone (7[beta],17[alpha]-dimethyl-17 | 8 | | [beta]-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 9 | | (xv) clostebol (4-chloro-17[beta]- | 10 | | hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 11 | | (xvi) dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (4-chloro- | 12 | | 17[beta]-hydroxy-17[alpha]-methyl- | 13 | | androst-1,4-dien-3-one), | 14 | | (xvii) desoxymethyltestosterone | 15 | | (17[alpha]-methyl-5[alpha] | 16 | | -androst-2-en-17[beta]-ol)(a.k.a., madol), | 17 | | (xviii) [delta]1-dihydrotestosterone (a.k.a. | 18 | | '1-testosterone') (17[beta]-hydroxy- | 19 | | 5[alpha]-androst-1-en-3-one), | 20 | | (xix) 4-dihydrotestosterone (17[beta]-hydroxy- | 21 | | androstan-3-one), | 22 | | (xx) drostanolone (17[beta]-hydroxy-2[alpha]-methyl- | 23 | | 5[alpha]-androstan-3-one), | 24 | | (xxi) ethylestrenol (17[alpha]-ethyl-17[beta]- | 25 | | hydroxyestr-4-ene), | 26 | | (xxii) fluoxymesterone (9-fluoro-17[alpha]-methyl- |
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| 1 | | 1[beta],17[beta]-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 2 | | (xxiii) formebolone (2-formyl-17[alpha]-methyl-11[alpha], | 3 | | 17[beta]-dihydroxyandrost-1,4-dien-3-one), | 4 | | (xxiv) furazabol (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 5 | | hydroxyandrostano[2,3-c]-furazan), | 6 | | (xxv) 13[beta]-ethyl-17[beta]-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one, | 7 | | (xxvi) 4-hydroxytestosterone (4,17[beta]-dihydroxy- | 8 | | androst-4-en-3-one), | 9 | | (xxvii) 4-hydroxy-19-nortestosterone (4,17[beta]- | 10 | | dihydroxy-estr-4-en-3-one), | 11 | | (xxviii) mestanolone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 12 | | hydroxy-5-androstan-3-one), | 13 | | (xxix) mesterolone (1amethyl-17[beta]-hydroxy- | 14 | | [5a]-androstan-3-one), | 15 | | (xxx) methandienone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 16 | | hydroxyandrost-1,4-dien-3-one), | 17 | | (xxxi) methandriol (17[alpha]-methyl-3[beta],17[beta]- | 18 | | dihydroxyandrost-5-ene), | 19 | | (xxxii) methenolone (1-methyl-17[beta]-hydroxy- | 20 | | 5[alpha]-androst-1-en-3-one), | 21 | | (xxxiii) 17[alpha]-methyl-3[beta], 17[beta]- | 22 | | dihydroxy-5a-androstane, | 23 | | (xxxiv) 17[alpha]-methyl-3[alpha],17[beta]-dihydroxy | 24 | | -5a-androstane, | 25 | | (xxxv) 17[alpha]-methyl-3[beta],17[beta]- | 26 | | dihydroxyandrost-4-ene), |
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| 1 | | (xxxvi) 17[alpha]-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone (17[alpha]- | 2 | | methyl-4-hydroxy-17[beta]-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 3 | | (xxxvii) methyldienolone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 4 | | hydroxyestra-4,9(10)-dien-3-one), | 5 | | (xxxviii) methyltrienolone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 6 | | hydroxyestra-4,9-11-trien-3-one), | 7 | | (xxxix) methyltestosterone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 8 | | hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 9 | | (xl) mibolerone (7[alpha],17a-dimethyl-17[beta]- | 10 | | hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 11 | | (xli) 17[alpha]-methyl-[delta]1-dihydrotestosterone | 12 | | (17b[beta]-hydroxy-17[alpha]-methyl-5[alpha]- | 13 | | androst-1-en-3-one)(a.k.a. '17-[alpha]-methyl- | 14 | | 1-testosterone'), | 15 | | (xlii) nandrolone (17[beta]-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 16 | | (xliii) 19-nor-4-androstenediol (3[beta], 17[beta]- | 17 | | dihydroxyestr-4-ene), | 18 | | (xliv) 19-nor-4-androstenediol (3[alpha], 17[beta]- | 19 | | dihydroxyestr-4-ene), | 20 | | (xlv) 19-nor-5-androstenediol (3[beta], 17[beta]- | 21 | | dihydroxyestr-5-ene), | 22 | | (xlvi) 19-nor-5-androstenediol (3[alpha], 17[beta]- | 23 | | dihydroxyestr-5-ene), | 24 | | (xlvii) 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione | 25 | | (estra-4,9(10)-diene-3,17-dione), | 26 | | (xlviii) 19-nor-4-androstenedione (estr-4- |
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| 1 | | en-3,17-dione), | 2 | | (xlix) 19-nor-5-androstenedione (estr-5- | 3 | | en-3,17-dione), | 4 | | (l) norbolethone (13[beta], 17a-diethyl-17[beta]- | 5 | | hydroxygon-4-en-3-one), | 6 | | (li) norclostebol (4-chloro-17[beta]- | 7 | | hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 8 | | (lii) norethandrolone (17[alpha]-ethyl-17[beta]- | 9 | | hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 10 | | (liii) normethandrolone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]- | 11 | | hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one), | 12 | | (liv) oxandrolone (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]-hydroxy- | 13 | | 2-oxa-5[alpha]-androstan-3-one), | 14 | | (lv) oxymesterone (17[alpha]-methyl-4,17[beta]- | 15 | | dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one), | 16 | | (lvi) oxymetholone (17[alpha]-methyl-2-hydroxymethylene- | 17 | | 17[beta]-hydroxy-(5[alpha]-androstan-3-one), | 18 | | (lvii) stanozolol (17[alpha]-methyl-17[beta]-hydroxy- | 19 | | (5[alpha]-androst-2-eno[3,2-c]-pyrazole), | 20 | | (lviii) stenbolone (17[beta]-hydroxy-2-methyl- | 21 | | (5[alpha]-androst-1-en-3-one), | 22 | | (lix) testolactone (13-hydroxy-3-oxo-13,17- | 23 | | secoandrosta-1,4-dien-17-oic | 24 | | acid lactone), | 25 | | (lx) testosterone (17[beta]-hydroxyandrost- | 26 | | 4-en-3-one), |
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| 1 | | (lxi) tetrahydrogestrinone (13[beta], 17[alpha]- | 2 | | diethyl-17[beta]-hydroxygon- | 3 | | 4,9,11-trien-3-one), | 4 | | (lxii) trenbolone (17[beta]-hydroxyestr-4,9, | 5 | | 11-trien-3-one).
| 6 | | Any person who is otherwise lawfully in possession of an | 7 | | anabolic
steroid, or who otherwise lawfully manufactures, | 8 | | distributes, dispenses,
delivers, or possesses with intent to | 9 | | deliver an anabolic steroid, which
anabolic steroid is | 10 | | expressly intended for and lawfully allowed to be
administered | 11 | | through implants to livestock or other nonhuman species, and
| 12 | | which is approved by the Secretary of Health and Human | 13 | | Services for such
administration, and which the person intends | 14 | | to administer or have
administered through such implants, | 15 | | shall not be considered to be in
unauthorized possession or to | 16 | | unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense,
deliver, or | 17 | | possess with intent to deliver such anabolic steroid for
| 18 | | purposes of this Act.
| 19 | | (d) "Administration" means the Drug Enforcement | 20 | | Administration,
United States Department of Justice, or its | 21 | | successor agency.
| 22 | | (d-5) "Clinical Director, Prescription Monitoring Program" | 23 | | means a Department of Human Services administrative employee | 24 | | licensed to either prescribe or dispense controlled substances | 25 | | who shall run the clinical aspects of the Department of Human | 26 | | Services Prescription Monitoring Program and its Prescription |
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| 1 | | Information Library. | 2 | | (d-10) "Compounding" means the preparation and mixing of | 3 | | components, excluding flavorings, (1) as the result of a | 4 | | prescriber's prescription drug order or initiative based on | 5 | | the prescriber-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course | 6 | | of professional practice or (2) for the purpose of, or | 7 | | incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not | 8 | | for sale or dispensing. "Compounding" includes the preparation | 9 | | of drugs or devices in anticipation of receiving prescription | 10 | | drug orders based on routine, regularly observed dispensing | 11 | | patterns. Commercially available products may be compounded | 12 | | for dispensing to individual patients only if both of the | 13 | | following conditions are met: (i) the commercial product is | 14 | | not reasonably available from normal distribution channels in | 15 | | a timely manner to meet the patient's needs and (ii) the | 16 | | prescribing practitioner has requested that the drug be | 17 | | compounded. | 18 | | (e) "Control" means to add a drug or other substance, or | 19 | | immediate
precursor, to a Schedule whether by
transfer from | 20 | | another Schedule or otherwise.
| 21 | | (f) "Controlled Substance" means (i) a drug, substance, | 22 | | immediate
precursor, or synthetic drug in the Schedules of | 23 | | Article II of this Act or (ii) a drug or other substance, or | 24 | | immediate precursor, designated as a controlled substance by | 25 | | the Department through administrative rule. The term does not | 26 | | include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco, |
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| 1 | | as those terms are
defined or used in the Liquor Control Act of | 2 | | 1934 and the Tobacco Products Tax
Act of 1995.
| 3 | | (f-5) "Controlled substance analog" means a substance: | 4 | | (1) the chemical structure of which is substantially | 5 | | similar to the chemical structure of a controlled | 6 | | substance in Schedule I or II; | 7 | | (2) which has a stimulant, depressant, or | 8 | | hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that | 9 | | is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, | 10 | | depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central | 11 | | nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or | 12 | | II; or | 13 | | (3) with respect to a particular person, which such | 14 | | person represents or intends to have a stimulant, | 15 | | depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central | 16 | | nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater | 17 | | than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect | 18 | | on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in | 19 | | Schedule I or II. | 20 | | (g) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance, | 21 | | which, or
the container or labeling of which, without | 22 | | authorization bears the
trademark, trade name, or other | 23 | | identifying mark, imprint, number or
device, or any likeness | 24 | | thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or
dispenser other | 25 | | than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed,
or | 26 | | dispensed the substance.
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| 1 | | (h) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive | 2 | | or
attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance, | 3 | | with or
without consideration, whether or not there is an | 4 | | agency relationship.
"Deliver" or "delivery" does not include
| 5 | | the donation of drugs to the extent permitted
under the | 6 | | Illinois Drug Reuse Opportunity Program Act.
| 7 | | (i) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human | 8 | | Services (as
successor to the Department of Alcoholism and | 9 | | Substance Abuse) or its successor agency.
| 10 | | (j) (Blank).
| 11 | | (k) "Department of Corrections" means the Department of | 12 | | Corrections
of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
| 13 | | (l) "Department of Financial and Professional Regulation" | 14 | | means the Department
of Financial and Professional Regulation | 15 | | of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
| 16 | | (m) "Depressant" means any drug that (i) causes an overall | 17 | | depression of central nervous system functions, (ii) causes | 18 | | impaired consciousness and awareness, and (iii) can be | 19 | | habit-forming or lead to a substance abuse problem, including, | 20 | | but not limited to, alcohol, cannabis and its active | 21 | | principles and their analogs, benzodiazepines and their | 22 | | analogs, barbiturates and their analogs, opioids (natural and | 23 | | synthetic) and their analogs, and chloral hydrate and similar | 24 | | sedative hypnotics.
| 25 | | (n) (Blank).
| 26 | | (o) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Police or his or her designated agents.
| 2 | | (p) "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance to | 3 | | an
ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the | 4 | | lawful order of
a prescriber, including the prescribing, | 5 | | administering, packaging,
labeling, or compounding necessary | 6 | | to prepare the substance for that
delivery.
| 7 | | (q) "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.
| 8 | | (r) "Distribute" means to deliver, other than by | 9 | | administering or
dispensing, a controlled substance.
| 10 | | (s) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
| 11 | | (t) "Drug" means (1) substances recognized as drugs in the | 12 | | official
United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic | 13 | | Pharmacopoeia of the
United States, or official National | 14 | | Formulary, or any supplement to any
of them; (2) substances | 15 | | intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
treatment, or | 16 | | prevention of disease in man or animals; (3) substances
(other | 17 | | than food) intended to affect the structure of any function of
| 18 | | the body of man or animals and (4) substances intended for use | 19 | | as a
component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or | 20 | | (3) of this
subsection. It does not include devices or their | 21 | | components, parts, or
accessories.
| 22 | | (t-3) "Electronic health record" or "EHR" means an | 23 | | electronic record of health-related information on an | 24 | | individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted | 25 | | by authorized health care clinicians and staff. | 26 | | (t-3.5) "Electronic health record system" or "EHR system" |
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| 1 | | means any computer-based system or combination of federally | 2 | | certified Health IT Modules (defined at 42 CFR 170.102 or its | 3 | | successor) used as a repository for electronic health records | 4 | | and accessed or updated by a prescriber or authorized | 5 | | surrogate in the ordinary course of his or her medical | 6 | | practice. For purposes of connecting to the Prescription | 7 | | Information Library maintained by the Bureau of Pharmacy and | 8 | | Clinical Support Systems or its successor, an EHR system may | 9 | | connect to the Prescription Information Library directly or | 10 | | through all or part of a computer program or system that is a | 11 | | federally certified Health IT Module maintained by a third | 12 | | party and used by the EHR system to secure access to the | 13 | | database. | 14 | | (t-4) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the | 15 | | meaning ascribed to it in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | 16 | | Systems Act. | 17 | | (t-5) "Euthanasia agency" means
an entity certified by the | 18 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the
| 19 | | purpose of animal euthanasia that holds an animal control | 20 | | facility license or
animal
shelter license under the Animal | 21 | | Welfare Act. A euthanasia agency is
authorized to purchase, | 22 | | store, possess, and utilize Schedule II nonnarcotic and
| 23 | | Schedule III nonnarcotic drugs for the sole purpose of animal | 24 | | euthanasia.
| 25 | | (t-10) "Euthanasia drugs" means Schedule II or Schedule | 26 | | III substances
(nonnarcotic controlled substances) that are |
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| 1 | | used by a euthanasia agency for
the purpose of animal | 2 | | euthanasia.
| 3 | | (u) "Good faith" means the prescribing or dispensing of a | 4 | | controlled
substance by a practitioner in the regular course | 5 | | of professional
treatment to or for any person who is under his | 6 | | or her treatment for a
pathology or condition other than that | 7 | | individual's physical or
psychological dependence upon or | 8 | | addiction to a controlled substance,
except as provided | 9 | | herein: and application of the term to a pharmacist
shall mean | 10 | | the dispensing of a controlled substance pursuant to the
| 11 | | prescriber's order which in the professional judgment of the | 12 | | pharmacist
is lawful. The pharmacist shall be guided by | 13 | | accepted professional
standards, including, but not limited | 14 | | to, the following, in making the
judgment:
| 15 | | (1) lack of consistency of prescriber-patient | 16 | | relationship,
| 17 | | (2) frequency of prescriptions for same drug by one | 18 | | prescriber for
large numbers of patients,
| 19 | | (3) quantities beyond those normally prescribed,
| 20 | | (4) unusual dosages (recognizing that there may be | 21 | | clinical circumstances where more or less than the usual | 22 | | dose may be used legitimately),
| 23 | | (5) unusual geographic distances between patient, | 24 | | pharmacist and
prescriber,
| 25 | | (6) consistent prescribing of habit-forming drugs.
| 26 | | (u-0.5) "Hallucinogen" means a drug that causes markedly |
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| 1 | | altered sensory perception leading to hallucinations of any | 2 | | type. | 3 | | (u-1) "Home infusion services" means services provided by | 4 | | a pharmacy in
compounding solutions for direct administration | 5 | | to a patient in a private
residence, long-term care facility, | 6 | | or hospice setting by means of parenteral,
intravenous, | 7 | | intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraspinal infusion.
| 8 | | (u-5) "Illinois State Police" means the Illinois State
| 9 | | Police or its successor agency. | 10 | | (v) "Immediate precursor" means a substance:
| 11 | | (1) which the Department has found to be and by rule | 12 | | designated as
being a principal compound used, or produced | 13 | | primarily for use, in the
manufacture of a controlled | 14 | | substance;
| 15 | | (2) which is an immediate chemical intermediary used | 16 | | or likely to
be used in the manufacture of such controlled | 17 | | substance; and
| 18 | | (3) the control of which is necessary to prevent, | 19 | | curtail or limit
the manufacture of such controlled | 20 | | substance.
| 21 | | (w) "Instructional activities" means the acts of teaching, | 22 | | educating
or instructing by practitioners using controlled | 23 | | substances within
educational facilities approved by the State | 24 | | Board of Education or
its successor agency.
| 25 | | (x) "Local authorities" means a duly organized State, | 26 | | County or
Municipal peace unit or police force.
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| 1 | | (y) "Look-alike substance" means a substance, other than a | 2 | | controlled
substance which (1) by overall dosage unit | 3 | | appearance, including shape,
color, size, markings or lack | 4 | | thereof, taste, consistency, or any other
identifying physical | 5 | | characteristic of the substance, would lead a reasonable
| 6 | | person to believe that the substance is a controlled | 7 | | substance, or (2) is
expressly or impliedly represented to be | 8 | | a controlled substance or is
distributed under circumstances | 9 | | which would lead a reasonable person to
believe that the | 10 | | substance is a controlled substance. For the purpose of
| 11 | | determining whether the representations made or the | 12 | | circumstances of the
distribution would lead a reasonable | 13 | | person to believe the substance to be
a controlled substance | 14 | | under this clause (2) of subsection (y), the court or
other | 15 | | authority may consider the following factors in addition to | 16 | | any other
factor that may be relevant:
| 17 | | (a) statements made by the owner or person in control | 18 | | of the substance
concerning its nature, use or effect;
| 19 | | (b) statements made to the buyer or recipient that the | 20 | | substance may
be resold for profit;
| 21 | | (c) whether the substance is packaged in a manner | 22 | | normally used for the
illegal distribution of controlled | 23 | | substances;
| 24 | | (d) whether the distribution or attempted distribution | 25 | | included an
exchange of or demand for money or other | 26 | | property as consideration, and
whether the amount of the |
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| 1 | | consideration was substantially greater than the
| 2 | | reasonable retail market value of the substance.
| 3 | | Clause (1) of this subsection (y) shall not apply to a | 4 | | noncontrolled
substance in its finished dosage form that was | 5 | | initially introduced into
commerce prior to the initial | 6 | | introduction into commerce of a controlled
substance in its | 7 | | finished dosage form which it may substantially resemble.
| 8 | | Nothing in this subsection (y) prohibits the dispensing or | 9 | | distributing
of noncontrolled substances by persons authorized | 10 | | to dispense and
distribute controlled substances under this | 11 | | Act, provided that such action
would be deemed to be carried | 12 | | out in good faith under subsection (u) if the
substances | 13 | | involved were controlled substances.
| 14 | | Nothing in this subsection (y) or in this Act prohibits | 15 | | the manufacture,
preparation, propagation, compounding, | 16 | | processing, packaging, advertising
or distribution of a drug | 17 | | or drugs by any person registered pursuant to
Section 510 of | 18 | | the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360).
| 19 | | (y-1) "Mail-order pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is | 20 | | located in a state
of the United States that delivers, | 21 | | dispenses or
distributes, through the United States Postal | 22 | | Service or other common
carrier, to Illinois residents, any | 23 | | substance which requires a prescription.
| 24 | | (z) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, | 25 | | propagation,
compounding, conversion or processing of a | 26 | | controlled substance other than methamphetamine, either
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| 1 | | directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of | 2 | | natural origin,
or independently by means of chemical | 3 | | synthesis, or by a combination of
extraction and chemical | 4 | | synthesis, and includes any packaging or
repackaging of the | 5 | | substance or labeling of its container, except that
this term | 6 | | does not include:
| 7 | | (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or | 8 | | compounding of a
controlled substance for his or her own | 9 | | use;
| 10 | | (2) by a practitioner, or his or her authorized agent | 11 | | under his or her
supervision, the preparation, | 12 | | compounding, packaging, or labeling of a
controlled | 13 | | substance:
| 14 | | (a) as an incident to his or her administering or | 15 | | dispensing of a
controlled substance in the course of | 16 | | his or her professional practice; or
| 17 | | (b) as an incident to lawful research, teaching or | 18 | | chemical
analysis and not for sale; or
| 19 | | (3) the packaging, repackaging, or labeling of
drugs | 20 | | only to the extent permitted under the
Illinois Drug Reuse | 21 | | Opportunity Program Act.
| 22 | | (z-1) (Blank).
| 23 | | (z-5) "Medication shopping" means the conduct prohibited | 24 | | under subsection (a) of Section 314.5 of this Act. | 25 | | (z-10) "Mid-level practitioner" means (i) a physician | 26 | | assistant who has been delegated authority to prescribe |
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| 1 | | through a written delegation of authority by a physician | 2 | | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, in | 3 | | accordance with Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant | 4 | | Practice Act of 1987 , (ii) an advanced practice registered | 5 | | nurse who has been delegated authority to prescribe through a | 6 | | written delegation of authority by a physician licensed to | 7 | | practice medicine in all of its branches or by a podiatric | 8 | | physician, in accordance with Section 65-40 of the Nurse | 9 | | Practice Act, (iii) an advanced practice registered nurse | 10 | | certified as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or clinical | 11 | | nurse specialist who has been granted authority to prescribe | 12 | | by a hospital affiliate in accordance with Section 65-45 of | 13 | | the Nurse Practice Act, (iv) an animal euthanasia agency, or | 14 | | (v) a prescribing psychologist. | 15 | | (aa) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether | 16 | | produced
directly or indirectly by extraction from substances | 17 | | of vegetable origin,
or independently by means of chemical | 18 | | synthesis, or by a combination of
extraction and chemical | 19 | | synthesis:
| 20 | | (1) opium, opiates, derivatives of opium and opiates, | 21 | | including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts | 22 | | of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of | 23 | | such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within | 24 | | the specific chemical designation; however the term | 25 | | "narcotic drug" does not include the isoquinoline | 26 | | alkaloids of opium;
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| 1 | | (2) (blank);
| 2 | | (3) opium poppy and poppy straw;
| 3 | | (4) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of | 4 | | coca leaves from which substantially all of the cocaine | 5 | | and ecgonine, and their isomers, derivatives and salts, | 6 | | have been removed;
| 7 | | (5) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, | 8 | | and salts of isomers; | 9 | | (6) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, | 10 | | and salts of isomers; | 11 | | (7) any compound, mixture, or preparation which | 12 | | contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to | 13 | | in subparagraphs (1) through (6). | 14 | | (bb) "Nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under the
| 15 | | Nurse Practice Act.
| 16 | | (cc) (Blank).
| 17 | | (dd) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction | 18 | | forming or
addiction sustaining liability similar to morphine | 19 | | or being capable of
conversion into a drug having addiction | 20 | | forming or addiction sustaining
liability.
| 21 | | (ee) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver
| 22 | | somniferum L., except its seeds.
| 23 | | (ee-5) "Oral dosage" means a tablet, capsule, elixir, or | 24 | | solution or other liquid form of medication intended for | 25 | | administration by mouth, but the term does not include a form | 26 | | of medication intended for buccal, sublingual, or transmucosal |
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| 1 | | administration. | 2 | | (ff) "Parole and Pardon Board" means the Parole and Pardon | 3 | | Board of
the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
| 4 | | (gg) "Person" means any individual, corporation, | 5 | | mail-order pharmacy,
government or governmental subdivision or | 6 | | agency, business trust, estate,
trust, partnership or | 7 | | association, or any other entity.
| 8 | | (hh) "Pharmacist" means any person who holds a license or | 9 | | certificate of
registration as a registered pharmacist, a | 10 | | local registered pharmacist
or a registered assistant | 11 | | pharmacist under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
| 12 | | (ii) "Pharmacy" means any store, ship or other place in | 13 | | which
pharmacy is authorized to be practiced under the | 14 | | Pharmacy Practice Act.
| 15 | | (ii-5) "Pharmacy shopping" means the conduct prohibited | 16 | | under subsection (b) of Section 314.5 of this Act. | 17 | | (ii-10) "Physician" (except when the context otherwise | 18 | | requires) means a person licensed to practice medicine in all | 19 | | of its branches. | 20 | | (jj) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of | 21 | | the opium
poppy, after mowing.
| 22 | | (kk) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed to practice | 23 | | medicine in all
its branches, dentist, optometrist, podiatric | 24 | | physician,
veterinarian, scientific investigator, pharmacist, | 25 | | physician assistant,
advanced practice registered nurse,
| 26 | | licensed practical
nurse, registered nurse, emergency medical |
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| 1 | | services personnel, hospital, laboratory, or pharmacy, or | 2 | | other
person licensed, registered, or otherwise lawfully | 3 | | permitted by the
United States or this State to distribute, | 4 | | dispense, conduct research
with respect to, administer or use | 5 | | in teaching or chemical analysis, a
controlled substance in | 6 | | the course of professional practice or research.
| 7 | | (ll) "Pre-printed prescription" means a written | 8 | | prescription upon which
the designated drug has been indicated | 9 | | prior to the time of issuance; the term does not mean a written | 10 | | prescription that is individually generated by machine or | 11 | | computer in the prescriber's office.
| 12 | | (mm) "Prescriber" means a physician licensed to practice | 13 | | medicine in all
its branches, dentist, optometrist, | 14 | | prescribing psychologist licensed under Section 4.2 of the | 15 | | Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act with prescriptive | 16 | | authority delegated under Section 4.3 of the Clinical | 17 | | Psychologist Licensing Act, podiatric physician, or
| 18 | | veterinarian who issues a prescription, a physician assistant | 19 | | who
issues a
prescription for a controlled substance
in | 20 | | accordance
with Section 303.05, a written delegation, and a | 21 | | written collaborative agreement required under Section 7.5
of | 22 | | the
Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, an advanced | 23 | | practice registered
nurse with prescriptive authority | 24 | | delegated under Section 65-40 of the Nurse Practice Act and in | 25 | | accordance with Section 303.05, a written delegation,
and a | 26 | | written
collaborative agreement under Section 65-35 of the |
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| 1 | | Nurse Practice Act, an advanced practice registered nurse | 2 | | certified as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or clinical | 3 | | nurse specialist who has been granted authority to prescribe | 4 | | by a hospital affiliate in accordance with Section 65-45 of | 5 | | the Nurse Practice Act and in accordance with Section 303.05, | 6 | | or an advanced practice registered nurse certified as a nurse | 7 | | practitioner, nurse midwife, or clinical nurse specialist who | 8 | | has full practice authority pursuant to Section 65-43 of the | 9 | | Nurse Practice Act.
| 10 | | (nn) "Prescription" means a written, facsimile, or oral | 11 | | order, or an electronic order that complies with applicable | 12 | | federal requirements,
of
a physician licensed to practice | 13 | | medicine in all its branches,
dentist, podiatric physician or | 14 | | veterinarian for any controlled
substance, of an optometrist | 15 | | in accordance with Section 15.1 of the Illinois Optometric | 16 | | Practice Act of 1987, of a prescribing psychologist licensed | 17 | | under Section 4.2 of the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act | 18 | | with prescriptive authority delegated under Section 4.3 of the | 19 | | Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, of a physician assistant | 20 | | for a
controlled substance
in accordance with Section 303.05, | 21 | | a written delegation, and a written collaborative agreement | 22 | | required under
Section 7.5 of the
Physician Assistant Practice | 23 | | Act of 1987, of an advanced practice registered
nurse with | 24 | | prescriptive authority delegated under Section 65-40 of the | 25 | | Nurse Practice Act who issues a prescription for a
controlled | 26 | | substance in accordance
with
Section 303.05, a written |
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| 1 | | delegation, and a written collaborative agreement under | 2 | | Section 65-35 of the Nurse Practice Act, of an advanced | 3 | | practice registered nurse certified as a nurse practitioner, | 4 | | nurse midwife, or clinical nurse specialist who has been | 5 | | granted authority to prescribe by a hospital affiliate in | 6 | | accordance with Section 65-45 of the Nurse Practice Act and in | 7 | | accordance with Section 303.05 when required by law, or of an | 8 | | advanced practice registered nurse certified as a nurse | 9 | | practitioner, nurse midwife, or clinical nurse specialist who | 10 | | has full practice authority pursuant to Section 65-43 of the | 11 | | Nurse Practice Act.
| 12 | | (nn-5) "Prescription Information Library" (PIL) means an | 13 | | electronic library that contains reported controlled substance | 14 | | data. | 15 | | (nn-10) "Prescription Monitoring Program" (PMP) means the | 16 | | entity that collects, tracks, and stores reported data on | 17 | | controlled substances and select drugs pursuant to Section | 18 | | 316. | 19 | | (oo) "Production" or "produce" means manufacture, | 20 | | planting,
cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled | 21 | | substance other than methamphetamine.
| 22 | | (pp) "Registrant" means every person who is required to | 23 | | register
under Section 302 of this Act.
| 24 | | (qq) "Registry number" means the number assigned to each | 25 | | person
authorized to handle controlled substances under the | 26 | | laws of the United
States and of this State.
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| 1 | | (qq-5) "Secretary" means, as the context requires, either | 2 | | the Secretary of the Department or the Secretary of the | 3 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, and the | 4 | | Secretary's designated agents. | 5 | | (rr) "State" includes the State of Illinois and any state, | 6 | | district,
commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, | 7 | | and any area
subject to the legal authority of the United | 8 | | States of America.
| 9 | | (rr-5) "Stimulant" means any drug that (i) causes an | 10 | | overall excitation of central nervous system functions, (ii) | 11 | | causes impaired consciousness and awareness, and (iii) can be | 12 | | habit-forming or lead to a substance abuse problem, including, | 13 | | but not limited to, amphetamines and their analogs, | 14 | | methylphenidate and its analogs, cocaine, and phencyclidine | 15 | | and its analogs. | 16 | | (rr-10) "Synthetic drug" includes, but is not limited to, | 17 | | any synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines or any synthetic | 18 | | cathinones as provided for in Schedule I. | 19 | | (ss) "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses | 20 | | a
controlled substance for his or her own use or for the use of | 21 | | a member of his or her
household or for administering to an | 22 | | animal owned by him or her or by a member
of his or her | 23 | | household.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-666, eff. 1-1-22; 102-389, eff. 1-1-22; | 25 | | 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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| 1 | | (720 ILCS 570/303.05)
| 2 | | Sec. 303.05. Mid-level practitioner registration.
| 3 | | (a) The Department of Financial and Professional | 4 | | Regulation shall register licensed
physician assistants, | 5 | | licensed advanced practice registered nurses, and prescribing | 6 | | psychologists licensed under Section 4.2 of the Clinical | 7 | | Psychologist Licensing Act to prescribe and
dispense | 8 | | controlled substances under Section 303 and euthanasia
| 9 | | agencies to purchase, store, or administer animal euthanasia | 10 | | drugs under the
following circumstances:
| 11 | | (1) with respect to physician assistants,
| 12 | | (A) the physician assistant has been
delegated
| 13 | | written authority to prescribe any Schedule III | 14 | | through V controlled substances by a physician | 15 | | licensed to practice medicine in all its
branches in | 16 | | accordance with Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant | 17 | | Practice Act
of 1987;
and
the physician assistant has
| 18 | | completed the
appropriate application forms and has | 19 | | paid the required fees as set by rule;
or
| 20 | | (B) the physician assistant has been delegated
| 21 | | authority by a collaborating physician licensed to | 22 | | practice medicine in all its branches to prescribe or | 23 | | dispense Schedule II controlled substances through a | 24 | | written delegation of authority and under the | 25 | | following conditions: | 26 | | (i) Specific Schedule II controlled substances |
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| 1 | | by oral dosage or topical or transdermal | 2 | | application may be delegated, provided that the | 3 | | delegated Schedule II controlled substances are | 4 | | routinely prescribed by the collaborating | 5 | | physician. This delegation must identify the | 6 | | specific Schedule II controlled substances by | 7 | | either brand name or generic name. Schedule II | 8 | | controlled substances to be delivered by injection | 9 | | or other route of administration may not be | 10 | | delegated; | 11 | | (ii) any delegation must be of controlled | 12 | | substances prescribed by the collaborating | 13 | | physician; | 14 | | (iii) all prescriptions must be limited to no | 15 | | more than a 30-day supply, with any continuation | 16 | | authorized only after prior approval of the | 17 | | collaborating physician; | 18 | | (iv) the physician assistant must discuss the | 19 | | condition of any patients for whom a controlled | 20 | | substance is prescribed monthly with the | 21 | | delegating physician; | 22 | | (A) (v) the physician assistant must have | 23 | | completed the appropriate application forms and paid | 24 | | the required fees as set by rule; | 25 | | (B) (vi) the physician assistant must provide | 26 | | evidence of satisfactory completion of 45 contact |
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| 1 | | hours in pharmacology from any physician assistant | 2 | | program accredited by the Accreditation Review | 3 | | Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant | 4 | | (ARC-PA), or its predecessor agency, for any new | 5 | | license issued with Schedule II authority after the | 6 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 7 | | General Assembly; and | 8 | | (C) (vii) the physician assistant must annually | 9 | | complete at least 5 hours of continuing education in | 10 | | pharmacology; | 11 | | (2) with respect to advanced practice registered | 12 | | nurses who do not meet the requirements of Section 65-43 | 13 | | of the Nurse Practice Act, | 14 | | (A) the advanced practice registered nurse has | 15 | | been delegated
authority to prescribe any Schedule III | 16 | | through V controlled substances by a collaborating | 17 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its | 18 | | branches or a collaborating podiatric physician in | 19 | | accordance with Section 65-40 of the Nurse Practice
| 20 | | Act. The advanced practice registered nurse has | 21 | | completed the
appropriate application forms and has | 22 | | paid the required
fees as set by rule; or | 23 | | (B) the advanced practice registered nurse has | 24 | | been delegated
authority by a collaborating physician | 25 | | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches to | 26 | | prescribe or dispense Schedule II controlled |
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| 1 | | substances through a written delegation of authority | 2 | | and under the following conditions: | 3 | | (i) specific Schedule II controlled substances | 4 | | by oral dosage or topical or transdermal | 5 | | application may be delegated, provided that the | 6 | | delegated Schedule II controlled substances are | 7 | | routinely prescribed by the collaborating | 8 | | physician. This delegation must identify the | 9 | | specific Schedule II controlled substances by | 10 | | either brand name or generic name. Schedule II | 11 | | controlled substances to be delivered by injection | 12 | | or other route of administration may not be | 13 | | delegated; | 14 | | (ii) any delegation must be of controlled | 15 | | substances prescribed by the collaborating | 16 | | physician; | 17 | | (iii) all prescriptions must be limited to no | 18 | | more than a 30-day supply, with any continuation | 19 | | authorized only after prior approval of the | 20 | | collaborating physician; | 21 | | (iv) the advanced practice registered nurse | 22 | | must discuss the condition of any patients for | 23 | | whom a controlled substance is prescribed monthly | 24 | | with the delegating physician or in the course of | 25 | | review as required by Section 65-40 of the Nurse | 26 | | Practice Act; |
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| 1 | | (v) the advanced practice registered nurse | 2 | | must have completed the appropriate application | 3 | | forms and paid the required fees as set by rule; | 4 | | (vi) the advanced practice registered nurse | 5 | | must provide evidence of satisfactory completion | 6 | | of at least 45 graduate contact hours in | 7 | | pharmacology for any new license issued with | 8 | | Schedule II authority after the effective date of | 9 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly; | 10 | | and | 11 | | (vii) the advanced practice registered nurse | 12 | | must annually complete 5 hours of continuing | 13 | | education in pharmacology; | 14 | | (2.5) with respect to advanced practice registered | 15 | | nurses certified as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, | 16 | | or clinical nurse specialists who do not meet the | 17 | | requirements of Section 65-43 of the Nurse Practice Act | 18 | | practicing in a hospital affiliate, | 19 | | (A) the advanced practice registered nurse | 20 | | certified as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or | 21 | | clinical nurse specialist has been privileged to | 22 | | prescribe any Schedule II through V controlled | 23 | | substances by the hospital affiliate upon the | 24 | | recommendation of the appropriate physician committee | 25 | | of the hospital affiliate in accordance with Section | 26 | | 65-45 of the Nurse Practice Act, has completed the |
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| 1 | | appropriate application forms, and has paid the | 2 | | required fees as set by rule; and | 3 | | (B) an advanced practice registered nurse | 4 | | certified as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or | 5 | | clinical nurse specialist has been privileged to | 6 | | prescribe any Schedule II controlled substances by the | 7 | | hospital affiliate upon the recommendation of the | 8 | | appropriate physician committee of the hospital | 9 | | affiliate, then the following conditions must be met: | 10 | | (i) specific Schedule II controlled substances | 11 | | by oral dosage or topical or transdermal | 12 | | application may be designated, provided that the | 13 | | designated Schedule II controlled substances are | 14 | | routinely prescribed by advanced practice | 15 | | registered nurses in their area of certification; | 16 | | the privileging documents must identify the | 17 | | specific Schedule II controlled substances by | 18 | | either brand name or generic name; privileges to | 19 | | prescribe or dispense Schedule II controlled | 20 | | substances to be delivered by injection or other | 21 | | route of administration may not be granted; | 22 | | (ii) any privileges must be controlled | 23 | | substances limited to the practice of the advanced | 24 | | practice registered nurse; | 25 | | (iii) any prescription must be limited to no | 26 | | more than a 30-day supply; |
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| 1 | | (iv) the advanced practice registered nurse | 2 | | must discuss the condition of any patients for | 3 | | whom a controlled substance is prescribed monthly | 4 | | with the appropriate physician committee of the | 5 | | hospital affiliate or its physician designee; and | 6 | | (v) the advanced practice registered nurse | 7 | | must meet the education requirements of this | 8 | | Section; | 9 | | (3) with respect to animal euthanasia agencies, the | 10 | | euthanasia agency has
obtained a license from the | 11 | | Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation and | 12 | | obtained a registration number from the
Department; or
| 13 | | (4) with respect to prescribing psychologists, the | 14 | | prescribing psychologist has been delegated
authority to | 15 | | prescribe any nonnarcotic Schedule III through V | 16 | | controlled substances by a collaborating physician | 17 | | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in | 18 | | accordance with Section 4.3 of the Clinical Psychologist | 19 | | Licensing Act, and the prescribing psychologist has | 20 | | completed the
appropriate application forms and has paid | 21 | | the required
fees as set by rule. | 22 | | (b) The mid-level practitioner shall only be licensed to | 23 | | prescribe those
schedules of controlled substances for which a | 24 | | licensed physician has delegated
prescriptive authority, | 25 | | except that an animal euthanasia agency does not have any
| 26 | | prescriptive authority and except that a physician assistant |
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| 1 | | shall have prescriptive authority in accordance with the | 2 | | Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 without delegation by | 3 | | a physician .
An A physician assistant and an advanced practice | 4 | | registered nurse is are prohibited from prescribing | 5 | | medications and controlled substances not set forth in the | 6 | | required written delegation of authority or as authorized by | 7 | | their practice Act.
| 8 | | (c) Upon completion of all registration requirements, | 9 | | physician
assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and | 10 | | animal euthanasia agencies may be issued a
mid-level | 11 | | practitioner
controlled substances license for Illinois.
| 12 | | (d) A collaborating physician may, but is not required to, | 13 | | delegate prescriptive authority to an advanced practice | 14 | | registered nurse as part of a written collaborative agreement, | 15 | | and the delegation of prescriptive authority shall conform to | 16 | | the requirements of Section 65-40 of the Nurse Practice Act. | 17 | | (e) (Blank). A collaborating physician may, but is not | 18 | | required to, delegate prescriptive authority to a physician | 19 | | assistant as part of a written collaborative agreement, and | 20 | | the delegation of prescriptive authority shall conform to the | 21 | | requirements of Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant | 22 | | Practice Act of 1987. | 23 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit | 24 | | generic substitution. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-453, eff. 8-25-17; | 26 | | 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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