225 ILCS 85/17

(225 ILCS 85/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4137)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 17. Disposition of legend drugs on cessation of pharmacy operations.

(a) The pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy which has
its pharmacy license revoked or otherwise ceases operation shall notify
the Department and forward to the Department a copy of the closing
inventory of controlled substances and a statement indicating the intended
manner of disposition of all legend drugs and prescription files within
30
 days of such revocation or cessation of operation.

(b) The Department shall approve the intended manner of disposition
of all legend drugs prior to disposition of such drugs by the pharmacist
in charge.

(1) The Department shall notify the pharmacist in

charge of approval of the manner of disposition of all legend drugs, or disapproval accompanied by reasons for such disapproval, within 30  days of receipt of the statement from the pharmacist in charge.  In the event that the manner of disposition is not approved, the pharmacist in charge shall notify the Department of an alternative manner of disposition within 30  days of the receipt of disapproval.

(2) If disposition of all legend drugs does not occur

within 30  days after approval is received from the Department, or if no alternative method of disposition is submitted to the Department within 30  days of the Department's disapproval, the Secretary shall notify the pharmacist in charge by mail at the address of the closing pharmacy, of the Department's intent to confiscate all legend drugs.  The Notice of Intent to Confiscate shall be the final administrative decision of the Department, as that term is defined in the Administrative Review Law, and the confiscation of all prescription drugs shall be effected.

(b-5) In the event that the pharmacist in charge has died or is otherwise
physically incompetent to perform the duties of this Section, the owner of a
pharmacy that has its license revoked or otherwise ceases operation shall be
required to fulfill the duties otherwise imposed upon the pharmacist in
charge.

(c) The pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy which acquires prescription
files from a pharmacy which ceases operation shall be responsible for
the preservation of such acquired prescriptions for the remainder of
the term that such prescriptions are required to be preserved by this
Act.

(d) Failure to comply with this Section shall be grounds for denying
an application or renewal application for a pharmacy license or for
disciplinary action against a license.

(e) Compliance with the provisions of the Illinois Controlled Substances
Act concerning the disposition of controlled substances shall be deemed
compliance with this Section with respect to legend drugs which are
controlled substances.

(Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17.)