Bill Text: IL HB4154 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that applicants for licensure as pharmacists shall also be required to complete an Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education approved program and assessment related to Illinois pharmacy law developed and provided by the Illinois Pharmacists Association, or any other such program and assessment or test approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation by rule. Provides that, if an applicant neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination or fails to pass an examination for a license under the Act within 3 years after filing an application, the application shall expire (rather than the application being denied). Provides provisions concerning the expiration of licenses and license renewal. In a provision concerning the condition for the renewal of a license as a pharmacist, 2 hours of the 30 hours of continuing pharmacy education must be in the subject of pharmacy law. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-4)

Status: (Passed) 2026-06-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0461 [HB4154 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4154-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by
changing Sections 7 and 12 as follows:
(225 ILCS 85/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4127)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 7. Application; examination. Applications for
original licenses shall be made to the Department in writing
or electronically on forms prescribed by the Department and
shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not be
refundable. Any such application shall require such
information as in the judgment of the Department will enable
the Board and Department to pass on the qualifications of the
applicant for a license.
The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants
as pharmacists not less than 3 times per year at such times and
places as it may determine. The examination of applicants
shall be of a character to give a fair test of the
qualifications of the applicant to practice pharmacy.
Applicants for examination as pharmacists shall be
required to pay, either to the Department or the designated
testing service, a fee covering the cost of providing the

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examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the
applicant's application for examination has been received and
acknowledged by the Department or the designated testing
service, shall result in the forfeiture of the examination
fee. The theoretical and applied pharmaceutical sciences
examination shall be developed and provided by the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Applicants for licensure as pharmacists shall also be
required to complete an Accreditation Council on Pharmacy
Education approved program and assessment related to Illinois
pharmacy law developed and provided by the Illinois
Pharmacists Association, or any other such program and
assessment or test approved by the Department by rule.
If an applicant neglects, fails or refuses to take an
examination or fails to pass an examination for a license
under this Act within 3 years after filing his application,
the application shall expire is denied. However, such
applicant may thereafter make a new application accompanied by
the required fee and show evidence of meeting the requirements
in force at the time of the new application.
The Department shall notify applicants taking the
examination of their results within 7 weeks of the examination
date. Further, the Department shall have the authority to
immediately authorize such applicants who successfully pass
the examination to engage in the practice of pharmacy.

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An applicant shall have one year from the date of
notification of successful completion of the examination to
apply to the Department for a license. If an applicant fails to
make such application within one year the applicant shall be
required to again take and pass the examination.
An applicant who has graduated with a professional degree
from a school of pharmacy located outside of the United States
must do the following:
(1) obtain a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination
Committee (FPGEC) Certificate;
(2) complete 1,200 hours of clinical training and
experience, as defined by rule, in the United States or
its territories; and
(3) successfully complete the licensing requirements
set forth in Section 6 of this Act, as well as those
adopted by the Department by rule.
The Department may employ consultants for the purpose of
preparing and conducting examinations.
(Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17.)
(225 ILCS 85/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 4132)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 12. Expiration of license; renewal.
(a) The expiration date and renewal period for each
license issued under this Act shall be set by rule.
(b) As a condition for the renewal of a license as a

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pharmacist, the licensee shall provide evidence to the
Department of completion of a total of 30 hours of pharmacy
continuing education during the 24 months preceding the
expiration date of the certificate. Two hours of continuing
pharmacy education must be in the subject of pharmacy law.
Such continuing education shall be approved by the
Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education.
(c) The Department may establish by rule a means for the
verification of completion of the continuing education
required by this Section. This verification may be
accomplished through audits of records maintained by
licensees, by requiring the filing of continuing education
certificates with the Department or a qualified organization
selected by the Department to maintain such records or by
other means established by the Department.
(d) Rules developed under this Section may provide for a
reasonable biennial fee, not to exceed $20, to fund the cost of
such recordkeeping. The Department may, by rule, further
provide an orderly process for the restoration of licenses
which have not been renewed due to the failure to meet the
continuing education requirements of this Section. The
requirements of continuing education may be waived, in whole
or in part, in cases of extreme hardship as defined by rule of
the Department. Such waivers shall be granted for not more
than one of any 3 consecutive renewal periods.
(e) Any pharmacist who has permitted his license to expire

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or who has had his license on inactive status may have his
license restored by making application to the Department and
filing proof acceptable to the Department of his fitness to
have his license restored, and by paying the required
restoration fee. The Department shall determine, by an
evaluation program established by rule his fitness for
restoration of his license and shall establish procedures and
requirements for such restoration. However, any pharmacist who
demonstrates that he has continuously maintained active
practice in another jurisdiction pursuant to a license in good
standing, and who has substantially complied with the
continuing education requirements of this Section shall not be
subject to further evaluation for purposes of this Section.
(f) Any licensee who shall engage in the practice for
which his or her license was issued while the license is
expired or on inactive status shall be considered to be
practicing without a license which, shall be grounds for
discipline under Section 30 of this Act.
(g) Any pharmacy operating on an expired license is
engaged in the unlawful practice of pharmacy and is subject to
discipline under Section 30 of this Act. A pharmacy whose
license has been expired for one year or more may not have its
license restored but must apply for a new license and meet all
requirements for licensure. Any pharmacy whose license has
been expired for less than one year may apply for restoration
of its license and shall have its license restored.

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(h) However, any pharmacist whose license expired while he
was (1) in Federal Service on active duty with the Armed Forces
of the United States, or the State Militia called into service
or training, or (2) in training or education under the
supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into
the military service, may have his license or certificate
restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees, if within 2
years after honorable termination of such service, training or
education he furnishes the Department with satisfactory
evidence to the effect that he has been so engaged and that his
service, training or education has been so terminated.
(Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.