Bill Text: IL SB1181 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1181 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1181-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1181 Introduced 1/30/2013, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination.
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A BILL FOR
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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
Section 8 as follows:
(225 ILCS 85/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4128)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 8. Licensure by endorsement; emergency licensure. The
The Department may, in its discretion, license as a pharmacist,
without examination, on payment of the required fee, an
applicant who is so licensed under the laws of another U.S.
jurisdiction or another country, if the requirements for
licensure in the other jurisdiction in which the applicant was
licensed, were, at the date of his or her licensure deemed by
the Board to be substantially equivalent to the requirements
then in force in this State.
A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good
standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license
pursuant to Section 7 of this Act due to a natural disaster or
catastrophic event in another jurisdiction may be temporarily
authorized by the Secretary to practice pharmacy pending the
issuance of the license. This temporary authorization shall
expire upon issuance of the license or upon notification that

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the Department has denied licensure.
Upon a declared Executive Order due to an emergency caused
by a natural or manmade disaster or any other exceptional
situation that causes an extraordinary demand for pharmacist
services, the Department may issue a pharmacist who holds a
license to practice pharmacy in another state an emergency
license to practice in this State.
(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)