Bill Text: IL SB4210 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-14 - Referred to Assignments [SB4210 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB4210-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB4210 Introduced 11/14/2022, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 85/17.1
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately.
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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 17.1 as follows:
(225 ILCS 85/17.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
Sec. 17.1. Registered pharmacy technician training.
(a) It shall be the joint responsibility of a pharmacy and
its pharmacist in charge to have trained all of its registered
pharmacy technicians or obtain proof of prior training in all
of the following practice areas as they apply to Illinois law
and relate to the specific practice site and job
responsibilities:
(1) The duties and responsibilities of the technicians
and pharmacists.
(2) Tasks and technical skills, policies, and
procedures.
(3) Compounding, packaging, labeling, and storage.
(4) Pharmaceutical and medical terminology.
(5) Record keeping requirements.
(6) The ability to perform and apply arithmetic
calculations.

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Beginning January 1, 2024, it shall also be the joint
responsibility of a pharmacy and its pharmacist in charge to
ensure that all new pharmacy technicians are educated and
trained using a standard nationally accredited education and
training program, such as those accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)/the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), a
program recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification
Board, or other board approved education and training
programs. The pharmacist in charge is not required to provide
the required education to the pharmacy technician, but the
pharmacist in charge must ensure that the pharmacy technician
has presented proof that he or she completed a standard
nationally accredited or board approved education and training
program.
(b) Within 2 years of initial licensure as a pharmacy
technician and within 6 months before beginning any new duties
and responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician, it
shall be the joint responsibility of the pharmacy and the
pharmacist in charge to train the registered pharmacy
technician or obtain proof of prior training in the areas
listed in subsection (a) of this Section as they relate to the
practice site or to document that the pharmacy technician is
making appropriate progress.
(c) All pharmacies shall maintain an up-to-date training
program policies and procedures manual describing the duties

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and responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician and
registered certified pharmacy technician.
(d) All pharmacies shall create and maintain retrievable
records of training or proof of training as required in this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-621, eff. 1-1-20; 102-643, eff. 8-27-21.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.