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Public Act 91-0438

HB1879 Enrolled                                LRB9104990ACtm

    AN ACT to amend the Pharmacy  Practice  Act  of  1987  by
changing Section 16a.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is  amended
by changing Section 16a as follows:

    (225 ILCS 85/16a) (from Ch. 111, par. 4136a)
    Sec.  16a.  (a)  The Department shall establish rules and
regulations, consistent with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,
governing   mail-order   pharmacies,   including   pharmacies
providing services via the Internet, which sell, or offer for
sale,  drugs,  medicines, or other pharmaceutical services in
this State.
    (b)  The Board shall require and provide  for  an  annual
nonresident  special pharmacy registration for all pharmacies
located outside of this State that dispense  medications  for
Illinois  residents  and  mail, ship, or deliver prescription
medications into this  State.  Nonresident  special  pharmacy
registration   shall   be  granted  by  the  Board  upon  the
disclosure and certification by a pharmacy:
         (1)  that it is licensed in the state in  which  the
    dispensing  facility  is located and from which the drugs
    are dispensed;
         (2)  of the  location,  names,  and  titles  of  all
    principal  corporate officers and all pharmacists who are
    dispensing drugs to residents of this State;
         (3)  that it complies with all lawful directions and
    requests for information from the board  of  pharmacy  of
    each  state in which it is licensed or registered, except
    that it shall respond directly to all communications from
    the Board concerning emergency circumstances arising from
    the dispensing of drugs to residents of this State;
         (4)  that  it  maintains  its   records   of   drugs
    dispensed  to residents of this State so that the records
    are readily retrievable from the records of  other  drugs
    dispensed;
         (5)  that  it cooperates with the Board in providing
    information to the board of  pharmacy  of  the  state  in
    which  it  is  licensed concerning matters related to the
    dispensing of drugs to residents of this State; and
         (6)  that during its regular hours of operation, but
    not less than 6 days per week, for a minimum of 40  hours
    per  week,  a  toll-free telephone service is provided to
    facilitate communication between patients in  this  State
    and  a  pharmacist  at the pharmacy who has access to the
    patients' records. The toll-free number must be disclosed
    on the label affixed to each container of drugs dispensed
    to residents of this State.
(Source: P.A. 87-1237.)

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