97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3329

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 85/10  from Ch. 111, par. 4130

    Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Pharmacy.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by changing
5Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 85/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4130)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
8    Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. There is created in the
9the Department the State Board of Pharmacy. It shall consist of
109 members, 7 of whom shall be licensed pharmacists. Each of
11those 7 members must be a licensed pharmacist in good standing
12in this State, a graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy
13or hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and have at
14least 5 years' practical experience in the practice of pharmacy
15subsequent to the date of his licensure as a licensed
16pharmacist in the State of Illinois. There shall be 2 public
17members, who shall be voting members, who shall not be licensed
18pharmacists in this State or any other state.
19    Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.
20    Members shall be appointed to 5 year terms. The Governor
21shall fill any vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
22Partial terms over 3 years in length shall be considered full
23terms. A member may be reappointed for a successive term, but

 

 

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1no member shall serve more than 2 full terms in his or her
2lifetime.
3    In making the appointment of members on the Board, the
4Governor shall give due consideration to recommendations by the
5members of the profession of pharmacy and by pharmacy
6organizations therein. The Governor shall notify the pharmacy
7organizations promptly of any vacancy of members on the Board
8and in appointing members shall give consideration to
9individuals engaged in all types and settings of pharmacy
10practice.
11    The Governor may remove any member of the Board for
12misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty and he shall be the
13sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for removal.
14    Each member of the Board shall be reimbursed for such
15actual and legitimate expenses as he may incur in going to and
16from the place of meeting and remaining thereat during sessions
17of the Board. In addition, each member of the Board may receive
18a per diem payment in an amount determined from time to time by
19the Director for attendance at meetings of the Board and
20conducting other official business of the Board.
21    The Board shall hold quarterly meetings at such times and
22places and upon notice as the Department may determine and as
23its business may require. A majority of the Board members
24currently appointed shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the
25membership of the Board shall not impair the right of a quorum
26to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the

 

 

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1Board.
2    The Board shall exercise the rights, powers and duties
3which have been vested in the Board under this Act, and any
4other duties conferred upon the Board by law.
5(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)