093_HB0542

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

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

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

 6        (225 ILCS 85/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4136)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 8        Sec.  16.   The  Department shall require and provide for
 9    the licensure of every pharmacy doing business in this State.
10    Such licensure shall expire 30 10 days after  the  pharmacist
11    in  charge  dies  or  leaves  the place where the pharmacy is
12    licensed  or  after  such  pharmacist's  license   has   been
13    suspended or revoked.
14        In  the event the designated pharmacist in charge dies or
15    otherwise ceases to function in that capacity,  or  when  the
16    license  of  the  pharmacist  in charge has been suspended or
17    revoked, the owner of  the  pharmacy  shall  be  required  to
18    notify  the  Department, on forms provided by the Department,
19    of the identity of the new pharmacist in charge.
20        It is the duty of every pharmacist in charge  who  ceases
21    to  function  in  that  capacity  to report to the Department
22    within 30 10 days  of  the  date  on  which  he  ceased  such
23    functions  for  such pharmacy.  It is the duty of every owner
24    of a pharmacy licensed  under  this  Act  to  report  to  the
25    Department  within  30  10  days  of  the  date  on which the
26    pharmacist in charge died  or  ceased  to  function  in  that
27    capacity.   Failure  to  provide  such  notification  to  the
28    Department shall be grounds for disciplinary action.
29        No  license  shall  be issued to any pharmacy unless such
30    pharmacy has a pharmacist in charge and  each  such  pharmacy
31    license  shall indicate on the face thereof the pharmacist in
 
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 1    charge.
 2    (Source: P.A. 85-796.)

 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 4    becoming law.