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91_HB3233
LRB911122ACtm
1 AN ACT regarding pharmaceuticals.
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 22 and adding Section 19.5 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 85/19.5 new)
7 Sec. 19.5. Prescription printouts. For each
8 prescription filled, a pharmacy must include with the filled
9 prescription a printout containing, in addition to any other
10 information required by law, (i) comments from the prescriber
11 as to why a medication is prescribed and the dose required or
12 (ii) an Individualized Prescription Form (IPF), which must
13 include the name, characteristics, possible reactions,
14 reasons for prescribing, and desired outcomes.
15 (225 ILCS 85/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 4142)
16 Sec. 22. Labels. Except only in the case of a drug,
17 medicine or poison which is lawfully sold or dispensed, at
18 retail, in the original and unbroken package of the
19 manufacturer, packer, or distributor thereof, and which
20 package bears the original label thereon showing the name and
21 address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor thereof,
22 and the name of the drug, medicine, or poison therein
23 contained, and the directions for its use, no person shall
24 sell or dispense, at retail, any drug, medicine, or poison,
25 without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel, or package
26 containing the same, a label bearing the name of the article
27 distinctly shown, and the directions for its use, with the
28 name and address of the pharmacy wherein the same is sold or
29 dispensed. However, in the case of a drug, medicine, or
30 poison which is sold or dispensed pursuant to a prescription
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1 of a physician licensed to practice medicine in a11 of its
2 branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian, licensed
3 podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically certified
4 optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs or medicines
5 or poisons, the label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or
6 package containing the same shall show: (a) The name and
7 address of the pharmacy wherein the same is sold or
8 dispensed; (b) The name or initials of the person, authorized
9 to practice pharmacy under the provisions of this Act,
10 selling or dispensing the same, (c) the date on which such
11 prescription was filled; (d) the name of the patient; (e) the
12 serial number of such prescription as filed in the
13 prescription files; (f) the last name of the practitioner
14 who prescribed such prescriptions; (g) the directions for use
15 thereof as contained in such prescription; and (h) the
16 proprietary name or names or the established name or names of
17 the drugs, the dosage and quantity, except as otherwise
18 authorized by regulation of the Department. Any person who
19 sells or dispenses any drug, medicine or poison shall sell or
20 dispense such drug, medicine or poison in good faith. "Good
21 faith", for purposes of this Section, has the meaning
22 ascribed to it in subsection (u) of Section 102 of the
23 "Illinois Controlled Substances Act", approved August 16,
24 1971, as amended. The Department shall establish rules
25 governing labeling in Division II and Division III
26 pharmacies. The Department shall adopt standards for the size
27 of print to be used on labels so as to ensure that the labels
28 can be easily read by seniors or persons with poor eyesight.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-253, eff. 7-29-97.)