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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3233
2 AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend House Bill 3233 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended
5 by changing Section 22 and adding Sections 19.5 and 19.7 as
6 follows:
7 (225 ILCS 85/19.5 new)
8 Sec. 19.5. Prescription printouts. A pharmacist shall,
9 at the patient's request, include with a filled prescription
10 an Individualized Prescription Form (IPF), which shall
11 include all of the following information:
12 (1) the name and description of medication;
13 (2) dosage form and dosage;
14 (3) route of administration;
15 (4) duration of therapy;
16 (5) techniques for self-monitoring;
17 (6) proper storage of medication;
18 (7) refill information;
19 (8) actions to be taken in case of missed doses;
20 (9) special directions and precautions for
21 preparation, administration, and use; and
22 (10) common severe side effects, adverse effects,
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1 or interactions and therapeutic contraindications that
2 may be encountered, including their avoidance, and the
3 action required if they occur.
4 (225 ILCS 85/19.7 new)
5 Sec. 19.7. Signs. In addition to any other requirement
6 of law, a pharmacist shall prominently display a sign where
7 prescriptions are physically distributed to the patient that
8 shall inform the patient that the pharmacist is legally
9 required to offer to counsel the patient on the prescription
10 at the patient's request. The Department shall set, by rule,
11 the requirements for the location of the sign and the
12 language and the size of lettering to be used for the sign.
13 (225 ILCS 85/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 4142)
14 Sec. 22. Labels. Except only in the case of a drug,
15 medicine or poison which is lawfully sold or dispensed, at
16 retail, in the original and unbroken package of the
17 manufacturer, packer, or distributor thereof, and which
18 package bears the original label thereon showing the name and
19 address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor thereof,
20 and the name of the drug, medicine, or poison therein
21 contained, and the directions for its use, no person shall
22 sell or dispense, at retail, any drug, medicine, or poison,
23 without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel, or package
24 containing the same, a label bearing the name of the article
25 distinctly shown, and the directions for its use, with the
26 name and address of the pharmacy wherein the same is sold or
27 dispensed. However, in the case of a drug, medicine, or
28 poison which is sold or dispensed pursuant to a prescription
29 of a physician licensed to practice medicine in a11 of its
30 branches, licensed dentist, licensed veterinarian, licensed
31 podiatrist, or therapeutically or diagnostically certified
32 optometrist authorized by law to prescribe drugs or medicines
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1 or poisons, the label affixed to the box, bottle, vessel, or
2 package containing the same shall show: (a) The name and
3 address of the pharmacy wherein the same is sold or
4 dispensed; (b) The name or initials of the person, authorized
5 to practice pharmacy under the provisions of this Act,
6 selling or dispensing the same, (c) the date on which such
7 prescription was filled; (d) the name of the patient; (e) the
8 serial number of such prescription as filed in the
9 prescription files; (f) the last name of the practitioner
10 who prescribed such prescriptions; (g) the directions for use
11 thereof as contained in such prescription; and (h) the
12 proprietary name or names or the established name or names of
13 the drugs, the dosage and quantity, except as otherwise
14 authorized by regulation of the Department. Any person who
15 sells or dispenses any drug, medicine or poison shall sell or
16 dispense such drug, medicine or poison in good faith. "Good
17 faith", for purposes of this Section, has the meaning
18 ascribed to it in subsection (u) of Section 102 of the
19 "Illinois Controlled Substances Act", approved August 16,
20 1971, as amended. The Department shall establish rules
21 governing labeling in Division II and Division III
22 pharmacies. The Department shall adopt standards for the size
23 of print to be used on labels so as to ensure that the labels
24 can be easily read by seniors or persons with poor eyesight.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-253, eff. 7-29-97.)".