103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2126 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/17.1 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately. LRB103 24992 AMQ 51326 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2126 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/17.1 225 ILCS 85/17.1 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately. LRB103 24992 AMQ 51326 b LRB103 24992 AMQ 51326 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2126 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 85/17.1 225 ILCS 85/17.1
225 ILCS 85/17.1
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning 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 is amended by
5 changing Section 17.1 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 85/17.1)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
8 Sec. 17.1. Registered pharmacy technician training.
9 (a) It shall be the joint responsibility of a pharmacy and
10 its pharmacist in charge to have trained all of its registered
11 pharmacy technicians or obtain proof of prior training in all
12 of the following practice areas as they apply to Illinois law
13 and relate to the specific practice site and job
14 responsibilities:
15 (1) The duties and responsibilities of the technicians
16 and pharmacists.
17 (2) Tasks and technical skills, policies, and
18 procedures.
19 (3) Compounding, packaging, labeling, and storage.
20 (4) Pharmaceutical and medical terminology.
21 (5) Record keeping requirements.
22 (6) The ability to perform and apply arithmetic
23 calculations.
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2126 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 85/17.1 225 ILCS 85/17.1
225 ILCS 85/17.1
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately.
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1 Beginning January 1, 2024, it shall also be the joint
2 responsibility of a pharmacy and its pharmacist in charge to
3 ensure that all new pharmacy technicians are educated and
4 trained using a standard nationally accredited education and
5 training program, such as those accredited by the
6 Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)/the
7 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), a
8 program recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification
9 Board, or other board approved education and training
10 programs. The pharmacist in charge is not required to provide
11 the required education to the pharmacy technician, but the
12 pharmacist in charge must ensure that the pharmacy technician
13 has presented proof that he or she completed a standard
14 nationally accredited or board approved education and training
15 program.
16 (b) Within 2 years of initial licensure as a pharmacy
17 technician and within 6 months before beginning any new duties
18 and responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician, it
19 shall be the joint responsibility of the pharmacy and the
20 pharmacist in charge to train the registered pharmacy
21 technician or obtain proof of prior training in the areas
22 listed in subsection (a) of this Section as they relate to the
23 practice site or to document that the pharmacy technician is
24 making appropriate progress.
25 (c) All pharmacies shall maintain an up-to-date training
26 program policies and procedures manual describing the duties
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1 and responsibilities of a registered pharmacy technician and
2 registered certified pharmacy technician.
3 (d) All pharmacies shall create and maintain retrievable
4 records of training or proof of training as required in this
5 Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 101-621, eff. 1-1-20; 102-643, eff. 8-27-21.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.
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