103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2167 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2167 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2167 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b A BILL FOR HB2167LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167 LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167 LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b 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is amended by 5 changing Section 8 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 85/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4128) 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) 8 Sec. 8. Licensure by endorsement; emergency licensure. The 9 The Department may, in its discretion, license as a 10 pharmacist, without examination, on payment of the required 11 fee, an applicant who is so licensed under the laws of another 12 U.S. jurisdiction or another country, if the requirements for 13 licensure in the other jurisdiction in which the applicant was 14 licensed, were, at the date of his or her licensure deemed by 15 the Board to be substantially equivalent to the requirements 16 then in force in this State. 17 A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good 18 standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license 19 pursuant to Section 7 of this Act due to a natural disaster or 20 catastrophic event in another jurisdiction may be temporarily 21 authorized by the Secretary to practice pharmacy pending the 22 issuance of the license. This temporary authorization shall 23 expire upon issuance of the license or upon notification that 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2167 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b A BILL FOR 225 ILCS 85/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4128 LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167 LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167- 2 -LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167 - 2 - LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b HB2167 - 2 - LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b 1 the Department has denied licensure. 2 Upon a declared Executive Order due to an emergency caused 3 by a natural or manmade disaster or any other exceptional 4 situation that causes an extraordinary demand for pharmacist 5 services, the Department may issue a pharmacist who holds a 6 license to practice pharmacy in another state an emergency 7 license to practice in this State. 8 (Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.) HB2167 - 2 - LRB103 29966 AMQ 56385 b