Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2133 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2133 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/9 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that specified requirements that, within 2 years after initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the licensee must meet to become licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician do not apply to pharmacy technicians who have a disability. Defines "disability" and "developmental disability". LRB103 28720 AMQ 55102 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2133 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 85/9 225 ILCS 85/9 Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that specified requirements that, within 2 years after initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the licensee must meet to become licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician do not apply to pharmacy technicians who have a disability. Defines "disability" and "developmental disability". LRB103 28720 AMQ 55102 b LRB103 28720 AMQ 55102 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that specified requirements that, within 2 years after initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the licensee must meet to become licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician do not apply to pharmacy technicians who have a disability. Defines "disability" and "developmental disability".
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 9 as follows:
16	16	6 (225 ILCS 85/9)
17	17	7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
18	18	8 Sec. 9. Licensure as registered pharmacy technician.
19	19	9 (a) Any person shall be entitled to licensure as a
20	20	10 registered pharmacy technician who is of the age of 16 or over,
21	21	11 has not engaged in conduct or behavior determined to be
22	22	12 grounds for discipline under this Act, is attending or has
23	23	13 graduated from an accredited high school or comparable school
24	24	14 or educational institution or received a State of Illinois
25	25	15 High School Diploma, and has filed a written or electronic
26	26	16 application for licensure on a form to be prescribed and
27	27	17 furnished by the Department for that purpose. The Department
28	28	18 shall issue a license as a registered pharmacy technician to
29	29	19 any applicant who has qualified as aforesaid, and such license
30	30	20 shall be the sole authority required to assist licensed
31	31	21 pharmacists in the practice of pharmacy, under the supervision
32	32	22 of a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician may
33	33	23 be delegated to perform any task within the practice of
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2133 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that specified requirements that, within 2 years after initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the licensee must meet to become licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician do not apply to pharmacy technicians who have a disability. Defines "disability" and "developmental disability".
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68	68	1 pharmacy if specifically trained for that task, except for
69	69	2 patient counseling, drug regimen review, clinical conflict
70	70	3 resolution, or final prescription verification except where a
71	71	4 registered certified pharmacy technician verifies a
72	72	5 prescription dispensed by another pharmacy technician using
73	73	6 technology-assisted medication verification, or providing
74	74	7 patients prophylaxis drugs for human immunodeficiency virus
75	75	8 pre-exposure prophylaxis or post-exposure prophylaxis.
76	76	9 (b) Beginning on January 1, 2017, within 2 years after
77	77	10 initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the
78	78	11 licensee must meet the requirements described in Section 9.5
79	79	12 of this Act and become licensed as a registered certified
80	80	13 pharmacy technician. If the licensee has not yet attained the
81	81	14 age of 18, then upon the next renewal as a registered pharmacy
82	82	15 technician, the licensee must meet the requirements described
83	83	16 in Section 9.5 of this Act and become licensed as a registered
84	84	17 certified pharmacy technician. This requirement does not apply
85	85	18 to pharmacy technicians registered prior to January 1, 2008.
86	86	19 This requirement does not apply to pharmacy technicians who
87	87	20 have a disability.
88	88	21 As used in this subsection:
89	89	22 "Disability" means a disability as defined by the
90	90	23 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable
91	91	24 to a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical
92	92	25 disability, or combination of those.
93	93	26 "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as used in
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104	104	1 Section 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
105	105	2 Disabilities Code.
106	106	3 (c) Any person registered as a pharmacy technician who is
107	107	4 also enrolled in a first professional degree program in
108	108	5 pharmacy in a school or college of pharmacy or a department of
109	109	6 pharmacy of a university approved by the Department or has
110	110	7 graduated from such a program within the last 18 months, shall
111	111	8 be considered a "student pharmacist" and entitled to use the
112	112	9 title "student pharmacist". A student pharmacist must meet all
113	113	10 of the requirements for licensure as a registered pharmacy
114	114	11 technician set forth in this Section excluding the requirement
115	115	12 of certification prior to the second license renewal and pay
116	116	13 the required registered pharmacy technician license fees. A
117	117	14 student pharmacist may, under the supervision of a pharmacist,
118	118	15 assist in the practice of pharmacy and perform any and all
119	119	16 functions delegated to him or her by the pharmacist.
120	120	17 (d) Any person seeking licensure as a pharmacist who has
121	121	18 graduated from a pharmacy program outside the United States
122	122	19 must register as a pharmacy technician and shall be considered
123	123	20 a "student pharmacist" and be entitled to use the title
124	124	21 "student pharmacist" while completing the 1,200 clinical hours
125	125	22 of training approved by the Board of Pharmacy described and
126	126	23 for no more than 18 months after completion of these hours.
127	127	24 These individuals are not required to become registered
128	128	25 certified pharmacy technicians while completing their Board
129	129	26 approved clinical training, but must become licensed as a
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140	140	1 pharmacist or become licensed as a registered certified
141	141	2 pharmacy technician before the second pharmacy technician
142	142	3 license renewal following completion of the Board approved
143	143	4 clinical training.
144	144	5 (e) The Department shall not renew the registered pharmacy
145	145	6 technician license of any person who has been licensed as a
146	146	7 registered pharmacy technician with the designation "student
147	147	8 pharmacist" who: (1) has dropped out of or been expelled from
148	148	9 an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy; (2) has failed to
149	149	10 complete his or her 1,200 hours of Board approved clinical
150	150	11 training within 24 months; or (3) has failed the pharmacist
151	151	12 licensure examination 3 times. The Department shall require
152	152	13 these individuals to meet the requirements of and become
153	153	14 licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician.
154	154	15 (f) The Department may take any action set forth in
155	155	16 Section 30 of this Act with regard to a license pursuant to
156	156	17 this Section.
157	157	18 (g) Any person who is enrolled in a non-traditional
158	158	19 Pharm.D. program at an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy and
159	159	20 is licensed as a registered pharmacist under the laws of
160	160	21 another United States jurisdiction shall be permitted to
161	161	22 engage in the program of practice experience required in the
162	162	23 academic program by virtue of such license. Such person shall
163	163	24 be exempt from the requirement of licensure as a registered
164	164	25 pharmacy technician or registered certified pharmacy
165	165	26 technician while engaged in the program of practice experience
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176	176	1 required in the academic program.
177	177	2 An applicant for licensure as a registered pharmacy
178	178	3 technician may assist a pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy
179	179	4 for a period of up to 60 days prior to the issuance of a
180	180	5 license if the applicant has submitted the required fee and an
181	181	6 application for licensure to the Department. The applicant
182	182	7 shall keep a copy of the submitted application on the premises
183	183	8 where the applicant is assisting in the practice of pharmacy.
184	184	9 The Department shall forward confirmation of receipt of the
185	185	10 application with start and expiration dates of practice
186	186	11 pending licensure.
187	187	12 (Source: P.A. 101-621, eff. 1-1-20; 102-882, eff. 1-1-23;
188	188	13 102-1051, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; revised
189	189	14 12-14-22.)
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