SB 1983 — REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS-TECH

SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.

The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended by changing Section 3 and adding Section 15.5 as follows:

(b) "Drugs" means and includes (l) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia/National SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled -2- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b Formulary (USP/NF), or any supplement thereto and being intended for and having for their main use the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals, as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories;

(d) "Practice of pharmacy" means the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients as determined by the pharmacist's professional judgment in the following areas, which may include but are not limited to (1) patient counseling, (2) interpretation and assisting in the monitoring of appropriate drug use and prospective drug utilization review, (3) providing information on the therapeutic values, reactions, drug interactions, side effects, uses, selection of medications and medical devices, and outcome of drug therapy, (4) participation in drug selection, drug monitoring, drug utilization review, evaluation, administration, interpretation, application of pharmacokinetic and laboratory data to design safe and effective drug regimens, (5) drug research (clinical and SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled -3- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b scientific), and (6) compounding and dispensing of drugs and medical devices.

(k) "Inpatient drug order" means an order issued by an authorized prescriber for a resident or patient of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the Hospital Licensing Act, or "An Act in relation to the founding and SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled -4- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b operation of the University of Illinois Hospital and the conduct of University of Illinois health care programs", approved July 3, 1931, as amended, or a facility which is operated by the Department of Human Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) or the Department of Corrections.

(o) "Compounding" means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or medical SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled -5- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b device:

In that instance, the offer to counsel or patient counseling may be made in a written communication, by telephone, or in a SB1983 EngrossedEnrolled -6- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b manner determined by the pharmacist to be appropriate.

(s) "Patient profiles" or "patient drug therapy record" means the obtaining, recording, and maintenance of patient prescription ___________,______________________i_____________ _____o_________________ and personal information.

or (2) where prescriptions of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists, or therapeutically certified optometrists, within the limits of their licenses, are compounded, filled, SB1983 Enrolled -7- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b or dispensed;

or (3) which has upon it or displayed within SB1983 Engrossed -7- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b it, or affixed to or used in connection with it, a sign bearing the word or words "Pharmacist", "Druggist", "Pharmacy", "Pharmaceutical Care", "Apothecary", "Drugstore", "Medicine Store", "Prescriptions", "Drugs", "Medicines", or any word or words of similar or like import, either in the English language or any other language;

(d) "Practice of pharmacy" means the provision of pharmaceuticalSB1983 careEnrolled to-8- patientsLRB093 as08954 determinedRCE by09186 theb SB1983pharmaceutical Engrossedcare -8-to LRB093patients 08954as RCEdetermined 09186by bthe pharmacist's professional judgment in the following areas, which may include but are not limited to (1) patient counseling, (2) interpretation and assisting in the monitoring of appropriate drug use and prospective drug utilization review, (3) providing information on the therapeutic values, reactions, drug interactions, side effects, uses, selection of medications and medical devices, and outcome of drug therapy, (4) participation in drug selection, drug monitoring, drug utilization review, evaluation, administration, interpretation, application of pharmacokinetic and laboratory data to design safe and effective drug regimens, (5) drug research (clinical and scientific), and (6) compounding and dispensing of drugs and medical devices.

(g) "Department" means the Department of Professional SB1983 Enrolled -9- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b Regulation.

SB1983 Engrossed -9- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b (h) "Board of Pharmacy" or "Board" means the State Board of Pharmacy of the Department of Professional Regulation.

"Dispense" does not mean the physical delivery to a patient or a SB1983 Enrolled -10- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b patient's representative in a home or institution by a SB1983 Engrossed -10- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b designee of a pharmacist or by common carrier.

(r) "Patient counseling" means the communication between SB1983 Enrolled -11- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b a pharmacist or a student pharmacist under the direct SB1983 Engrossed -11- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b supervision of a pharmacist and a patient or the patient's representative about the patient's medication or device for the purpose of optimizing proper use of prescription medications or devices.

(s) "Patient profiles" or "patient drug therapy record" means the obtaining, recording, and maintenance of patient prescription ___________,______________________i_____________ _____o_________________ and personal information.

(v) "Unique identifier" means an electronic signature, SB1983 Enrolled -12- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b handwritten signature or initials, thumb print, or other acceptable individual biometric or electronic identification SB1983 Engrossed -12- LRB093 08954 RCE 09186 b process as approved by the Department.

1-1-04.) (225 ILCS 85/15.5 new) _e_____________________o_______________ _a_____________________l______________________b_____________ ______s_____________________p_____________________t_____________ _____h_____________________e______________________a_____________ _____t_____________________s______________________h_____________ _____r_____________________s______________________r_____________ _____r_____________________r_______________ _b_____________________h______________________e_____________ _____s_____________________d______________________a_____________ _____r_____________________r_________________________c__________ _____a_____________________w______________________t_____________ _____r_____________________e______________________o_____________ _____r_____________________e______________ Section 95.