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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 33 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 60/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-33)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2017)
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8 | Sec. 33. Legend drugs. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Any person licensed under this Act to practice medicine | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | in all
of its branches shall be authorized to purchase legend | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | drugs requiring an
order of a person authorized to prescribe | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | drugs, and to dispense such legend
drugs in the regular course | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of practicing medicine. The dispensing of such
legend drugs | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall be the personal act of the person licensed under this
Act | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and may not be delegated to any other person not licensed under | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | this
Act or the Pharmacy Practice Act
unless such delegated
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17 | dispensing functions are under the direct supervision of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | physician
authorized to dispense legend drugs. Except when | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | dispensing manufacturers'
samples or other legend drugs in a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | maximum 72 hour supply, persons licensed
under this Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | label these samples consistent with the labeling requirements | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of this Section maintain a book or file of prescriptions as | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | required
in the Pharmacy Practice Act . Any person licensed |
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1 | under this
Act who dispenses any drug or medicine shall | ||||||
2 | dispense such drug or
medicine in good faith and shall affix to | ||||||
3 | the box, bottle,
vessel or package containing the same a label | ||||||
4 | indicating (1)
the date on which such drug or medicine is | ||||||
5 | dispensed; (2)
the name of the patient; (3) the last name of | ||||||
6 | the person
dispensing such drug or medicine; (4) the directions | ||||||
7 | for use
thereof; and (5) the proprietary name or names or, if | ||||||
8 | there
are none, the established name or names of the drug or
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9 | medicine, the dosage and quantity, except as otherwise
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10 | authorized by regulation of the Department.
For manufacturers' | ||||||
11 | samples, the label shall indicate the following: (1) the | ||||||
12 | proprietary name or names or, if there are none, the | ||||||
13 | established name or names of the drug or medicine, (2) the | ||||||
14 | dosage, and (3) the quantity of the sample given to a patient. | ||||||
15 | (b) The labeling requirements set forth in subsection (a) | ||||||
16 | shall
not apply to drugs or medicines in a package which bears | ||||||
17 | a label of the
manufacturer containing information describing | ||||||
18 | its contents
which is in compliance with requirements of the | ||||||
19 | Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Illinois Food, | ||||||
20 | Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
"Drug" and "medicine" have the meanings | ||||||
21 | ascribed to them in the Pharmacy Practice
Act, as now or | ||||||
22 | hereafter amended; "good faith" has the meaning
ascribed to it | ||||||
23 | in subsection (u) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
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24 | Substances Act.
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25 | (c) Prior to dispensing a prescription to a patient, the | ||||||
26 | physician shall
offer a written prescription to the patient |
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1 | which the patient may elect to
have filled by the physician or | ||||||
2 | any licensed pharmacy.
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3 | (d) A violation of any provision of this Section shall | ||||||
4 | constitute a violation
of this Act and shall be grounds for | ||||||
5 | disciplinary action provided for in
this Act.
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6 | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize | ||||||
7 | a chiropractic physician to prescribe drugs. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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