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Public Act 1353 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-1353

HB5890 Enrolled LRB096 18739 ASK 34124 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by changing
Section 3 as follows:

    (225 ILCS 85/3)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-339)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
    Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, except
where otherwise limited therein:
    (a) "Pharmacy" or "drugstore" means and includes every
store, shop, pharmacy department, or other place where
pharmacist care is provided by a pharmacist (1) where drugs,
medicines, or poisons are dispensed, sold or offered for sale
at retail, or displayed for sale at retail; or (2) where
prescriptions of physicians, dentists, advanced practice
nurses, physician assistants, veterinarians, podiatrists, or
optometrists, within the limits of their licenses, are
compounded, filled, or dispensed; or (3) which has upon it or
displayed within 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", "Dispensary",
"Medicines", or any word or words of similar or like import,
either in the English language or any other language; or (4)
where the characteristic prescription sign (Rx) or similar
design is exhibited; or (5) any store, or shop, or other place
with respect to which any of the above words, objects, signs or
designs are used in any advertisement.
    (b) "Drugs" means and includes (l) articles recognized in
the official United States Pharmacopoeia/National 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; and (2) all other articles 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; and
(3) articles (other than food) having for their main use and
intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of
man or other animals; and (4) articles having for their main
use and intended for use as a component or any articles
specified in clause (l), (2) or (3); but does not include
devices or their components, parts or accessories.
    (c) "Medicines" means and includes all drugs intended for
human or veterinary use approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration.
    (d) "Practice of pharmacy" means (1) the interpretation and
the provision of assistance in the monitoring, evaluation, and
implementation of prescription drug orders; (2) the dispensing
of prescription drug orders; (3) participation in drug and
device selection; (4) drug administration limited to the
administration of oral, topical, injectable, and inhalation as
follows: in the context of patient education on the proper use
or delivery of medications; vaccination of patients 14 years of
age and older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing
order, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
branches, upon completion of appropriate training, including
how to address contraindications and adverse reactions set
forth by rule, with notification to the patient's physician and
appropriate record retention, or pursuant to hospital pharmacy
and therapeutics committee policies and procedures; (5) drug
regimen review; (6) drug or drug-related research; (7) the
provision of patient counseling; (8) the practice of
telepharmacy; (9) the provision of those acts or services
necessary to provide pharmacist care; (10) medication therapy
management; and (11) the responsibility for compounding and
labeling of drugs and devices (except labeling by a
manufacturer, repackager, or distributor of non-prescription
drugs and commercially packaged legend drugs and devices),
proper and safe storage of drugs and devices, and maintenance
of required records. A pharmacist who performs any of the acts
defined as the practice of pharmacy in this State must be
actively licensed as a pharmacist under this Act.
    (e) "Prescription" means and includes any written, oral,
facsimile, or electronically transmitted order for drugs or
medical devices, issued by a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches, dentist, veterinarian, or
podiatrist, or optometrist, within the limits of their
licenses, by a physician assistant in accordance with
subsection (f) of Section 4, or by an advanced practice nurse
in accordance with subsection (g) of Section 4, containing the
following: (l) name of the patient; (2) date when prescription
was issued; (3) name and strength of drug or description of the
medical device prescribed;~~and~~ (4) quantity; ~~,~~ (5) directions
for use; ~~,~~(6) prescriber's name, address,and signature; ~~,~~ and
(7) DEA number where required, for controlled substances. The
prescription may, but is not required to, list the illness,
disease, or condition for which the drug or device is being
prescribed. DEA numbers shall not be required on inpatient drug
orders.
    (f) "Person" means and includes a natural person,
copartnership, association, corporation, government entity, or
any other legal entity.
    (g) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    (h) "Board of Pharmacy" or "Board" means the State Board of
Pharmacy of the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation.
    (i) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    (j) "Drug product selection" means the interchange for a
prescribed pharmaceutical product in accordance with Section
25 of this Act and Section 3.14 of the Illinois Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act.
    (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
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.
    (k-5) "Pharmacist" means an individual health care
professional and provider currently licensed by this State to
engage in the practice of pharmacy.
    (l) "Pharmacist in charge" means the licensed pharmacist
whose name appears on a pharmacy license and who is responsible
for all aspects of the operation related to the practice of
pharmacy.
    (m) "Dispense" or "dispensing" means the interpretation,
evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order,
including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a
patient or patient's agent in a suitable container
appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use
by a patient in accordance with applicable State and federal
laws and regulations. "Dispense" or "dispensing" does not mean
the physical delivery to a patient or a patient's
representative in a home or institution by a designee of a
pharmacist or by common carrier. "Dispense" or "dispensing"
also does not mean the physical delivery of a drug or medical
device to a patient or patient's representative by a
pharmacist's designee within a pharmacy or drugstore while the
pharmacist is on duty and the pharmacy is open.
    (n) "Nonresident pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is located
in a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States,
other than Illinois, that delivers, dispenses, or distributes,
through the United States Postal Service, commercially
acceptable parcel delivery service, or other common carrier, to
Illinois residents, any substance which requires a
prescription.
    (o) "Compounding" means the preparation and mixing of
components, excluding flavorings, (1) as the result of a
prescriber's prescription drug order or initiative based on the
prescriber-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course of
professional practice or (2) for the purpose of, or incident
to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale
or dispensing. "Compounding" includes the preparation of drugs
or devices in anticipation of receiving prescription drug
orders based on routine, regularly observed dispensing
patterns. Commercially available products may be compounded
for dispensing to individual patients only if all of the
following conditions are met: (i) the commercial product is not
reasonably available from normal distribution channels in a
timely manner to meet the patient's needs and (ii) the
prescribing practitioner has requested that the drug be
compounded.
    (p) (Blank).
    (q) (Blank).
    (r) "Patient counseling" means the communication between a
pharmacist or a student pharmacist under the 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.
"Patient counseling" may include without limitation (1)
obtaining a medication history; (2) acquiring a patient's
allergies and health conditions; (3) facilitation of the
patient's understanding of the intended use of the medication;
(4) proper directions for use; (5) significant potential
adverse events; (6) potential food-drug interactions; and (7)
the need to be compliant with the medication therapy. A
pharmacy technician may only participate in the following
aspects of patient counseling under the supervision of a
pharmacist: (1) obtaining medication history; (2) providing
the offer for counseling by a pharmacist or student pharmacist;
and (3) acquiring a patient's allergies and health conditions.
    (s) "Patient profiles" or "patient drug therapy record"
means the obtaining, recording, and maintenance of patient
prescription information, including prescriptions for
controlled substances, and personal information.
    (t) (Blank).
    (u) "Medical device" means an instrument, apparatus,
implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or
other similar or related article, including any component part
or accessory, required under federal law to bear the label
"Caution: Federal law requires dispensing by or on the order of
a physician". A seller of goods and services who, only for the
purpose of retail sales, compounds, sells, rents, or leases
medical devices shall not, by reasons thereof, be required to
be a licensed pharmacy.
    (v) "Unique identifier" means an electronic signature,
handwritten signature or initials, thumb print, or other
acceptable biometric or electronic identification process as
approved by the Department.
    (w) "Current usual and customary retail price" means the
price that a pharmacy charges to a non-third-party payor.
    (x) "Automated pharmacy system" means a mechanical system
located within the confines of the pharmacy or remote location
that performs operations or activities, other than compounding
or administration, relative to storage, packaging, dispensing,
or distribution of medication, and which collects, controls,
and maintains all transaction information.
    (y) "Drug regimen review" means and includes the evaluation
of prescription drug orders and patient records for (1) known
allergies; (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications;
(3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of
administration, taking into consideration factors such as age,
gender, and contraindications; (4) reasonable directions for
use; (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions; (6)
drug-drug interactions; (7) drug-food interactions; (8)
drug-disease contraindications; (9) therapeutic duplication;
(10) patient laboratory values when authorized and available;
(11) proper utilization (including over or under utilization)
and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and (12) abuse and misuse.
    (z) "Electronic transmission prescription" means any
prescription order for which a facsimile or electronic image of
the order is electronically transmitted from a licensed
prescriber to a pharmacy. "Electronic transmission
prescription" includes both data and image prescriptions.
    (aa) "Medication therapy management services" means a
distinct service or group of services offered by licensed
pharmacists, physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches, advanced practice nurses authorized in a written
agreement with a physician licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches, or physician assistants authorized in guidelines
by a supervising physician that optimize therapeutic outcomes
for individual patients through improved medication use. In a
retail or other non-hospital pharmacy, medication therapy
management services shall consist of the evaluation of
prescription drug orders and patient medication records to
resolve conflicts with the following:
        (1) known allergies;
        (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications;
        (3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of
    administration, taking into consideration factors such as
    age, gender, and contraindications;
        (4) reasonable directions for use;
        (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions;
        (6) drug-drug interactions;
        (7) drug-food interactions;
        (8) drug-disease contraindications;
        (9) identification of therapeutic duplication;
        (10) patient laboratory values when authorized and
    available;
        (11) proper utilization (including over or under
    utilization) and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and
        (12) drug abuse and misuse.
"Medication therapy management services" includes the
following:
        (1) documenting the services delivered and
    communicating the information provided to patients'
    prescribers within an appropriate time frame, not to exceed
    48 hours;
        (2) providing patient counseling designed to enhance a
    patient's understanding and the appropriate use of his or
    her medications; and
        (3) providing information, support services, and
    resources designed to enhance a patient's adherence with
    his or her prescribed therapeutic regimens.
"Medication therapy management services" may also include
patient care functions authorized by a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches for his or her identified
patient or groups of patients under specified conditions or
limitations in a standing order from the physician.
"Medication therapy management services" in a licensed
hospital may also include the following:
        (1) reviewing assessments of the patient's health
    status; and
        (2) following protocols of a hospital pharmacy and
    therapeutics committee with respect to the fulfillment of
    medication orders.
    (bb) "Pharmacist care" means the provision by a pharmacist
of medication therapy management services, with or without the
dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes
that improve patient health, quality of life, and comfort and
enhance patient safety.
    (cc) "Protected health information" means individually
identifiable health information that, except as otherwise
provided, is:
        (1) transmitted by electronic media;
        (2) maintained in any medium set forth in the
    definition of "electronic media" in the federal Health
    Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; or
        (3) transmitted or maintained in any other form or
    medium.
"Protected health information" does not include individually
identifiable health information found in:
        (1) education records covered by the federal Family
    Educational Right and Privacy Act; or
        (2) employment records held by a licensee in its role
    as an employer.
    (dd) "Standing order" means a specific order for a patient
or group of patients issued by a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches in Illinois.
    (ee) "Address of record" means the address recorded by the
Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or
license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure
maintenance unit.
    (ff) "Home pharmacy" means the location of a pharmacy's
primary operations.
(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 96-673, eff. 1-1-10.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-339)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
    Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, except
where otherwise limited therein:
    (a) "Pharmacy" or "drugstore" means and includes every
store, shop, pharmacy department, or other place where
pharmacist care is provided by a pharmacist (1) where drugs,
medicines, or poisons are dispensed, sold or offered for sale
at retail, or displayed for sale at retail; or (2) where
prescriptions of physicians, dentists, advanced practice
nurses, physician assistants, veterinarians, podiatrists, or
optometrists, within the limits of their licenses, are
compounded, filled, or dispensed; or (3) which has upon it or
displayed within 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", "Dispensary",
"Medicines", or any word or words of similar or like import,
either in the English language or any other language; or (4)
where the characteristic prescription sign (Rx) or similar
design is exhibited; or (5) any store, or shop, or other place
with respect to which any of the above words, objects, signs or
designs are used in any advertisement.
    (b) "Drugs" means and includes (l) articles recognized in
the official United States Pharmacopoeia/National 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; and (2) all other articles 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; and
(3) articles (other than food) having for their main use and
intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of
man or other animals; and (4) articles having for their main
use and intended for use as a component or any articles
specified in clause (l), (2) or (3); but does not include
devices or their components, parts or accessories.
    (c) "Medicines" means and includes all drugs intended for
human or veterinary use approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration.
    (d) "Practice of pharmacy" means (1) the interpretation and
the provision of assistance in the monitoring, evaluation, and
implementation of prescription drug orders; (2) the dispensing
of prescription drug orders; (3) participation in drug and
device selection; (4) drug administration limited to the
administration of oral, topical, injectable, and inhalation as
follows: in the context of patient education on the proper use
or delivery of medications; vaccination of patients 14 years of
age and older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing
order, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
branches, upon completion of appropriate training, including
how to address contraindications and adverse reactions set
forth by rule, with notification to the patient's physician and
appropriate record retention, or pursuant to hospital pharmacy
and therapeutics committee policies and procedures; (5) drug
regimen review; (6) drug or drug-related research; (7) the
provision of patient counseling; (8) the practice of
telepharmacy; (9) the provision of those acts or services
necessary to provide pharmacist care; (10) medication therapy
management; and (11) the responsibility for compounding and
labeling of drugs and devices (except labeling by a
manufacturer, repackager, or distributor of non-prescription
drugs and commercially packaged legend drugs and devices),
proper and safe storage of drugs and devices, and maintenance
of required records. A pharmacist who performs any of the acts
defined as the practice of pharmacy in this State must be
actively licensed as a pharmacist under this Act.
    (e) "Prescription" means and includes any written, oral,
facsimile, or electronically transmitted order for drugs or
medical devices, issued by a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches, dentist, veterinarian, or
podiatrist, or optometrist, within the limits of their
licenses, by a physician assistant in accordance with
subsection (f) of Section 4, or by an advanced practice nurse
in accordance with subsection (g) of Section 4, containing the
following: (l) name of the patient; (2) date when prescription
was issued; (3) name and strength of drug or description of the
medical device prescribed; and (4) quantity; ~~,~~ (5) directions
for use; ~~,~~(6) prescriber's name, address,and signature; ~~,~~ and
(7) DEA number where required, for controlled substances.The
prescription may, but is not required to, list the illness,
disease, or condition for which the drug or device is being
prescribed. DEA numbers shall not be required on inpatient drug
orders.
    (f) "Person" means and includes a natural person,
copartnership, association, corporation, government entity, or
any other legal entity.
    (g) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    (h) "Board of Pharmacy" or "Board" means the State Board of
Pharmacy of the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation.
    (i) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    (j) "Drug product selection" means the interchange for a
prescribed pharmaceutical product in accordance with Section
25 of this Act and Section 3.14 of the Illinois Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act.
    (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, the MR/DD Community
Care Act, or the Hospital Licensing Act, or "An Act in relation
to the founding and 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.
    (k-5) "Pharmacist" means an individual health care
professional and provider currently licensed by this State to
engage in the practice of pharmacy.
    (l) "Pharmacist in charge" means the licensed pharmacist
whose name appears on a pharmacy license and who is responsible
for all aspects of the operation related to the practice of
pharmacy.
    (m) "Dispense" or "dispensing" means the interpretation,
evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order,
including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a
patient or patient's agent in a suitable container
appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use
by a patient in accordance with applicable State and federal
laws and regulations. "Dispense" or "dispensing" does not mean
the physical delivery to a patient or a patient's
representative in a home or institution by a designee of a
pharmacist or by common carrier. "Dispense" or "dispensing"
also does not mean the physical delivery of a drug or medical
device to a patient or patient's representative by a
pharmacist's designee within a pharmacy or drugstore while the
pharmacist is on duty and the pharmacy is open.
    (n) "Nonresident pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is located
in a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States,
other than Illinois, that delivers, dispenses, or distributes,
through the United States Postal Service, commercially
acceptable parcel delivery service, or other common carrier, to
Illinois residents, any substance which requires a
prescription.
    (o) "Compounding" means the preparation and mixing of
components, excluding flavorings, (1) as the result of a
prescriber's prescription drug order or initiative based on the
prescriber-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course of
professional practice or (2) for the purpose of, or incident
to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale
or dispensing. "Compounding" includes the preparation of drugs
or devices in anticipation of receiving prescription drug
orders based on routine, regularly observed dispensing
patterns. Commercially available products may be compounded
for dispensing to individual patients only if all of the
following conditions are met: (i) the commercial product is not
reasonably available from normal distribution channels in a
timely manner to meet the patient's needs and (ii) the
prescribing practitioner has requested that the drug be
compounded.
    (p) (Blank).
    (q) (Blank).
    (r) "Patient counseling" means the communication between a
pharmacist or a student pharmacist under the 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.
"Patient counseling" may include without limitation (1)
obtaining a medication history; (2) acquiring a patient's
allergies and health conditions; (3) facilitation of the
patient's understanding of the intended use of the medication;
(4) proper directions for use; (5) significant potential
adverse events; (6) potential food-drug interactions; and (7)
the need to be compliant with the medication therapy. A
pharmacy technician may only participate in the following
aspects of patient counseling under the supervision of a
pharmacist: (1) obtaining medication history; (2) providing
the offer for counseling by a pharmacist or student pharmacist;
and (3) acquiring a patient's allergies and health conditions.
    (s) "Patient profiles" or "patient drug therapy record"
means the obtaining, recording, and maintenance of patient
prescription information, including prescriptions for
controlled substances, and personal information.
    (t) (Blank).
    (u) "Medical device" means an instrument, apparatus,
implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or
other similar or related article, including any component part
or accessory, required under federal law to bear the label
"Caution: Federal law requires dispensing by or on the order of
a physician". A seller of goods and services who, only for the
purpose of retail sales, compounds, sells, rents, or leases
medical devices shall not, by reasons thereof, be required to
be a licensed pharmacy.
    (v) "Unique identifier" means an electronic signature,
handwritten signature or initials, thumb print, or other
acceptable biometric or electronic identification process as
approved by the Department.
    (w) "Current usual and customary retail price" means the
price that a pharmacy charges to a non-third-party payor.
    (x) "Automated pharmacy system" means a mechanical system
located within the confines of the pharmacy or remote location
that performs operations or activities, other than compounding
or administration, relative to storage, packaging, dispensing,
or distribution of medication, and which collects, controls,
and maintains all transaction information.
    (y) "Drug regimen review" means and includes the evaluation
of prescription drug orders and patient records for (1) known
allergies; (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications;
(3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of
administration, taking into consideration factors such as age,
gender, and contraindications; (4) reasonable directions for
use; (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions; (6)
drug-drug interactions; (7) drug-food interactions; (8)
drug-disease contraindications; (9) therapeutic duplication;
(10) patient laboratory values when authorized and available;
(11) proper utilization (including over or under utilization)
and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and (12) abuse and misuse.
    (z) "Electronic transmission prescription" means any
prescription order for which a facsimile or electronic image of
the order is electronically transmitted from a licensed
prescriber to a pharmacy. "Electronic transmission
prescription" includes both data and image prescriptions.
    (aa) "Medication therapy management services" means a
distinct service or group of services offered by licensed
pharmacists, physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches, advanced practice nurses authorized in a written
agreement with a physician licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches, or physician assistants authorized in guidelines
by a supervising physician that optimize therapeutic outcomes
for individual patients through improved medication use. In a
retail or other non-hospital pharmacy, medication therapy
management services shall consist of the evaluation of
prescription drug orders and patient medication records to
resolve conflicts with the following:
        (1) known allergies;
        (2) drug or potential therapy contraindications;
        (3) reasonable dose, duration of use, and route of
    administration, taking into consideration factors such as
    age, gender, and contraindications;
        (4) reasonable directions for use;
        (5) potential or actual adverse drug reactions;
        (6) drug-drug interactions;
        (7) drug-food interactions;
        (8) drug-disease contraindications;
        (9) identification of therapeutic duplication;
        (10) patient laboratory values when authorized and
    available;
        (11) proper utilization (including over or under
    utilization) and optimum therapeutic outcomes; and
        (12) drug abuse and misuse.
"Medication therapy management services" includes the
following:
        (1) documenting the services delivered and
    communicating the information provided to patients'
    prescribers within an appropriate time frame, not to exceed
    48 hours;
        (2) providing patient counseling designed to enhance a
    patient's understanding and the appropriate use of his or
    her medications; and
        (3) providing information, support services, and
    resources designed to enhance a patient's adherence with
    his or her prescribed therapeutic regimens.
"Medication therapy management services" may also include
patient care functions authorized by a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches for his or her identified
patient or groups of patients under specified conditions or
limitations in a standing order from the physician.
"Medication therapy management services" in a licensed
hospital may also include the following:
        (1) reviewing assessments of the patient's health
    status; and
        (2) following protocols of a hospital pharmacy and
    therapeutics committee with respect to the fulfillment of
    medication orders.
    (bb) "Pharmacist care" means the provision by a pharmacist
of medication therapy management services, with or without the
dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes
that improve patient health, quality of life, and comfort and
enhance patient safety.
    (cc) "Protected health information" means individually
identifiable health information that, except as otherwise
provided, is:
        (1) transmitted by electronic media;
        (2) maintained in any medium set forth in the
    definition of "electronic media" in the federal Health
    Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; or
        (3) transmitted or maintained in any other form or
    medium.
"Protected health information" does not include individually
identifiable health information found in:
        (1) education records covered by the federal Family
    Educational Right and Privacy Act; or
        (2) employment records held by a licensee in its role
    as an employer.
    (dd) "Standing order" means a specific order for a patient
or group of patients issued by a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches in Illinois.
    (ee) "Address of record" means the address recorded by the
Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or
license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure
maintenance unit.
    (ff) "Home pharmacy" means the location of a pharmacy's
primary operations.
(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
96-673, eff. 1-1-10; revised 10-1-09.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/28/2010

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