Bill Text: IL SB2133 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-10 - Referred to Assignments [SB2133 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2133-Introduced.html

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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".
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A BILL FOR
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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 9 as follows:
(225 ILCS 85/9)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 9. Licensure as registered pharmacy technician.
(a) Any person shall be entitled to licensure as a
registered pharmacy technician who is of the age of 16 or over,
has not engaged in conduct or behavior determined to be
grounds for discipline under this Act, is attending or has
graduated from an accredited high school or comparable school
or educational institution or received a State of Illinois
High School Diploma, and has filed a written or electronic
application for licensure on a form to be prescribed and
furnished by the Department for that purpose. The Department
shall issue a license as a registered pharmacy technician to
any applicant who has qualified as aforesaid, and such license
shall be the sole authority required to assist licensed
pharmacists in the practice of pharmacy, under the supervision
of a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician may
be delegated to perform any task within the practice of

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pharmacy if specifically trained for that task, except for
patient counseling, drug regimen review, clinical conflict
resolution, or final prescription verification except where a
registered certified pharmacy technician verifies a
prescription dispensed by another pharmacy technician using
technology-assisted medication verification, or providing
patients prophylaxis drugs for human immunodeficiency virus
pre-exposure prophylaxis or post-exposure prophylaxis.
(b) Beginning on January 1, 2017, within 2 years after
initial licensure as a registered pharmacy technician, the
licensee must meet the requirements described in Section 9.5
of this Act and become licensed as a registered certified
pharmacy technician. If the licensee has not yet attained the
age of 18, then upon the next renewal as a registered pharmacy
technician, the licensee must meet the requirements described
in Section 9.5 of this Act and become licensed as a registered
certified pharmacy technician. This requirement does not apply
to pharmacy technicians registered prior to January 1, 2008.
This requirement does not apply to pharmacy technicians who
have a disability.
As used in this subsection:
"Disability" means a disability as defined by the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that is attributable
to a developmental disability, a mental illness, or a physical
disability, or combination of those.
"Developmental disability" has the same meaning as used in

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Section 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code.
(c) Any person registered as a pharmacy technician who is
also enrolled in a first professional degree program in
pharmacy in a school or college of pharmacy or a department of
pharmacy of a university approved by the Department or has
graduated from such a program within the last 18 months, shall
be considered a "student pharmacist" and entitled to use the
title "student pharmacist". A student pharmacist must meet all
of the requirements for licensure as a registered pharmacy
technician set forth in this Section excluding the requirement
of certification prior to the second license renewal and pay
the required registered pharmacy technician license fees. A
student pharmacist may, under the supervision of a pharmacist,
assist in the practice of pharmacy and perform any and all
functions delegated to him or her by the pharmacist.
(d) Any person seeking licensure as a pharmacist who has
graduated from a pharmacy program outside the United States
must register as a pharmacy technician and shall be considered
a "student pharmacist" and be entitled to use the title
"student pharmacist" while completing the 1,200 clinical hours
of training approved by the Board of Pharmacy described and
for no more than 18 months after completion of these hours.
These individuals are not required to become registered
certified pharmacy technicians while completing their Board
approved clinical training, but must become licensed as a

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pharmacist or become licensed as a registered certified
pharmacy technician before the second pharmacy technician
license renewal following completion of the Board approved
clinical training.
(e) The Department shall not renew the registered pharmacy
technician license of any person who has been licensed as a
registered pharmacy technician with the designation "student
pharmacist" who: (1) has dropped out of or been expelled from
an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy; (2) has failed to
complete his or her 1,200 hours of Board approved clinical
training within 24 months; or (3) has failed the pharmacist
licensure examination 3 times. The Department shall require
these individuals to meet the requirements of and become
licensed as a registered certified pharmacy technician.
(f) The Department may take any action set forth in
Section 30 of this Act with regard to a license pursuant to
this Section.
(g) Any person who is enrolled in a non-traditional
Pharm.D. program at an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy and
is licensed as a registered pharmacist under the laws of
another United States jurisdiction shall be permitted to
engage in the program of practice experience required in the
academic program by virtue of such license. Such person shall
be exempt from the requirement of licensure as a registered
pharmacy technician or registered certified pharmacy
technician while engaged in the program of practice experience

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required in the academic program.
An applicant for licensure as a registered pharmacy
technician may assist a pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy
for a period of up to 60 days prior to the issuance of a
license if the applicant has submitted the required fee and an
application for licensure to the Department. The applicant
shall keep a copy of the submitted application on the premises
where the applicant is assisting in the practice of pharmacy.
The Department shall forward confirmation of receipt of the
application with start and expiration dates of practice
pending licensure.
(Source: P.A. 101-621, eff. 1-1-20; 102-882, eff. 1-1-23;
102-1051, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; revised
12-14-22.)