Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, and the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that no licensee or registrant under the Acts shall be compelled to release his or her prescription records to any person or entity licensed under the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act or any other pharmaceutical sales company and may take all acceptable measures necessary to safeguard these records from unwanted release. Prohibits licensees or registrants under the Acts from releasing any prescription record to a person or entity licensed under the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act or any other pharmaceutical sales company, unless the licensee or registrant has obtained a release waiver from the patient for whom the prescription was initiated or the patient's authorized agent. Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act to prohibit the compulsion of the release of prescription records from a licensee or registrant and the receipt of prescription records without the provision of proof of a patient waiver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0535 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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