| Title: | Pharmacy, State Board of | | Website: | IDFPR-Pharmacy | | Contact Name: | Diane Casas | | Contact Title: | Assistant to Director/IDFPR Board Liaison | | Contact Phone: | 312.814.5325 | | Contact E-Mail: | Diane.Casas@illinois.gov | | Function: | The board reviews applications for licenses to practice pharmacy, rules on qualifications of applicants, recommends examinations, authorizes registration of successful candidates, and recommends disciplinary action for licenses.
| | Term: | 5 years; no member to serve more than 2 full terms in his/her lifetime. | | Senate Confirmation: | No | | Party Affiliation: | Not considered | | Qualifications: | Pharmacists must have 5 years practical experience as a pharmacist subsequent to Illinois licensure. | | Compensation: | Expenses | | Composition: | The Board shall consist of 11 members, 8 of whom shall
be licensed pharmacists. One of the licensed pharmacists shall
have a primary site for the practice of pharmacy at an
inpatient hospital pharmacy. Each of those 8 members must be
a licensed pharmacist in good standing in this State, a
graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy or hold a
Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and have at least 5
years' practical experience in the practice of pharmacy
subsequent to the date of his licensure as a licensed
pharmacist in the State of Illinois. There shall be one member
who is a pharmacy technician. There shall be 2 public members,
who shall be voting members, who shall not be engaged in any
way, directly or indirectly, as providers of health care in
this State or any other state. | | Chair: | Elected by board | | Authority: | 225 ILCS 85/10 |
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