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225 ILCS 85/1 (2026)

The Practice of Pharmacy in the State of Illinois is declared a professional practice affecting the public health, safety and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest

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(225 ILCS 85/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4121)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
    Sec. 1. The Practice of Pharmacy in the State of Illinois is declared a professional practice affecting the public health, safety and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern that the practice of pharmacy, as defined in this Act, merit and receive the confidence of the public and that only qualified persons be permitted to practice pharmacy in the State of Illinois. This Act shall be liberally construed to carry out these objects and purposes.
(Source: P.A. 85-796.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2024 · leading case: Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Blagojevich, 901 N.E.2d 373 (Ill. 2008).
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Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Blagojevich, 901 N.E.2d 373 (Ill. 2008). · cites it 4× “§ 2000e (2000)), allegedly resulting in federal preemption of subsection (j) of the Department's rule, (5) the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution, and (6) the Weldon amendment, which prohibits certain federal assistance to states that discriminate against any…”
Fakhouri v. Taylor, 618 N.E.2d 518 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff, however, insists that the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (225 ILCS 85/1 et seq. ( West 1992 )) recognizes that “a pharmacist has independent duties to his or her patients,” which supports the imposition of the duty advocated in the present case.”
Happel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 766 N.E.2d 1118 (Ill. 2002). “4 We note that the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (225 ILCS 85/1 et seq. ( West 2000 )) defines “Pharmaceutical care” as including “the act of monitoring drug use.”
Suarez v. Pierard, 663 N.E.2d 1039 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff next directs our attention to the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (Pharmacy Act) (225 ILCS 85/1 et seq. (West 1992)) which provides that the practice of pharmacy includes "advising or counseling patients on the use of drugs or devices" (225 ILCS 85/3(d)(6) (West 1992))…”
Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Blagojevich, 867 N.E.2d 1164 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 2× “Under the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (Pharmacy Act) (225 ILCS 85/1 through 40 (West 2004)), the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation *1166 may take disciplinary action against a licensee if the licensee violates the Pharmacy Act or any rules promulgated under…”
Quigg v. Walgreen Co., 905 N.E.2d 293 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “Walgreen, the Department, and NACDS posit that a pharmacist is not “a therapist” or “an agency” under the Act and thus is not subject to liability under the Act; the pharmacist instead is subject to the confidentiality provision of the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (Pharmacy…”
Walton v. Bayer Corp., 692 F. Supp. 2d 1012 (S.D. Ill. 2010). “); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(4) (“practice of pharmacy” includes “patient education on the proper use or delivery of medications”); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(7) (“practice of pharmacy” includes the “provision of patient counseling”); 225 ILCS 85/3(r)(3) (“patient counseling” includes…”
In Re Yasmin & Yaz (Drospirenone) Mktg., 692 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (S.D. Ill. 2010). “tation of prescription drug orders"); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(4) ("practice of pharmacy" includes "patient education on the proper use or delivery of medications"); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(7) ("practice of pharmacy" includes the "provision of patient counseling"); 225 ILCS 85/3(r)(3)…”
Morr-Fitz v. Quinn, 2012 IL App (4th) 110398 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “Secretary Adams explained the prior rules were repealed as part of “a comprehensive rewrite of the rules in the context of amendments to the Pharmacy Practice Act [(225 ILCS 85/1 to 41 (West 2010))].” Upon learning of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Stormans, Inc.”
In re Marriage of Peters-Farrell, 802 N.E.2d 1250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (the Pharmacy Act) (225 ILCS 85/1 et seq. (West 2000)) defines “pharmacy” as meaning and including “every store, shop, pharmacy department, or other place where pharmaceutical care is provided by a pharmacist *** or (2) where prescriptions of…”
Walton v. Bayer Corp., 692 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (S.D. Ill. 2010). “on of prescription drug orders”); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(4) (“practice of pharmacy” includes “patient education on the proper use or delivery of medications”); 225 ILCS 85/3(d)(7) (“practice of pharmacy” includes the “provision of patient counseling”); 225 ILCS 85/3(r)(3) (“patient…”
Patel v. Cook Cnty. Health & Hosp. Sys., 2024 IL App (1st) 230758-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “Mary Ann Wrobel, that Cermak pharmacists were being required to orally administer suboxone and methadone to detainees despite drug administration not being within the scope of the Pharmacy Practice Act (225 ILCS 85/1 et seq. (West 2018)). Later that same month, plaintiff was…”
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