Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 3100 - ILLINOIS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
Section 3100.80 - Exemption of Agents and Employees: Affiliated Practitioners
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The requirement of licensure is waived for any agent or employee of a person who is licensed to engage in any group of independent activities (see Section 3100.50 ), if the agent or employee is acting in the usual course of his or her business or employment.
b) An individual practitioner who is an agent or employee of another practitioner licensed to dispense controlled substances may, when acting in the usual course of his or her employment, administer and dispense (other than by issuance of a prescription) controlled substances if and to the extent that the individual practitioner is authorized or permitted to do so by the employer or principal practitioner, under the license of the employer or principal practitioner, in lieu of being licensed himself or herself.
c) In a licensed hospital, hospital affiliate, or licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center ("institution") a licensed advanced practice nurse, acting pursuant to Section 65-45 of the Nurse Practice Act, or a physician assistant, acting pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, may be granted clinical privileges, including the authority to select, order and administer, and issue discharge prescriptions for, controlled substances under the DEA registration number of the hospital, hospital affiliate or licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center by whom he or she is employed.
d) In a licensed hospital or affiliated training facility ("institution"), a holder of a Temporary License, pursuant to Section 17 of the Medical Practice Act [225 ILCS 60/17 ], may select, order and administer, and issue discharge prescriptions for, controlled substances under the DEA registration number of the hospital or affiliated training facility by whom he or she is employed.
e) The exemptions provided for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants and temporary license holders in subsections (c) and (d) are subject to the following conditions:
f) An official exempted from registration under the Act and this Part shall include on all prescriptions issued by him or her, his or her branch of service or agency (e.g., "U.S. Army" or "Public Health Service") and his or her DOD identification number, in lieu of the license number of the practitioner required by this Part. The DOD identification number for a Public Health Service practitioner is his or her social security identification number. Each prescription shall have the name of the officer stamped or printed on it, as well as the signature of the officer.