(a) The Department shall establish rules, consistent with the provisions of this Act, governing nonresident pharmacies, including pharmacies providing services via the Internet, which sell, or offer for sale, drugs, medicines, or other pharmaceutical services in this State.
     (b) The Department shall require and provide for a nonresident pharmacy license for all pharmacies located outside of this State that dispense medications for Illinois residents and mail, ship, or deliver prescription medications into this State. A nonresident pharmacy license shall be granted by the Department upon the disclosure and certification by a pharmacy:
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 85/16a

  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (1) that it is licensed in the state in which the
    
dispensing facility is located and from which the drugs are dispensed;
        (2) of the location, names, and titles of all
    
principal officers of the business and all pharmacists who are dispensing drugs to residents of this State;
        (3) that it complies with all lawful directions and
    
requests for information from the board of pharmacy of each state in which it is licensed or registered, except that it shall respond directly to all communications from the Board or Department concerning any circumstances arising from the dispensing of drugs to residents of this State;
        (4) that it maintains its records of drugs dispensed
    
to residents of this State so that the records are readily retrievable from the records of other drugs dispensed;
        (5) that it cooperates with the Board or Department
    
in providing information to the board of pharmacy of the state in which it is licensed concerning matters related to the dispensing of drugs to residents of this State; and
        (6) that during its regular hours of operation, but
    
not less than 6 days per week, for a minimum of 40 hours per week, a toll-free telephone service is provided to facilitate communication between patients in this State and a pharmacist at the nonresident pharmacy who has access to the patients’ records. The toll-free number must be disclosed on the label affixed to each container of drugs dispensed to residents of this State.
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