December 23, 2025 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 19, 2025, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation granted a variance to 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1330.550(a), which requires pharmacists-in-charge of nonresident pharmacies to be licensed in Illinois beginning January 1, 2026. The variance extends this deadline to March 30, 2026.