The Illinois Health-System Pharmacist of the Year Award is given annually, if a recipient is chosen, to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made significant contributions affecting the practice of health-system pharmacy throughout the state. These contributions shall have been in the form of sustained exemplary service in health-system pharmacy, or a single outstanding achievement, or a combination of accomplishments benefiting health-system pharmacy, and through it, humanity and the public health. They may include accomplishments, achievements or outstanding performance in:
health-system pharmacy practice,
health-system pharmacy education,
health-system pharmacy administration,
pharmaceutical research or development related to health-system pharmacy,
pharmacy organizational activity with a definite relationship to health-system pharmacy,
scientific or professional pharmaceutical writing, e.g., noteworthy articles on pharmaceutical subjects with applicability to health-system pharmacy,
pharmaceutical journalism related to health-system pharmacy,
public and/or interprofessional relations activities benefiting health-system pharmacy,
pharmaceutical law or legislation, professional regulations, standards of professional conduct or pharmacy law enforcement as related to health-system pharmacy practice.