IN Code § 35-48-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure|Article 48. Controlled Substances|Chapter 3. Registration and Control|35-48-3-5. Denial, Revocation, and Suspension of Registration; Reinstatement

Sec. 5. (a) An application for registration or reregistration submitted pursuant to and a registration issued under section 3 of this chapter to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the board upon a finding that the applicant or registrant:(1) has furnished false or fraudulent material information in any application filed under this article;(2) has violated any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;(3) has had the applicant's or registrant's federal registration suspended or revoked to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances; or(4) has failed to maintain reasonable controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels.(b) The board may limit revocation or suspension of a registration or the denial of an application for registration or reregistration to the particular controlled substance with respect to which grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial exist.(c) If the board suspends or revokes a registration or denies an application for reregistration, all controlled substances owned or possessed by the registrant at the time of suspension or the effective date of the revocation or denial order may be placed under seal. The board may require the removal of such substances from the premises. No disposition may be made of substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor, orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the court. Upon a revocation or denial order becoming final, all controlled substances may be forfeited to the state.(d) The board shall promptly notify the Drug Enforcement Administration of all orders suspending or revoking registration, all orders denying any application for registration or reregistration, and all forfeitures of controlled substances.(e) If:(1) the Drug Enforcement Administration terminates, denies, suspends, or revokes a federal registration for the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances; or(2) the federal registration is surrendered for cause;a registration issued by the board under this chapter is automatically suspended.(f) The board may reinstate a registration that has been suspended under subsection (e), after a hearing, if the board is satisfied that the applicant is able to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances with reasonable skill and safety to the public. As a condition of reinstatement, the board may impose disciplinary or corrective measures authorized under IC 25-1-9-9 or this article.(g) A registration issued under this chapter is automatically revoked if any state license authorizing a dispenser to act as a practitioner is revoked.As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.170, SEC.8; P.L.197-2007, SEC.93; P.L.84-2010, SEC.95; P.L.101-2020, SEC.9.