720 ILCS 570/303
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 720 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES|720 ILCS 570/ - Illinois Controlled Substances Act.|Article III

 (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1303)Sec. 303. (a) The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall license an  applicant to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances  included in Sections 202, 204, 206, 208, 210 and 212 of this Act or purchase,  store, or administer euthanasia drugs unless it  determines that the issuance of that license would be  inconsistent  with the public interest.  In determining the public interest, the  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall consider the following:(1) maintenance of effective controls against     diversion of controlled substances into other than lawful medical, scientific, or industrial channels;(2) compliance with applicable Federal, State and     local law;(3) any convictions of the applicant, or the     designated agent of the applicant where applicable, under any law of the United States or of any State relating to any controlled substance;(4) past experience in the manufacture or     distribution of controlled substances, and the existence in the applicant's establishment of effective controls against diversion;(5) furnishing by the applicant of false or     fraudulent material in any application filed under this Act;(6) suspension or revocation of the applicant's     Federal registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances, or purchase, store, or administer euthanasia drugs, as authorized by Federal law;(7) whether the applicant is suitably equipped with     the facilities appropriate to carry on the operation described in his or her application;(8) whether the applicant is of good moral character     or, if the applicant is a partnership, association, corporation or other organization, whether the partners, directors, governing committee and managing officers are of good moral character;(9) any other factors relevant to and consistent with     the public health and safety; and(10) evidence from court, medical disciplinary and     pharmacy board records and those of State and Federal investigatory bodies that the applicant has not or does not prescribe controlled substances within the provisions of this Act.(b) No license shall be granted to or renewed for any  person who  has within 5 years been convicted of a wilful violation of any law of the  United States or any law of any State relating to controlled substances, or  who is found to be deficient in any of the matters enumerated in  subsections (a)(1) through (a)(8).(c) Licensure under subsection (a) does not entitle a  registrant to  manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances in Schedules I or  II other than those specified in the registration.(d) Practitioners who are licensed to dispense any  controlled  substances in Schedules II through V are authorized to  conduct instructional activities with controlled substances  in Schedules II through V under the law of this State.(e) If an applicant for registration is registered under the Federal law  to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances, or purchase,  store, or administer euthanasia drugs, upon filing a  completed application for licensure in this State and  payment of all  fees due hereunder, he or she shall be licensed in this State to  the same extent  as his or her Federal registration, unless, within 30 days after completing his or her  application in this State, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation  notifies the applicant that his or her application has not been granted.  A  practitioner who is in compliance with the Federal law with respect to  registration to dispense controlled substances in Schedules II through V  need only send a current copy of that Federal registration to the  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and he or she shall be deemed in  compliance with the registration provisions of this State.(e-5) All of the fees and fines collected under  this Section 303 shall be deposited into the Illinois State Pharmacy  Disciplinary Fund.(f) The fee for registration as a manufacturer or wholesale distributor  of controlled substances shall be $50.00 per year, except that the fee for  registration as a manufacturer or wholesale distributor of controlled  substances that may be dispensed without a prescription under this Act  shall be $15.00 per year.  The expiration date and renewal period for  each controlled substance license issued  under this Act shall be set by rule.    (Source: P.A. 97-334, eff. 1-1-12.)