720 ILCS 570/201
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 720 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES|720 ILCS 570/ - Illinois Controlled Substances Act.|Article II

 (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1201)Sec. 201. (a) The Department shall carry out the provisions of  this Article.  The Department or its successor agency  may, by administrative rule, add additional substances  to or delete or reschedule all controlled substances in the Schedules of  Sections 204, 206, 208, 210 and 212 of this Act.  In making a determination  regarding the addition,  deletion, or rescheduling of a substance, the Department  shall consider  the following:(1) the actual or relative potential for abuse;(2) the scientific evidence of its pharmacological     effect, if known;(3) the state of current scientific knowledge     regarding the substance;(4) the history and current pattern of abuse;(5) the scope, duration, and significance of abuse;(6) the risk to the public health;(7) the potential of the substance to produce     psychological or physiological dependence;(8) whether the substance is an immediate precursor     of a substance already controlled under this Article;(9) the immediate harmful effect in terms of     potentially fatal dosage; and(10) the long-range effects in terms of permanent     health impairment.(b) (Blank).(c) (Blank).(d) If any substance is scheduled, rescheduled, or  deleted as a  controlled substance under Federal law and notice thereof is given to  the Department, the Department shall  similarly control the substance  under this Act after the expiration of 30 days from publication in the  Federal Register of a final order scheduling a substance as  a  controlled substance or rescheduling or deleting a substance, unless  within that 30 day period the Department objects, or  a party adversely  affected files with the Department substantial written objections  objecting to inclusion, rescheduling, or deletion.  In that case, the  Department shall publish the reasons for objection or the substantial  written objections and afford all interested parties an opportunity to  be heard.  At the conclusion of the hearing, the Department shall  publish its decision, by means of a rule, which shall be final unless  altered by statute.  Upon publication of objections by the  Department, similar control  under this Act whether by inclusion, rescheduling or deletion is stayed  until the Department publishes its ruling.(e) (Blank).(f) (Blank).(g) Authority to control under this Section does not extend to  distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco as those terms are  defined or used in the Liquor Control Act of 1934 and the Tobacco Products Tax  Act of 1995.(h) Persons registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances shall maintain adequate security and provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and diversion, but shall not otherwise be required to meet the physical security control requirements (such as cage or vault) for Schedule V controlled substances containing pseudoephedrine or Schedule II controlled substances containing dextromethorphan.  (Source: P.A. 97-334, eff. 1-1-12; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)