Section 2081.70  Designated Medications

For tracking purposes, the Department, by recommendation of the PMPAC may designate and list drugs, other substances or immediate precursors as:

a)         A Schedule I, if the Department finds that:

1)         the substance has high potential for abuse; and

2)         the substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision [720 ILCS 570/203].

b)         A Schedule II, if the Department finds that:

1)         the substance has high potential for abuse;

2)         the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and

3)         the abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychological or physiological dependence. [720 ILCS 570/205]

c)         A Schedule III, if the Department finds that:

1)         the substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in Schedule II;

2)         the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

3)         abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physiological dependence or high psychological dependence. [720 ILCS 570/207]

d)         A Schedule IV, if the Department finds that:

1)         the substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;

2)         the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

3)         abuse of the substance may lead to limited physiological dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III. [720 ILCS 570/209]

e)         A Schedule V, if the Department finds that:

1)         the substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV;

2)         the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

3)         abuse of the substance may lead to limited physiological dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule IV, or the substance is a targeted methamphetamine precursor as defined in the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act [720 ILCS 648]. [720 ILCS 570/211]