96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3983

 

Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 570/402.5 new

    Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber may not be prosecuted for any alleged violation of the Act for prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise providing professional services, unless the prosecution is recommended by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in consultation with the licensed professional board under the appropriate licensing Act.


LRB096 04249 RLC 14295 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3983 LRB096 04249 RLC 14295 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
5 amended by adding Section 402.5 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 570/402.5 new)
7     Sec. 402.5. Prosecution of prescribers. A prescriber may
8 not be prosecuted for any alleged violation of this Act for
9 prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise providing professional
10 services, unless the prosecution is recommended by the
11 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in
12 consultation with the licensed professional board under the
13 appropriate licensing Act.