Section 530.165  Penalties

a)         The Department shall suspend the use of a card if any beneficiary or other person is suspected of fraudulent procurement or fraudulent use of a card. [320 ILCS 25/9]  Evidence of fraudulent procurement or fraudulent use includes, but is not limited to, false information in a claim, use of a card by someone other than the person to whom it was issued, use of a card after its expiration date, and use of a card at too frequent intervals for the same medication.

b)         The Department will revoke a card of any beneficiary convicted of fradulent procurement or fraudulent use of a card. Persons convicted of fraud under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall be permanently barred from participating in this program.  [320 ILCS 25/9]

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 17562, effective November 16, 2000; subsections (a), (d) and (e) transferred from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Public Aid (89 Ill. Adm. Code 126.165))