HB3983 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is amended by adding Section 402.5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 570/402.5 new)

Sec. 402.5. Prosecution of prescribers. A prescriber may not be prosecuted for any alleged violation of this 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.