(410 ILCS 130/65)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 65. Denial of registry identification cards.
(a) The Department of Public Health may deny an application or renewal of a qualifying patient's registry identification card only if the applicant:
(1) did not provide the required information and
materials;
(2) previously had a registry identification card
revoked;
(3) did not meet the requirements of this Act; or
(4) provided false or falsified information.
(b) No person who has been convicted of a felony under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Cannabis Control Act, or Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or similar provision in a local ordinance or other jurisdiction is eligible to receive a registry identification card.
(c) The Department of Public Health may deny an application or renewal for a designated caregiver chosen by a qualifying patient whose registry identification card was granted only if:
(1) the designated caregiver does not meet the
requirements of subsection (i) of Section 10;
(2) the applicant did not provide the information
required;
(3) the prospective patient's application was
denied;
(4) the designated caregiver previously had a
registry identification card revoked; or
(5) the applicant or the designated caregiver
provided false or falsified information.
(d) The Department of Public Health through the Department of State Police shall conduct a background check of the prospective qualifying patient and designated caregiver in order to carry out this Section. The Department of State Police shall charge a fee for conducting the criminal history record check, which shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the record check. Each person applying as a qualifying patient or a designated caregiver shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the Department of State Police for the purpose of obtaining a State and federal criminal records check. These fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter, to the extent allowed by law, filed in the Department of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases. The Department of State Police shall furnish, following positive identification, all Illinois conviction information to the Department of Public Health. The Department of Public Health may waive the submission of a qualifying patient's complete fingerprints based on (1) the severity of the patient's illness and (2) the inability of the qualifying patient to supply those fingerprints, provided that a complete criminal background check is conducted by the Department of State Police prior to the issuance of a registry identification card.
(e) The Department of Public Health shall notify the qualifying patient who has designated someone to serve as his or her designated caregiver if a registry identification card will not be issued to the designated caregiver.
(f) Denial of an application or renewal is considered a final Department action, subject to judicial review. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the Circuit Court.
(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1172, eff. 1-12-15.)
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