The commissioner shall register an applicant unless he or she determines that the issuance of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the commissioner shall consider the following factors:

(1) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than duly authorized legitimate medical, scientific, or commercial channels;

(2) Compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations concerning controlled substances;

(3) Any conviction of the applicant under any state or federal law relating to controlled substances;

(4) Furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent information or material in any application filed under this chapter;

(5) Expiration, suspension, revocation, surrender or denial of the practitioner's federal controlled substance registration;

(6) Prescribing, distributing, administering or dispensing of controlled substances in schedules other than those specified in the practitioner's state or federal registration; and

(7) Suspension, revocation, expiration or surrender of, or other disciplinary action taken against, any professional license or registration held by the practitioner.

(P.A. 77-485, S. 6, 13; P.A. 11-121, S. 6.)

History: Sec. 19-504o transferred to Sec. 21a-320 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators replaced with numeric indicators for consistency with general practice throughout general statutes; P.A. 11-121 added Subdiv. (7) re disciplinary action taken against professional license or registration held by practitioner, effective January 1, 2012.