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included in Schedules I through IV of [Article II] Section 279 of
this subheading unless the Department determines that the issuance
of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest, in deter-
OF SUCH REGISTRATION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PUBLIC INTEREST. IN DETERmining the public interest, the
following factors shall be considered:

(1)    Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of partic-
ular controlled dangerous substances and any Schedule I or II sub-
stance compounded therefrom into other than legitimate medical,
scientific, or industrial channels[.];

(2)    Compliance with applicable State, federal, and local law;

(3)    Prior conviction record of applicant under federal, State, and
local laws relating to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing
of such substances;

(4)    Past experience in the manufacture and distribution of con-
trolled dangerous substances, and the existence in the establishment
of effective controls against diversion; and

(5)    Such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with
the public health and safety.

283. Records and inventories required of registrants.

Upon July 1, 1970, each registrant manufacturing, distributing or
dispensing controlled dangerous substances in Schedules I, II, III, or
IV shall make a complete and accurate record of all stocks of such
dangerous substances on hand. Thereafter, complete and accurate
records of all such dangerous substances shall be maintained for
two years. Each two year period after July 1, 1970, at the time of
his regular fiscal inventory, each registrant manufacturing, dis-
tributing, or dispensing controlled dangerous substances shall pre-
pare an inventory of each dangerous substance in his possession.
Records and inventories shall contain such information as shall be
provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the Department.
This [subsection] section shall not apply to practitioners who law-
fully prescribe or administer, but not otherwise dispense, controlled
dangerous substances listed in Schedules II, III, or IV in Section 279
of this subheading. Compliance with the provisions of the federal
law respecting records and reports shall be deemed compliance with
this section.

289. Distribution by registrants of certain substances without re-
quired order form; use of fictitious, revoked, etc., registration
number.

(b) Any person who wilfully violates this section shall be deemed
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than ten (10) years, and/or a fine of not more than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both.

292. Probation and discharge of first offenders.

Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of any
offense under this subheading or under any prior law of this State
or the laws of the United States or of any other state relating to