§ 4208. Qualifications for issuance of licenses and certificates

Notwithstanding or in addition to any other provision of law, no license or certificate of approval shall be issued unless and until the applicant therefor has furnished proof satisfactory to the respective board or to the Department of Health in the exercise of its discretion:

(1) that the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant be an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character, and does not or do not use a regulated drug without medical justification;

(2) that the applicant possesses the means to carry on properly the business or profession described in his or her, or its application;

(3) in the case of an applicant for a certificate of approval, that the applicant is licensed under the applicable laws of this State, if any, to carry on within this State the business or profession described in his, her, or its application; and

(4) that the applicant or any of its managing officers has never been convicted of a violation of any of the criminal provisions of this chapter, or of a similar law of another state, or of the federal drug laws.