Section 200.20  Appearance – Right to Counsel

a)         The Department shall allow only attorneys licensed and registered to practice in this State to appear before it in administrative hearings, except that a natural person may appear on his or her own behalf.  [420 ILCS 40/18]

b)         Each party to a proceeding before the Department shall inform the Department in writing of the name and address to which any notice or other document should be served upon the party to such proceeding.

c)         All persons appearing in proceedings before the Department shall conform to the standards of conduct of attorneys before the courts of the State of Illinois [RPC Rule 3.3].  If a person fails to conform to these standards, and such failure delays or disrupts the proceeding, the Department or the hearing officer shall have the authority to prohibit such person from appearing in the proceeding.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 17739, effective December 2, 2002)