Section 200.210  Hearing Record

a)         The Department shall designate an official reporter to make and transcribe a stenographic record of the adjudicatory proceedings.

b)         A complete record of the hearing shall include:

1)         all pleadings (including all notices, responses, motions, and rulings);

2)         evidence received;

3)         a statement of matters officially noticed;

4)         offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;

5)         proposed findings and exceptions;

6)         any recommended decision, opinion or report by the hearing officer;

7)         staff memoranda or data submitted to the hearing officer or the Department in connection with the consideration of the case; and

8)         any ex-parte communication as defined by the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, par. 1010-60).  Such communication shall not form the basis for any finding of fact.

c)         A copy of the record will be reproduced at the request of any party to the review who bears the cost thereof in accordance with Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 116, par. 206.

d)         The Department shall be the official custodian of the records of administrative hearings held before the Department.

(Source:  Former Section 200.210 repealed, new Section 200.210 renumbered from former Section 200.180 and amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 17200, effective September 25, 1986)