Section 205.860  Hearings

a)         Applicants and licensees may appeal certain actions of the Department under the Act and this Part. If a facility desires to contest any Department action, it shall send a written request for a hearing to the Department within ten days of receipt of the notice of the contested action. Following receipt of a request for a hearing, the Department shall conduct a hearing to review the contested action.  (Section 10c(c) of the Act)

b)         Hearings conducted pursuant to the Act and this Part shall be conducted in accordance with the following:

1)         Sections 10c, 10f, and 10g of the Act.

2)         Sections 10 through 18 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, pars. 1010 through 1018 et seq.).

3)         The rules of the Department entitled "Rules of Practice and Procedure in Administrative Hearings" (77 Ill. Adm. Code 100).

c)         Applicants and licensees have a right to administrative review of actions and decisions of the Department by the courts under the Administrative Review Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 3-101 et seq.).

(Source:  Section repealed, new Section adopted at 15 Ill. Reg. 17770, effective December 1, 1991)