(225 ILCS 425/16)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
Sec. 16.
Investigation; notice and hearing.
The Department may
investigate the actions or qualifications of any person or persons holding or
claiming to hold a certificate of registration. The Department shall, before
suspending or revoking any certificate of registration, at least 30 days before
the date set for the hearing of the charges before the Board, direct him or her
to
file his or her written answer thereto to the Board within 20 days after the
service
on him or her of the notice, and inform him or her that if he or she fails to
file an answer
default will be taken against him or her and his or her certificate of
registration may be
suspended or revoked. This written notice may be served by personal delivery
or certified mail to the respondent at the address of his or her last
notification to
the Department. In case the person fails to file an answer after receiving
notice, his or her license or certificate may, in the discretion of the
Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status, or the
Department may take whatever disciplinary action
is considered proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
person's
practice or the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts
charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action under this Act. The
written answer shall be served by personal delivery, certified delivery, or
certified or registered mail to the Department. At the time and place fixed in
the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the charges. The parties or
their counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity to present statements,
testimony, evidence, and arguments as may be pertinent to the charges or to the
defense thereto. The Board shall be notified and may attend. Nothing in this
Section
shall be construed to require that a hearing be commenced and completed in one
day. At the discretion of the Director, after having first received the
recommendation of the Board, the accused person's certificate of registration
may be suspended or revoked, if the evidence constitutes sufficient grounds for
such action under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
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