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225 ILCS 105/18

(225 ILCS 105/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 5018)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)

Sec. 18. Investigations; notice and hearing.

The Department may investigate the
actions
of any applicant or of
any person or persons promoting or participating in a professional or amateur contest
or
any person holding or
claiming to hold a license. The Department shall, before
revoking, suspending,
placing on probation,
reprimanding, or taking any other disciplinary action under this Act, at least
30 days before the date
set for the hearing, (i) notify the accused in writing of the charges made and
the time and place for
the hearing on the charges, (ii) direct him or her to file a written answer to
the charges with the Department 
under oath within 20 days after the service on him or her of the notice, and
(iii) inform the accused
that, if he or she fails to answer, default will be taken against him or her or
that his or her license may
be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status or that other
disciplinary action may be taken with regard
to the license, including limiting the scope, nature, or
extent
of his or her
practice, as the Department
may consider proper. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the hearing officer shall
proceed to hear the
charges, and the parties or their counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity
to present any pertinent
statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments. The hearing officer may continue the
hearing from time to
time. In case the person, after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer,
his or her license may, in
the discretion of the Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on
probationary status or the
Department may take whatever disciplinary action 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 that action under this Act. The
written notice may be
served by personal delivery or by certified mail to the person's address of record.

(Source: P.A. 97-119, eff. 7-14-11.)