Section 230.230  Immediate Suspension

a)         OSFM shall issue an order immediately suspending the license whenever OSFM finds, based upon reasonable belief from on-site observation, record inspection by OSFM personnel, information received from law enforcement personnel or information received from the public, that a licensee:

1)         Permitted a person to act as an assistant who did not meet the requirements of Section 230.130;

2)         Permitted a lead operator to work for a production company under a license previously issued to a separate production company;

3)         Violated the Act, this Part or compliance standard that may cause death or serious injury; or

4)         Participated in an unsafe or illegal act or acts pertaining to pyrotechnics in such a manner that the licensee's continued operations constitute a danger to the public.

b)         OSFM shall serve its order of immediate suspension of a license under this Section by personal service.  The order shall also be sent by certified mail to the licensee's last known address.

c)         OSFM shall serve with the order of immediate suspension a notice containing the information set forth in subsection (a). 

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 15064, effective September 1, 2011)