(225 ILCS 125/120)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 120. Investigation; notice; hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or any person holding or claiming to hold a perfusionist license. The Department shall, before refusing to issue or renew, suspending, or revoking a license or taking other discipline pursuant to Section 105 of this Act, and at least 30 days prior to the date set for the hearing, (i) notify in writing the applicant or licensee of any charges made and the time and the place for the hearing on the charges, (ii) direct him or her to file a written answer to the charges with the Board under oath within 20 days after the service on him or her of the notice, and shall direct the applicant or licensee to file a written answer to 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 other disciplinary action may be taken with regard to the licensee, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of practice, as the Department may consider proper. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board 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 Board 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 it considers 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 notice may be served by personal delivery or by certified mail to the address of record or the address specified by the accused in his or her last communication with the Department.
(Source: P.A. 96-682, eff. 8-25-09.)
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