(225 ILCS 51/95)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 95. Investigations; notice and hearing.
(a) The Department may investigate the actions of an applicant or of an entity holding or claiming to hold a license.
(b) The Department shall, before refusing to issue or renew a license or disciplining a licensee, at least 30 days prior to the date set for the hearing, notify in writing the applicant or licensee of the nature of the charges and that a hearing will be held on the date designated. The Department shall direct the applicant or licensee to file a written answer to the Board under oath within 20 days after the service of the notice and inform the applicant or licensee that failure to file an answer will result in default being taken against the applicant or licensee and that the license may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary action may be taken, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of business, as the Secretary may deem proper. Written notice may be served by personal delivery or certified or registered mail to the applicant or licensee at his or her address of record. If the entity fails to file an answer after receiving notice, the entity's 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 deems proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the entity's business, or imposing a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action under this Act. 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 such statements, testimony, evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to their defense. The Board may continue a hearing from time to time.
(Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)
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