(765 ILCS 101/15-10)
Sec. 15-10. Disciplinary hearings; record; appointment of administrative law judge.
(a) The Department has the authority to conduct hearings before an administrative law judge on proceedings to revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or refuse to issue or renew registrants registered under this Act, or to impose a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 upon any registrant registered under this Act.
(b) The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving the refusal to issue or the revocation, suspension, or other discipline of a registrant. The notice of hearing, complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of the Board, and the orders of the Department shall be the record of proceeding. At all hearings or prehearing conferences, the Department and the respondent shall be entitled to have a court reporter in attendance for purposes of transcribing the proceeding or prehearing conference.
(c) The Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as an administrative law judge in any action for refusal to issue or renew a certificate of registration or to discipline a registrant or person holding a certificate of registration. The administrative law judge has full authority to conduct the hearing. The administrative law judge shall report his or her findings and recommendations to the Secretary. If the Secretary disagrees with the recommendation of the administrative law judge, the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of the recommendation.
(Source: P.A. 96-738, eff. 8-25-09.)
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