Section 1.160  Disciplinary Charges and Amendments

a)         Charges must be specific enough to apprise the employee of the nature and substance of the cause alleged for discharge.  Written charges approved by the Director of Central Management Services seeking an employee's discharge, demotion, or suspension totaling more than 30 days in any twelve-month period, shall contain a specific statement of facts which allege the cause for the proposed action sought against the employee.  If a breach of a statutory duty or a rule of the agency is alleged, the statute or rule shall be cited in connection with the charge.

b)         Charges shall be set forth in separately numbered paragraphs and contain the dates, names of persons, places, and facts necessary to properly allege cause.

c)         At any time prior to commencement of hearing or prior to the close of hearing the Administrative Law Judge may upon motion of a party permit amendment of charges if no undue surprise results which would prejudice the opposing party's right to a prompt hearing or impose a substantial injustice on either side.

(Source:  Amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 12451, effective August 21, 1995)