Section 336.160  Attendance of Witnesses

a)         An appellant may require any child protective investigator who was part of the investigation being appealed to attend the hearing by writing to the Department representative no earlier than receipt of the notice of hearing and no later than 14 days before the hearing and requesting that the investigator, who must be identified by name, attend the hearing.

b)         The appellant may subpoena any other witness, no earlier than receipt of the notice of hearing and no later than 14 days before the hearing, by requesting that the Chief Administrative Law Judge issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of the witness.  Witness fees and travel expenses for persons other than Department employees are the responsibility of the party requesting the subpoena.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 7660, effective June 1, 2000)