(225 ILCS 50/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 7421)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 21.
The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant,
corporation, partnership, trust, association or other entity, or any person
holding or claiming to hold a license. The Department
shall, before refusing to issue a license or disciplining
a registrant
or a corporation, partnership, trust, association or other entity,
notify, in writing, at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing,
the applicant for, or holder of, a license, or corporation,
partnership, trust, association or other entity. The notification shall
set forth the charges against the person, corporation, partnership,
trust, association, or other entity which form the basis for the
refusal to issue a license or the disciplinary action taken. If the
person, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other entity
desires to contest any Department action under this Section he,
she or the corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other
entity shall send a written request for a hearing to the Department within 10
days of receipt of notice of the Department's action. If timely requested
by the person or the corporation, partnership, trust, association, or
other entity, the date of the hearing shall be set by the
Department. The hearing shall determine whether the applicant or licensee
is entitled to hold such license, and
shall afford such person an opportunity to be heard in person or by
counsel. A hearing shall also determine whether a corporation, partnership,
trust, association, or other entity is subject to disciplinary action, and
shall afford such entities an opportunity to be heard by their
representative or by counsel. Such written notice may be served by
certified or registered mail to the respondent at its last known address.
Upon receipt of a request in writing for a hearing, a duly qualified
employee of the Department designated in writing by the Director and
approved by the Board as a hearing officer shall conduct a hearing to
review the decision. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be
given to the person or corporation, partnership, trust, association, or
other entity at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. At
the time and place fixed in the notice, the hearing officer shall hear the
charges and the parties shall be accorded opportunity to present such
statements, testimony and evidence as may be
pertinent to the charges or defenses. The hearing officer
may continue such hearing from time to time. Pursuant to rule, the Director
may conduct informal hearings, and shall so inform the Board. The Director,
Board or hearing officer may compel, by subpoena, the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers and may administer oaths.
(Source: P.A. 86-800.)
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