(225 ILCS 412/110)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)

Sec. 110. Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations. The report shall contain a finding of whether or not the accused applicant or licensee violated this Act or failed to comply with the conditions required in this Act. The hearing officer shall specify the nature of the violation or failure to comply, and shall make its recommendations to the Secretary.

The report of the findings and recommendations of the hearing officer shall be the basis for the Department's order for refusing to issue, restore, or renew a license, or otherwise disciplining a licensee if the Secretary determines that the hearing officer's report is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence, in which case the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of the hearing officer's report. The finding is not admissible in evidence against the applicant or licensee in a criminal prosecution brought for the violation of this Act, but the hearing and finding are not a bar to a criminal prosecution brought for the violation of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)