Section 235.170  Enforcement

a)         A health care facility that fails to comply with the requirements of the Act and this Part shall be subject to enforcement action by the Department.

b)         After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license to open, conduct, operate, and maintain a hospital in any case in which the Department finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of the Act or this Part. (Section 7(a) of the Hospital Licensing Act)

c)         When the Department determines that an ambulatory surgical treatment center has failed to comply with the Act or this Part, the Department may issue a notice of fine assessment which shall specify the violations for which the fine is assessed.  (Section 10(d) of the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act) Fines will be assessed in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. The Department will provide notice and opportunity for hearing to the ambulatory surgical treatment center.

d)         Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the Department's Rules of Practice and Procedure in Administrative Hearings (77 Ill. Adm. Code 100).

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 375, effective December 23, 2015)