{"data":{"id":"us-il/225-ilcs-441-15-15","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"225 ILCS 441/15-15","heading":"Investigation; notice; hearing.","body":"(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)\nThe Department may investigate the actions of any person who is an applicant, licensee, person or persons rendering or offering to render home inspection services, or any person holding or claiming to hold a license as a home inspector. The Department shall, before refusing to issue or renew a license or to discipline a person pursuant to Section 15-10, at least 30 days prior to the date set for the hearing, (i) notify the person charged in writing and the person's managing licensed home inspector, if any, of the charges made and the time and place for the hearing on the charges, (ii) direct the person to file a written answer with the Department under oath within 20 days after the service of the notice, and (iii) inform the person that failure to file an answer will result in a default entered against the person. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the charges and the parties or their counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity to present any pertinent statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments. The Department may continue the hearing from time to time. In case the person, after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer, the license may, in the discretion of the Department, be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary actions considered proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for that action under the Act. The notice may be served by mail, or, at the discretion of the Department, by electronic means to the address of record or email address of record specified by the person as last updated with the Department.\nThe Secretary shall have the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in any action to suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline any license issued by the Department. The hearing officer shall have full authority to conduct the hearing.\nA copy of the hearing officer's report or any Order of Default, along with a copy of the original or amended complaint giving rise to the action, shall be served upon the person by the Department in the manner provided in this Act for the service of a notice of hearing. Within 20 days after service, the person may present to the Department a motion in writing for a rehearing, which shall specify the particular grounds for rehearing. If the person orders from the reporting service and pays for a transcript of the record within the time for filing a motion for rehearing, then the 20-day period during which a motion may be filed shall commence upon the delivery of the transcript to the applicant or licensee. The Department may respond to the motion, or if a motion for rehearing is denied, then upon denial, the Secretary may enter an order in accordance with the recommendations of the hearing officer. If the Secretary disagrees in any regard with the report of the hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an order in contravention thereof. A copy of the Department's final disciplinary order shall be delivered to the person and the person's managing home inspector, if any.","path":["CHAPTER 225 PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS","Home Inspector License Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1359\u0026ChapterID=24\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:31Z","sha256":"5a3f6be075e82384a5b8e3e9e831d22a8bd461ef4946aedb8a430bd490e55f04","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/225-ilcs-441-15-11","next":"us-il/225-ilcs-441-15-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}