Illinois § 40

§ 40.

Findings and recommendations; rehearing. (a) The Medical Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings and recommendations. A copy of such report shall be served upon the accused person, either personally or by mail or email. Within 20 days after such service, the accused person may present to the Department his or her motion, in writing, for a rehearing, which written motion shall specify the particular ground therefor. If the accused person orders and pays for a transcript of the record as provided in Section 39, the time elapsing thereafter and before such transcript is ready for delivery to them shall not be counted as part of such 20 days. (b) At the expiration of the time allowed for filing a motion for rehearing, the Secretary may take the action recommended by the Medical Board. Upon the suspension, revocation, placement on probationary status, or the taking of any other disciplinary action, including the limiting of the scope, nature, or extent of one's practice, deemed proper by the Department, with regard to the license or permit, the accused shall surrender his or her license or permit to the Department, if ordered to do so by the Department, and upon his or her failure or refusal so to do, the Department may seize the same. (c) Each order of revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action shall contain a brief, concise statement of the ground or grounds upon which the Department's action is based, as well as the specific terms and conditions of such action. This document shall be retained as a permanent record by the Department. (d) (Blank). (e) In those instances where an order of revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action has been rendered by virtue of a physician's physical illness, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor skill which results in a physician's inability to practice medicine with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, the Department shall only permit this document, and the record of the hearing incident thereto, to be observed, inspected, viewed, or copied pursuant to court order. (Source: P.A. 101-316, eff. 8-9-19; 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)