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225 ILCS 25/23a

(225 ILCS 25/23a) (from Ch. 111, par. 2323a)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)

Sec. 23a.

The Secretary may, upon receipt of a written
communication from the Secretary of Human Services or the Director of
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
Department of Public Aid) or Department of Public Health, that continuation
of practice of a person licensed under this Act constitutes an immediate
danger to the public, immediately suspend the license of such person
without a hearing.  In instances in which the Secretary 
immediately suspends a license under this Section, a hearing upon such
person's license must be convened by the Board within 15 days after such
suspension and completed without appreciable delay, such hearing held to
determine whether to recommend to the Secretary
 that the person's license be revoked, suspended, placed on
probationary status or reinstated, or such person be subject to other
disciplinary action.  In such hearing, the written communication and any other
evidence
submitted therewith may be introduced as evidence against such person;
provided however, the person, or his or her counsel, shall have the opportunity to
discredit or impeach such evidence and submit evidence rebutting same.

(Source: P.A. 97-1013, eff. 8-17-12.)