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91_HB3591
LRB9110910ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act
2 by changing Section 55.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is
6 amended by changing Section 55 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 3/55)
8 Sec. 55. Hearings; witnesses. The hearing requested
9 under Sec. 50 shall be conducted by the Director or an
10 individual designated in writing by the Director as a hearing
11 officer. The Director or hearing officer may compel, by
12 subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the attendance and
13 testimony of witnesses and the production of books and
14 papers. The Director or hearing officer may administer oaths
15 to witnesses. The hearing shall be conducted at a place
16 designated by the Department. The procedures governing
17 hearings and the issuance of final orders under this Act
18 shall be according to rules adopted by the Department. All
19 subpoenas issued by the Director or hearing officer may be
20 served as in civil actions. The fees of witnesses for
21 attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees for
22 witnesses before the circuit court and shall be paid by the
23 party to the proceedings at whose request the subpoena is
24 issued. If a subpoena is issued at the request of the
25 Department, the witness fee shall be paid by the Department
26 as an administrative expense. If a witness refuses to attend
27 or testify, or to produce books or papers, concerning any
28 matter on which he or she might be lawfully examined, the
29 circuit court of the county in which the hearing is held, on
30 application of any party to the proceeding, may compel
31 obedience by a proceeding for contempt as in cases of a
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1 refusal to obey a similar order of the court.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-1188.)