Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1110 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS › Section 1110.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Address of Record" means the address and/or email address
				required to be on file with the Department's Licensure Maintenance Unit by a
				licensee or, in the case of an unlicensed person, the most recent publicly
				ascertainable address.
"Administrative Law Judge" or "ALJ" means an attorney licensed
				to practice law in the State of Illinois who has been designated by the
				Director to conduct any hearings governed by this Part. For the purposes of
				this Part, "Administrative Law Judge" means the same as "Hearing Officer" as
				referenced in the DFPR Law or in any Act administered by the Division.
"Board" means any Board or Committee created or existing under
				the DFPR Law or other Acts as advisory Boards or Committees to the Secretary or
				Director.
"Clerk of the Court" means the person or unit designated by the
				Division to receive filings and to date stamp them.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional
				Regulation.
"DFPR Law" means the Department of Financial and Professional
				Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [ 20 ILCS 2105
				].
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional
				Regulation or the Director of the Division of Real Estate or duly appointed
				Acting Director, with the authority delegated by the Secretary.
"Division" means the Division of Professional Regulation or the
				Division of Real Estate within the Department, as the context indicates.
"Formal Hearing" means a formal proceeding that is conducted on
				the record before an Administrative Law Judge during which the parties present
				evidence and make arguments regarding appropriate action on a contested
				matter.
"Hearing" means any hearing authorized to be held in the
				Department or before any of its several Boards within the Division, an
				Administrative Law Judge, the Director or the Secretary by the DFPR Law or any
				and all other applicable statutes at any time in force in the State of
				Illinois.
"Licensee" means any holder of, or applicant for, a license,
				registration or other credential issued by the Division. "Licensee" also
				includes an unlicensed person who holds himself or herself out to be a licensee
				or engages in a licensed activity. For purposes of this definition, a license,
				registration or credential issued by the Division may be active, inactive,
				expired or in any other status.
"Petitioner" is a party who, by written petition, seeks relief
				or licensure under any provision of the statutes of the State of Illinois or
				any rule, order or determination of the Division. The party seeking licensure
				may also be identified as "applicant".
"Respondent" is a person, firm, association, partnership,
				corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity against whom a
				complaint or notice initiating a proceeding is filed or to whom an order or
				complaint is directed by the Division.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional
				Regulation.
"Unlicensed Person" means any person who has never held a
				license and who is not an applicant for licensure.