(225 ILCS 25/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 2326) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 26. Disciplinary actions. (a) In case the respondent, after receiving notice, fails to file an answer, the respondent's license may, in the discretion of the Secretary, having first received the recommendation of the Board, be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status, or the Secretary may take whatever disciplinary or non-disciplinary action the Secretary may deem 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 such action under this Act. (b) The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a dentist or dental hygienist without a hearing, simultaneous to the institution of proceedings for a hearing under this Act, if the Secretary finds that evidence in the Secretary's possession indicates that a dentist's or dental hygienist's continuation in practice would constitute an immediate danger to the public. In the event that the Secretary temporarily suspends the license of a dentist or a dental hygienist without a hearing, a hearing by the Board must be held within 15 days after such suspension has occurred. (c) The entry of a judgment by any circuit court establishing that any person holding a license under this Act is a person subject to involuntary admission under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code shall operate as a suspension of that license. That person may resume the person's practice only upon a finding by the Board that the person has been determined to be no longer subject to involuntary admission by the court and upon the Board's recommendation to the Secretary that the person be permitted to resume the person's practice.(Source: P.A. 104-151, eff. 1-1-26.) |