Recommendations for disciplinary action

(225 ILCS 109/110)     Sec. 110. Recommendations for disciplinary action. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall present to the Secretary a written report of the hearing officer's findings and recommendations. The report shall contain a finding whether or not the accused person violated this Act or failed to comply with the conditions required in this Act. The hearing officer shall specify the nature of the violation or failure to comply, and shall make its recommendations to the Secretary.     The report of findings and recommendations of the hearing officer shall be the basis for the Department's order for refusal or for the granting of a license, or for any disciplinary action, unless the Secretary shall determine that the hearing officer's report is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence, in which case the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of the hearing officer's report. The finding is not admissible in evidence against the person in a criminal prosecution brought for the violation of this Act, but the hearing and finding are not a bar to a criminal prosecution brought for the violation of this Act. (Source: P.A. 104-796, eff. 8-7-26.)