Sec. 170. Appeal and review.
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Sec. 170. Appeal and review.
(a)The Department may, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules to provide for review within the Department of the Secretary's decisions affecting the rights of persons or entities under this Act. The review shall provide for, at a minimum:
(1)appointment of a hearing officer other than a regular employee of the Division of
Financial Institutions;
(2)appropriate procedural rules, specific deadlines for filings, and standards of
evidence and of proof; and
(3)provision for apportioning costs among parties to the appeal.
(b)All final agency determinations of appeals to decisions of the Secretary may be reviewed in accordance with and under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by a court in review of any final administrative decision of the Secretary or of any final agency review of a decision of the Secretary may be taken as in other civil cases.