§ 20-35

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 20-35. Subpoenas; attendance of witnesses; oaths. (a) The Department shall have the power to issue subpoenas ad testificandum (subpoena for documents) and to bring before it any persons and to take testimony, either orally or by deposition or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this State. The Department shall have the power to issue subpoenas duces tecum and to bring before it any documents, papers, files, books, and records with the same costs and in the same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this State. (b) Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or its designee or of the applicant, licensee, or person holding a certificate of licensure against whom proceedings under this Act are pending, enter an order compelling the enforcement of any Department subpoena issued in connection with any hearing or investigation. (c) The Secretary or his or her designee or the Board shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the Department is authorized to conduct and any other oaths authorized in any Act administered by the Department.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 95-572, eff. 6-1-08 .)