Ill. Admin. Code tit. 26, § 150.115 - Evidence
The hearing is an inquiry to elicit evidence on the question of whether the complaint is sufficiently grounded in fact and law.
a) Except with respect to matters of
privilege, the rules of evidence as applied in civil cases in courts of this
State shall not be strictly applied to hearings under this Part. Admissibility
of evidence shall be liberally interpreted in order to present all matters that
are or may be relevant to the issues affecting the parties. Hearsay evidence
shall be admissible if deemed to be reliable and trustworthy by the hearing
examiner.
b) The hearing examiner
shall exclude immaterial, irrelevant and repetitious evidence.
c) A party may conduct direct examinations or
cross-examinations without rigid adherence to formal rules of evidence,
provided the examination or cross-examination can be shown to be necessary and
pertinent to a full and fair disclosure of the subject matters of the
hearing.
d) Any person offering
evidence, written or oral, shall affirm to the hearing examiner that his or her
evidence is true to the best of his or her information and belief.
e) The hearing examiner may admit and rely
upon, for his or her recommendation, evidence or information of a type commonly
relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their
affairs.
f) Evidence may be
submitted in narrative form.
Notes
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