When considering the suspension or revocation of a license or
recovery permit on the grounds of conviction of a crime, the Commission, in
evaluating the rehabilitation of the applicant and the applicant's present
eligibility for a license or recovery permit, shall consider each of the
following criteria:
a) The nature and
severity of the act or offense.
b)
The license holder's or recovery permit holder's criminal record in its
entirety.
c) The amount of time
that has lapsed since the commission of the act or offense.
d) Whether the license holder or recovery
permit holder has complied with any terms of parole, probation, restitution, or
any other sanctions lawfully imposed against him or her as of the date of the
hearing, as evidenced by:
1) Satisfactory
termination of the license or recovery permit holder's sentence;
2) License or recovery permit holder's
compliance with all requirements and conditions of parole, probation,
conditional discharge, term of imprisonment or any other lawfully imposed
sentence;
3) License or recovery
permit holder's compliance with paying any fees, fines, court costs or
restitution imposed by the court as part of the sentence.
e) If applicable, evidence of expungement
proceedings.
f) Evidence, if any,
of rehabilitation submitted by the license holder or recovery permit holder
[
225 ILCS
422/85 ] such as:
1)
Bestowment onto the license or recovery permit holder of certifications or
commendations subsequent to a conviction for a crime under the laws of the
United States or any state or territory of the United States that is a felony,
a misdemeanor an essential element of which is dishonesty, or a crime related
to the practice of the profession [225 ILCS
422/80 ] that demonstrate a decrease in propensity
toward the behavior that previously caused the applicant to become
convicted;
2) License or recovery
permit holder's successful participation in special programs or counseling
groups designed to decrease the propensity toward the behavior that previously
caused the applicant to become convicted of a crime under the laws of the
United States or any state or territory of the United States that is a felony,
a misdemeanor an essential element of which is dishonesty, or a crime related
to the practice of the profession [225 ILCS 422/80 ].
