Hearings and Judicial Review

(a)No nursing home license may be suspended, revoked, denied or renewal denied without a hearing, if requested by the licensee, on due notice, except that the Department of Public Health and Social Services may suspend any such license prior to hearing when it finds that the health or safety of patients requires such action on an emergency basis.

(b)Except for rules and regulations made to implement Subsection

(c)of this Section, no standards, rule, regulation, amendment or revision thereof having the force of law as provided in Section 8 of this Chapter shall be issued prior to a public hearing thereon, held on due notice, and consideration of the record of such hearing by the Department of Public Health and Social Services.

(c)Transcripts of such hearings shall be available to those entitled to receive the same upon payment of reasonable cost therefor in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health and Social Services.

(d)Any action of the Department of Public Health and Social Services taken pursuant to this Chapter shall be reviewable as provided in the Administrative Adjudication Law.