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(c-5) Any distributor or retailer aggrieved by any decision of the Department under this Section may, within 30 days after notice of the decision, protest and request a hearing. Upon receiving a written request for a hearing, the Department shall give notice in writing to the distributor or retailer requesting the hearing that contains a statement of the charges preferred against the distributor or retailer and that states the time and place fixed for the hearing. The Department shall hold the hearing in conformity with the provisions of this Act and then issue its final administrative decision in the matter to the distributor or retailer. In the absence of a written protest and request for a hearing within 30 days, the Department's decision shall become final without any further determination being made or notice given. (c-10) No license so revoked shall be reissued to any distributor or retailer for a period of 6 months after the date of the final determination of such revocation. No license shall be reissued at all so long as the person who would receive the license is ineligible to receive a distributor's license under this Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 10-20 of this Act or a retailer's license under this Act for any one or more of the reasons provided for in Section 10-21 of this Act. (d) The Department may, by application to any circuit court, obtain an injunction restraining any person who engages in business as a distributor of tobacco products without a SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468