(a) The Director in his or her discretion may honor requests from interested person(s) for written interpretive opinions regarding any provision of, or regulation promulgated pursuant to, the Act.

(b) An interpretive opinion request shall satisfy each of the following conditions:

(c) Each interpretive opinion is applicable only to the matter identified in the specific written request for which the interpretive opinion was prepared. The interpretive opinion may not be relied upon in connection with any other matter.

(d) Attorneys seeking interpretive opinions on behalf of clients shall include with the opinion requests their own analyses of the issues presented by the request, their views with respect to the issues presented and citations of legal authority in support of those views.

(e) The Department shall maintain an index of the person(s) on whose behalf an interpretive opinion was prepared, and the nature of the request.

(f) The Director may select interpretive opinions for publication. Published opinions will be available on the Department's web page. The decision to publish an interpretive opinion will be made solely by the Director with regard to the public interest and the legal question(s) considered. The Director may rescind any published opinion and shall notify the party for whom the opinion was prepared of the rescission. Rescission of a published opinion shall be indicated on the Department's website.