(815 ILCS 318/20)
Sec. 20.
Certification; penalty for false certification.
(a) Whenever a provider of companion animal cremation services undertakes
to provide services that include the return of the cremation remains of the
cremated animal, the provider shall include a certification along with the
returned cremation remains, declaring to the best of the provider's knowledge
and belief that, except as otherwise specifically indicated in the certificate,
the cremation and any other services specified were provided in accordance
with the representations of the provider in the applicable portions of the
provider's written explanation of services.
(b) To knowingly make a false certification under subsection (a) is a
business offense, punishable by a fine of at least $1,001 but not more than
$1,500 for a first offense and at least $2,000 but not more than $2,500 for
each subsequent offense.
(Source: P.A. 92-287, eff. 1-1-02.)
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