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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0728
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning legislative intent.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0728 |
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LRB096 06794 ASK 16879 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing |
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| Code is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 41/1-5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 1-5. Legislative intent. The
The practice of funeral |
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| directing and
embalming in the State of Illinois is declared to |
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| be a practice affecting the
public health, safety and welfare |
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| and subject to regulation and control in the
public interest. |
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| It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and
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| concern that the preparation, care and final disposal of a |
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| deceased human body
be attended with appropriate observance and |
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| understanding, having due regard
and respect for the reverent |
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| care of the human body and for those bereaved and
the overall |
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| spiritual dignity of man. It is further a matter of public |
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| interest
that the practice of funeral directing and embalming |
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| as defined in this Code
merit and receive the confidence of the |
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| public and that only qualified persons
be authorized to |
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| practice funeral directing and embalming in the State of
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| Illinois. This Code shall be liberally construed to best carry |
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| out these
subjects and purposes. |