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Full Text of SB0038  97th General Assembly

SB0038ham005 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert Rita

Filed: 5/28/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 38

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 38 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
5changing Section 4.23 and by adding Section 4.33 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 80/4.23)
7    Sec. 4.23. Acts and Sections repealed on January 1, 2013.
8The following Acts and Sections of Acts are repealed on January
91, 2013:
10    The Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act.
11    The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act.
12    The Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act
13of 2011.
14    The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code.
15    The Naprapathic Practice Act.
16    The Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional

 

 

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1Counselor Licensing Act.
2    The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act.
3    Section 2.5 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
4(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1499, eff. 1-18-11.)
 
5    (5 ILCS 80/4.33 new)
6    Sec. 4.33. Act repealed on January 1, 2023. The following
7Act is repealed on January 1, 2023:
8    The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code.
 
9    Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
10Code is amended by changing Sections 1-5, 1-10, 1-15, 1-20,
111-30, 5-5, 5-10, 5-15, 5-20, 10-5, 10-20, 10-30, 10-35, 15-5,
1215-15, 15-16, 15-20, 15-21, 15-22, 15-25, 15-40, 15-41, 15-45,
1315-46, 15-50, 15-65, 15-70, 15-75, 15-76, 15-77, 15-80, 15-85,
1415-91, and 20-15 and by adding Sections 5-18, 10-38, 10-43,
1515-18, 15-19, and 15-115 as follows:
 
16    (225 ILCS 41/1-5)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
18    Sec. 1-5. Legislative intent. The practice of funeral
19directing and embalming in the State of Illinois is declared to
20be a practice affecting the public health, safety and welfare
21and subject to regulation and control in the public interest.
22It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and
23concern that the preparation, care and final disposition

 

 

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1disposal of a deceased human body be attended with appropriate
2observance and understanding, having due regard and respect for
3the reverent care of the human body and for those bereaved and
4the overall spiritual dignity of every person man. It is
5further a matter of public interest that the practice of
6funeral directing and embalming as defined in this Code merit
7and receive the confidence of the public and that only
8qualified persons be authorized to practice funeral directing
9and embalming in the State of Illinois. This Code shall be
10liberally construed to best carry out these subjects and
11purposes.
12(Source: P.A. 87-966.)
 
13    (225 ILCS 41/1-10)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
15    Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Code:
16    "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
17by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
18file or license file. It is the duty of the applicant or
19licensee to inform the Department of any changes of address and
20those changes must be made either through the Department's
21website or by contacting the Department.
22    "Applicant" means any person making application for a
23license or certificate of registration. Any applicants
24applicant or people any person who hold holds themselves
25himself out as applicants are an applicant is considered

 

 

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1licensees a licensee for purposes of enforcement,
2investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative
3Procedure Act.
4    "Board" means the Funeral Directors and Embalmers
5Licensing and Disciplinary Board.
6    "Certificate of Death" means a certificate of death as
7referenced in the Illinois Vital Records Act.
8    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
9Professional Regulation.
10    "Funeral director and embalmer" means a person who is
11licensed and qualified to practice funeral directing and to
12prepare, disinfect and preserve dead human bodies by the
13injection or external application of antiseptics,
14disinfectants or preservative fluids and materials and to use
15derma surgery or plastic art for the restoring of mutilated
16features. It further means a person who restores the remains of
17a person for the purpose of funeralization whose organs or bone
18or tissue has been donated for anatomical purposes.
19    "Funeral director and embalmer intern" means a person
20licensed by the Department State who is qualified to render
21assistance to a funeral director and embalmer in carrying out
22the practice of funeral directing and embalming under the
23supervision of the funeral director and embalmer.
24    "Embalming" means the process of sanitizing and chemically
25treating a deceased human body in order to reduce the presence
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1to render the remains safe to handle while retaining
2naturalness of tissue, and to restore an acceptable physical
3appearance for funeral viewing purposes.
4    "Funeral director" means a person, known by the title of
5"funeral director" or other similar words or titles, licensed
6by the Department State who practices funeral directing.
7    "Funeral establishment", "funeral chapel", "funeral home",
8or "mortuary" means a building or separate portion of a
9building having a specific street address or location and
10devoted to activities relating to the shelter, care, custody
11and preparation of a deceased human body and which may contain
12facilities for funeral or wake services.
13    "Licensee" means a person licensed under this Code as a
14funeral director, funeral director and embalmer, or funeral
15director and embalmer intern. Anyone who holds himself or
16herself out as a licensee or who is accused of unlicensed
17practice is considered a licensee for purposes of enforcement,
18investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative
19Procedure Act.
20    "Owner" means the individual, partnership, corporation,
21limited liability company, association, trust, estate, or
22agent thereof, or other person or combination of persons who
23owns a funeral establishment or funeral business.
24    "Person" means any individual, partnership, association,
25firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust or estate,
26or other entity. "Person" includes both natural persons and

 

 

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1legal entities.
2    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
3Professional Regulation.
4(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
5    (225 ILCS 41/1-15)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
7    Sec. 1-15. Funeral directing; definition. Conducting or
8engaging in or representing or holding out oneself as
9conducting or engaged in any one or any combination of the
10following practices constitutes the practice of funeral
11directing:
12        (a) The practice of preparing, otherwise than by
13    embalming, for the burial, cremation, or disposition
14    disposal and directing and supervising the burial or
15    disposition disposal of deceased human remains or
16    performing any act or service in connection with the
17    preparing of dead human bodies. Preparation, direction,
18    and supervision shall not be construed to mean those
19    functions normally performed by cemetery and crematory
20    personnel.
21        (b) The practice of operating a place for preparing for
22    the disposition of deceased human bodies or for caring for
23    deceased human bodies before their disposition. Nothing in
24    this Code shall prohibit the ownership and management of
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1    operated in accordance with this Code and the unlicensed
2    owner does not engage in any form of funeral directing.
3        (c) The removal of a deceased human body from its place
4    of death, institution, or other location. A licensed
5    funeral director and embalmer intern may remove a deceased
6    human body from its place of death, institution, or other
7    location without another licensee being present. The
8    licensed funeral director may engage others who are not
9    licensed funeral directors, licensed funeral director and
10    embalmers, or licensed funeral director and embalmer
11    interns to assist in the removal if the funeral director
12    directs and instructs them in handling and precautionary
13    procedures and accompanies them on all calls. The
14    transportation of deceased human remains to a cemetery,
15    crematory or other place of final disposition shall be
16    under the immediate direct supervision of a licensee unless
17    otherwise permitted by this Section. The transportation of
18    deceased human remains that are embalmed or otherwise
19    prepared and enclosed in an appropriate container to some
20    other place that is not the place of final disposition,
21    such as another funeral home or common carrier, or to a
22    facility that shares common ownership with the
23    transporting funeral home may be performed under the
24    general supervision of a licensee, but the supervision need
25    not be immediate or direct.
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1    responsibility for administering and conducting of, at
2    need funeral arrangements.
3        (e) The assuming custody of, transportation, providing
4    shelter, protection and care and disposition of deceased
5    human remains and the furnishing of necessary funeral
6    services, facilities and equipment.
7        (f) Using in connection with a name or practice the
8    word "funeral director", "undertaker", "mortician",
9    "funeral home", "funeral parlor", "funeral chapel", or any
10    other title implying that the person is engaged in the
11    practice of funeral directing.
12    Within the existing scope of the practice of funeral
13directing or funeral directing and embalming, only a licensed
14funeral director, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, or
15a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern under the
16restrictions provided for in this Code, and not any other
17person employed or contracted by the licensee, may engage in
18the following activities at-need: (1) have direct contact with
19consumers and explain funeral or burial merchandise or services
20or (2) negotiate, develop, or finalize contracts with
21consumers. This paragraph shall not be construed or enforced in
22such a manner as to limit the functions of persons regulated
23under the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the Illinois
24Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the
25Cemetery Care Act, the Cemetery Association Act, the Illinois
26Insurance Code, or any other related professional regulatory

 

 

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1Act.
2    The practice of funeral directing shall not include the
3phoning in of obituary notices, ordering of flowers for the
4funeral, or reporting of prices on the firm's general price
5list as required by the Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule
6by nonlicensed persons, or like clerical tasks incidental to
7the act of making funeral arrangements.
8    The making of funeral arrangements, at need, shall be done
9only by licensed funeral directors or licensed funeral
10directors and embalmers. Licensed funeral director and
11embalmer interns may, however, assist or participate in the
12arrangements under the direct supervision of a licensed funeral
13director or licensed funeral director and embalmer.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
15    (225 ILCS 41/1-20)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
17    Sec. 1-20. Funeral directing and embalming; definition.
18"The practice of funeral directing and embalming" means:
19        (a) The practice of preparing, otherwise than by
20    embalming, for the burial, cremation, or disposition
21    disposal and directing and supervising the burial or
22    disposition disposal of deceased human remains or
23    performing any act or service in connection with the
24    preparing of dead human bodies. Preparation, direction,
25    and supervision shall not be construed to mean those

 

 

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1    functions normally performed by cemetery and crematory
2    personnel.
3        (b) The practice of operating a place for preparing for
4    the disposition of deceased human bodies or for caring for
5    deceased human bodies before their disposition. Nothing in
6    this Code shall prohibit the ownership and management of
7    such a place by an unlicensed owner if the place is
8    operated in accordance with this Code and the unlicensed
9    owner does not engage in any form of funeral directing and
10    embalming.
11        (c) The removal of a deceased human body from its place
12    of death, institution or other location. A licensed funeral
13    director and embalmer intern may remove a deceased human
14    body from its place of death, institution, or other
15    location without another licensee being present. The
16    licensed funeral director and embalmer may engage others
17    who are not licensed funeral directors and embalmers,
18    licensed funeral directors, or licensed funeral director
19    and embalmer interns to assist in the removal if the
20    funeral director and embalmer directs and instructs them in
21    handling and precautionary procedures and accompanies them
22    on all calls. The transportation of deceased human remains
23    to a cemetery, crematory or other place of final
24    disposition shall be under the immediate, direct
25    supervision of a licensee unless otherwise permitted by
26    this Section. The transportation of deceased human remains

 

 

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1    that are embalmed or otherwise prepared and enclosed in an
2    appropriate container to some other place that is not the
3    place of final disposition, such as another funeral home or
4    common carrier, or to a facility that shares common
5    ownership with the transporting funeral home may be
6    performed under the general supervision of a licensee, but
7    the supervision need not be immediate or direct.
8        (d) The administering and conducting of, or assuming
9    responsibility for administering and conducting of, at
10    need funeral arrangements.
11        (e) The assuming custody of, transportation, providing
12    shelter, protection and care and disposition of deceased
13    human remains and the furnishing of necessary funeral
14    services, facilities and equipment.
15        (f) Using in connection with a name or practice the
16    word "funeral director and embalmer", "embalmer", "funeral
17    director", "undertaker", "mortician", "funeral home",
18    "funeral parlor", "funeral chapel", or any other title
19    implying that the person is engaged in the practice of
20    funeral directing and embalming.
21        (g) The practice of embalming or representing or
22    holding out oneself as engaged in the practice of embalming
23    of deceased human bodies or the transportation of human
24    bodies deceased of a contagious or infectious disease.
25    Within the existing scope of the practice of funeral
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1funeral director, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, or
2a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern under the
3restrictions provided for in this Code, and not any other
4person employed or contracted by the licensee, may engage in
5the following activities at-need: (1) have direct contact with
6consumers and explain funeral or burial merchandise or services
7or (2) negotiate, develop, or finalize contracts with
8consumers. This paragraph shall not be construed or enforced in
9such a manner as to limit the functions of persons regulated
10under the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the Illinois
11Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the
12Cemetery Care Act, the Cemetery Association Act, the Illinois
13Insurance Code, or any other related professional regulatory
14Act.
15    The practice of funeral directing and embalming shall not
16include the phoning in of obituary notices, ordering of flowers
17for the funeral, or reporting of prices on the firm's general
18price list as required by the Federal Trade Commission Funeral
19Rule by nonlicensed persons, or like clerical tasks incidental
20to the act of making funeral arrangements.
21    The making of funeral arrangements, at need, shall be done
22only by licensed funeral directors or licensed funeral
23directors and embalmers. Licensed funeral director and
24embalmer interns may, however, assist or participate in the
25arrangements under the direct supervision of a licensed funeral
26director or licensed funeral director and embalmer.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
2    (225 ILCS 41/1-30)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
4    Sec. 1-30. Powers of the Department. Subject to the
5provisions of this Code, the Department may exercise the
6following powers:
7    (1) To authorize examinations to ascertain the
8qualifications and fitness of applicants for licensing as a
9licensed funeral director and embalmer and pass upon the
10qualifications of applicants for licensure.
11    (2) To examine the records of a licensed funeral director
12or licensed funeral director and embalmer from any year or any
13other aspect of funeral directing and embalming as the
14Department deems appropriate.
15    (3) To investigate any and all funeral directing and
16embalming activity.
17    (4) To conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
18or renew licenses or to revoke, suspend, place on probation,
19reprimand, or otherwise discipline a license under this Code or
20take other non-disciplinary action.
21    (5) To adopt all necessary and reasonable rules and
22regulations for the effective required for the administration
23of this Code.
24    (6) To prescribe forms to be issued for the administration
25and enforcement of this Code.

 

 

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1    (7) To maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all
2licensees and all persons whose licenses have been suspended,
3revoked, denied renewal, or otherwise disciplined within the
4previous calendar year. These rosters shall be available upon
5written request and payment of the required fee as established
6by rule.
7    (8) To contract with third parties for services necessary
8for the proper administration of this Code including, without
9limitation, investigators with the proper knowledge, training,
10and skills to properly inspect funeral homes and investigate
11complaints under this Code.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
13    (225 ILCS 41/5-5)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
15    Sec. 5-5. License requirement. It is unlawful for any
16person to practice, or to attempt to practice, funeral
17directing without a license as a funeral director issued by the
18Department.
19    No person shall practice funeral directing unless they are
20employed by or contracted with a fixed place of practice or
21establishment devoted to the care and preparation for burial or
22for the transportation of deceased human bodies. who does not
23have a fixed place of practice or establishment devoted to the
24care and preparation for burial or for transportation of
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1fixed place of practice or establishment.
2    No person shall practice funeral directing independently
3at the fixed place of practice or establishment of another
4licensee unless that person's name is published and displayed
5at all times in connection therewith.
6(Source: P.A. 87-966.)
 
7    (225 ILCS 41/5-10)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
9    Sec. 5-10. Funeral director license; display. Every holder
10of a license as a funeral director shall display it in a
11conspicuous place in the licensee's place of practice or in the
12place of practice in which the licensee is employed or
13contracted. If , in case the licensee is engaged in funeral
14directing at more than one place of practice, then in the
15licensee's principal place of practice or the principal place
16of practice of the licensee's employer and a copy of the
17license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at all other
18places of practice.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
20    (225 ILCS 41/5-15)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
22    Sec. 5-15. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration Expiration
23and renewal; inactive status; continuing education. The
24expiration date and renewal period for each license issued

 

 

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1under this Article shall be set by rule. The holder of a
2license as a licensed funeral director may renew the license
3during the month preceding the expiration date of the license
4by paying the required fee. A licensed funeral director whose
5license has expired may have the license reinstated within 5
6years from the date of expiration upon payment of the required
7reinstatement fee. The reinstatement shall be effective as of
8the date of reissuance of the license.
9    Any licensed funeral director whose license has been
10expired for more than 5 years may have the license restored
11only by fulfilling the requirements of the Department's rules
12and by paying the required restoration fee. However, any
13licensed funeral director whose license has expired while he or
14she has been engaged (1) in federal service on active duty with
15the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast
16Guard, or the State Militia called into the service or training
17of the United States of America or (2) in training or education
18under the supervision of the United States preliminary to
19induction into the military service may have his or her license
20restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees or restoration
21fee or without passing any examination if, within 2 years after
22termination of the service, training or education other than by
23dishonorable discharge, he or she furnishes the Department with
24an affidavit to the effect that he or she has been so engaged
25and that his or her service, training or education has been so
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1    In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a
2license or reinstatement or restoration of an expired license,
3as a condition for the renewal, reinstatement, or restoration
4of a license as a licensed funeral director, each licensee
5shall provide evidence to the Department of completion of at
6least 12 hours of continuing education during the 24 months
7preceding the expiration date of the license, or in the case of
8reinstatement or restoration, during the 24 months preceding
9application for reinstatement or restoration. The continuing
10education sponsors shall be approved by the Board. In addition,
11any qualified continuing education course for funeral
12directors offered by a college, university, the Illinois
13Funeral Directors Association, Funeral Directors Services
14Association of Greater Chicago, Cook County Association of
15Funeral Home Owners, Inc., Illinois Selected Morticians
16Association, Inc., Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home
17Association, National Funeral Directors Association, Selected
18Independent Funeral Homes, National Funeral Directors and
19Morticians Association, Inc., International Order of the
20Golden Rule, or an Illinois school of mortuary science shall be
21accepted toward satisfaction of the continuing education
22requirements.
23    The Department shall establish by rule a means for
24verification of completion of the continuing education
25required by this Section. This verification may be accomplished
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1the filing of continued education certificates with the
2Department or a qualified organization selected by the
3Department to maintain these records, or by other means
4established by the Department.
5    Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a A person
6who is licensed as a funeral director under this Code and who
7has engaged in the practice of funeral directing for at least
840 years shall be exempt from the continuing education
9requirements of this Section. Licensees who have not engaged in
10the practice of funeral directing for at least 40 years by
11January 1, 2016 shall not receive this exemption after that
12date. In addition, the Department shall establish by rule an
13exemption or exception, for a limited period of time, for
14funeral directors who, by reason of advanced age, health or
15other extreme condition should reasonably be excused from the
16continuing education requirement upon the approval of the
17Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
18on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by
19completing home study courses designed for them by sponsors.
20    Any funeral director who notifies the Department in writing
21on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or
22her license on an inactive status and shall, subject to rules
23of the Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees and
24completion of continuing education requirements until he or she
25notifies the Department in writing of an intent to restore or
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1restoration or reinstatement from inactive status shall notify
2the Department as provided by rule of the Department and pay
3the fee required by the Department for restoration or
4reinstatement of the license. Any licensee whose license is on
5inactive status shall not practice in the State of Illinois.
6    Practice on a license that has lapsed or been placed in
7inactive status is practicing without a license and a violation
8of this Code.
9(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
10    (225 ILCS 41/5-18 new)
11    Sec. 5-18. Inactive status.
12    (a) Any funeral director who notifies the Department in
13writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to
14place his or her license on an inactive status and shall,
15subject to rules of the Department, be excused from payment of
16renewal fees and completion of continuing education
17requirements until he or she notifies the Department in writing
18of an intent to restore or reinstate the license to active
19status.
20    (b) Any licensee who has permitted his or her license to
21expire or who has had his or her license on inactive status may
22have the license restored by making application to the
23Department, by filing proof acceptable to the Department of his
24or her fitness to have the license restored, and by paying the
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1certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
2If the licensee has not maintained an active practice in
3another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, then the
4Department shall determine by an evaluation program,
5established by rule, his or her fitness for restoration of the
6license and shall establish procedures and requirements for
7restoration. Any licensee whose license is on inactive status
8shall not practice in the State.
9    (c) Any licensee whose license is on inactive status or in
10a non-renewed status shall not engage in the practice of
11funeral directing in the State or use the title or advertise
12that he or she performs the services of a licensed funeral
13director. Any person violating this Section shall be considered
14to be practicing without a license and shall be subject to the
15disciplinary provisions of this Code.
 
16    (225 ILCS 41/5-20)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
18    Sec. 5-20. Disposition of unclaimed cremated remains
19residual ashes. The holder of a license is authorized at his or
20her discretion to effect a final disposition of the unclaimed
21cremated remains residual ashes of any cremated human body if
22no person lawfully entitled to the custody of the ashes makes
23or has made a proper request for them within one year of the
24date of death of the person whose body was cremated.
25(Source: P.A. 87-966.)
 

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 41/10-5)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
3    Sec. 10-5. License requirement. It is unlawful for any
4person to practice or attempt to practice funeral directing and
5embalming without being licensed by the Department.
6    No person shall practice funeral directing and embalming
7unless they are employed by or contracted with a fixed place of
8practice or establishment devoted to the care and preparation
9for burial or for the transportation of deceased human bodies.
10who does not have a fixed place of practice or establishment in
11Illinois devoted to the care and preparation for burial or for
12transportation of deceased human bodies, or who is not
13regularly employed in a fixed place of practice or
14establishment.
15    No person shall practice funeral directing and embalming
16independently at the fixed place of practice or establishment
17of another licensee unless his or her name shall be published
18and displayed at all times in connection therewith.
19    No licensed intern shall independently practice funeral
20directing and embalming; however, a licensed funeral director
21and embalmer intern may under the immediate personal
22supervision of a licensed funeral director and embalmer assist
23a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the practice of
24funeral directing and embalming.
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1intern unless he or she possesses a valid license in good
2standing to do so in the State of Illinois.
3(Source: P.A. 93-268, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4    (225 ILCS 41/10-20)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
6    Sec. 10-20. Application. Every person who desires to obtain
7a license under this Code shall apply to the Department in
8writing on forms prepared and furnished by the Department. The
9application shall contain proof of the particular
10qualifications required of the applicant, shall be certified by
11the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the required fee.
12Applicants have 3 years after the date of application to
13complete the application process. If the process has not been
14completed in 3 years, then the application shall be denied, the
15fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet
16the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
17(Source: P.A. 87-966.)
 
18    (225 ILCS 41/10-30)
19    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
20    Sec. 10-30. Issuance, display of license. Whenever an
21applicant has met the requirements of this Code, the Department
22shall issue to the applicant a license as a licensed funeral
23director and embalmer or licensed funeral director and embalmer
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1    Every holder of a license shall display it in a conspicuous
2place in the licensee's place of practice or in the place of
3practice in which the licensee is employed or contracted. If In
4case the licensee is engaged in funeral directing and embalming
5at more than one place of practice, then the license shall be
6displayed in the licensee's principal place of practice or the
7principal place of practice of the licensee's employer and a
8copy of the license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place
9at all other places of practice.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 41/10-35)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
13    Sec. 10-35. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration;
14continuing education. The expiration date and renewal period
15for each license issued under this Article shall be set by
16rule. The holder of a license as a licensed funeral director
17and embalmer or funeral director and embalmer intern may renew
18the license during the month preceding the expiration date of
19the license by paying the required fee. A licensed funeral
20director and embalmer or licensed funeral director and embalmer
21trainee whose license has expired may have the license
22reinstated within 5 years from the date of expiration upon
23payment of the required reinstatement fee and fulfilling the
24requirements of the Department's rules. The reinstatement of
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1the license.
2    Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license
3has been expired for more than 5 years may have the license
4restored only by fulfilling the requirements set forth in the
5Department's rules and by paying the required restoration fee.
6However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or licensed
7funeral director and embalmer intern whose license has expired
8while he or she has been engaged (1) in federal service on
9active duty with the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
10Air Force, or Coast Guard, or the State Militia called into the
11service or training of the United States of America or (2) in
12training or education under the supervision of the United
13States preliminary to induction into the military service, may
14have his or her license restored without paying any lapsed
15renewal fees or restoration fee or without passing any
16examination if, within 2 years after termination of the
17service, training or education other than by dishonorable
18discharge, he or she furnishes the Department with an affidavit
19to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or
20her service, training or education has been so terminated.
21    No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall
22be renewed more than twice.
23    In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a
24license or reinstatement or restoration of an expired license,
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1licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of completion
2of at least 24 hours of continuing education during the 24
3months preceding the expiration date of the license, or in the
4case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24 months
5preceding the application for reinstatement or restoration.
6The continuing education sponsors shall be approved by the
7Board. In addition, any qualified continuing education course
8for funeral directors and embalmers offered by a college,
9university, the Illinois Funeral Directors Association,
10Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicago,
11Cook County Association of Funeral Home Owners, Inc., Illinois
12Selected Morticians Associations, Inc., Illinois Cemetery and
13Funeral Home Association, National Funeral Directors
14Association, Selected Independent Funeral Homes, National
15Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc.,
16International Order of the Golden Rule, or an Illinois school
17of mortuary science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of
18the continuing education requirements.
19    The Department shall establish by rule a means for
20verification of completion of the continuing education
21required by this Section. This verification may be accomplished
22through audits of records maintained by licensees, by requiring
23the filing of continued education certificates with the
24Department or a qualified organization selected by the
25Department to maintain the records, or by other means
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1    Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a A person
2who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this
3Code and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing
4and embalming for at least 40 years shall be exempt from the
5continuing education requirements of this Section. Licensees
6who have not engaged in the practice of funeral directing and
7embalming for at least 40 years by January 1, 2016 shall not
8receive this exemption after that date. In addition, the
9Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception,
10for a limited period of time, for funeral directors and
11embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or other
12extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the
13continuing education requirement upon the approval of the
14Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
15on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by
16completing home study courses designed for them by sponsors.
17    Any funeral director and embalmer who notifies the
18Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department,
19may elect to place his or her license on an inactive status and
20shall, subject to rules of the Department, be excused from
21payment of renewal fees and completion of continuing education
22requirements until he or she notifies the Department in writing
23of an intent to restore or reinstate the license to active
24status. While on inactive status, the licensee shall only be
25required to pay a single fee, established by the Department, to
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1requesting restoration or reinstatement from inactive status
2shall notify the Department as provided by rule of the
3Department and pay the fee required by the Department for
4restoration or reinstatement of the license. Any licensee whose
5license is on inactive status shall not practice in the State
6of Illinois.
7    Practice on a license that has lapsed or been placed in
8inactive status is practicing without a license and a violation
9of this Code.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 41/10-38 new)
12    Sec. 10-38. Inactive status.
13    (a) Any funeral director and embalmer who notifies the
14Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department,
15may elect to place his or her license on an inactive status and
16shall, subject to rules of the Department, be excused from
17payment of renewal fees and completion of continuing education
18requirements until he or she notifies the Department in writing
19of an intent to restore or reinstate the license to active
20status.
21    (b) While on inactive status, the licensee shall only be
22required to pay a single fee, established by the Department, to
23have the license placed on inactive status. Any licensee who
24has permitted his or her license to expire or who has had his
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1by making application to the Department, by filing proof
2acceptable to the Department of his or her fitness to have the
3license restored, and by paying the required fees. Proof of
4fitness may include sworn evidence certifying to active lawful
5practice in another jurisdiction. If the licensee has not
6maintained an active practice in another jurisdiction
7satisfactory to the Department, then the Department shall
8determine by an evaluation program, established by rule, his or
9her fitness for restoration of the license and shall establish
10procedures and requirements for restoration.
11    (c) Any licensee whose license is on inactive status or in
12a non-renewed status shall not engage in the practice of
13funeral directing and embalming in the State or use the title
14or advertise that he or she performs the services of a licensed
15funeral director and embalmer. Any person violating this
16Section shall be considered to be practicing without a license
17and shall be subject to the disciplinary provisions of this
18Code.
 
19    (225 ILCS 41/10-43 new)
20    Sec. 10-43. Endorsement. The Department may issue a
21funeral director and embalmer license, without the required
22examination, to an applicant licensed by another state,
23territory, possession of the United States, or the District of
24Columbia, if (i) the licensing requirements of that licensing
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1the requirements set forth under this Code and (ii) the
2applicant provides the Department with evidence of good
3standing from the licensing authority of that jurisdiction. An
4applicant under this Section shall pay all of the required
5fees.
 
6    (225 ILCS 41/15-5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 2825)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
8    Sec. 15-5. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and
9Disciplinary Board. A Funeral Directors and Embalmers
10Licensing and Disciplinary Board is created and shall consist
11of 7 persons, 6 of whom are licensed to practice funeral
12directing and embalming in this State, and one who is a
13knowledgeable public member. Each member shall be appointed by
14the Secretary of the Department. The persons so appointed shall
15hold their offices for 4 years and until qualified successors
16are appointed. All vacancies occurring shall be filled by the
17Secretary for the unexpired portion of the term rendered
18vacant. No member shall be eligible to serve for more than 2
19full consecutive terms. The Secretary may remove or suspend any
20member of the Board for cause at any time before the expiration
21of his or her term. The Secretary shall be the sole arbiter of
22cause reasons prescribed by law for removal of State officials
23or for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or failing to
24attend 2 consecutive Board meetings. The cause for removal must
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1chairman from its membership. The members of the Board shall be
2reimbursed for all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred
3in attending meetings of the Board. The Board may meet as often
4as necessary to perform its duties under this Code, and shall
5meet at least once a year in Springfield, Illinois.
6    Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
7quorum is required for all Board decisions.
8    The Department shall consider the recommendation of the
9Board in the development of proposed rules under this Code.
10Notice of any proposed rulemaking under this Code shall be
11transmitted to the Board and the Department shall review the
12response of the Board and any recommendations relating to that
13rulemaking.
14    The Department shall seek the advice and recommendations of
15the Board in connection with any rulemaking or disciplinary
16actions relating to funeral director and embalmers and funeral
17director and embalmer interns, including applications for
18restoration of revoked licenses. Members of the Board shall be
19immune from suit in any action based upon any disciplinary
20proceedings or other activities performed in good faith as
21members of the Board. The Board shall have 60 days to respond
22to a Department request for advice and recommendations.
23    The Department shall adopt all necessary and reasonable
24rules and regulations for the effective administration of this
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1        (1) prescribing a method of examination of candidates;
2        (2) defining what shall constitute a school, college,
3    university, department of a university or other
4    institution to determine the reputability and good
5    standing of these institutions by reference to a compliance
6    with the rules and regulations; however, no school,
7    college, university, department of a university or other
8    institution that refuses admittance to applicants, solely
9    on account of race, color, creed, sex or national origin
10    shall be considered reputable and in good standing;
11        (3) establishing expiration dates and renewal periods
12    for all licenses;
13        (4) prescribing a method of handling complaints and
14    conducting hearings on proceedings to take disciplinary
15    action under this Code; and
16        (5) providing for licensure by reciprocity.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
18    (225 ILCS 41/15-15)
19    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
20    Sec. 15-15. Complaints; investigations; hearings; summary
21suspension of license. The Department may investigate the
22actions of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering
23or offering to render services or any person holding or
24claiming to hold a license under this Code.
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1license or seeking to discipline a licensee under Section 75
2revoking, suspending, placing on probation, reprimanding, or
3taking any other disciplinary action, at least 30 days before
4the date set for the hearing, (i) notify the accused in writing
5of the charges made and the time and place for the hearing on
6the charges, (ii) direct him or her to file a written answer to
7the charges under oath within 20 days after the service on him
8or her of the notice, and (iii) inform the applicant or
9licensee accused that, failure if he or she fails to answer,
10shall result in a default being entered will be taken against
11the applicant or licensee him or her or that his or her license
12may be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status, or
13other disciplinary action taken with regard to the license,
14including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of his or her
15practice, as the Department may consider proper.
16    At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board or the
17hearing officer appointed by the Secretary Department shall
18proceed to hear the charges and the parties or their counsel
19shall be accorded ample opportunity to present any pertinent
20statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments. The Board or
21hearing officer Department may continue the hearing from time
22to time. In case the person, after receiving the notice, fails
23to file an answer, his or her license may, in the discretion of
24the Secretary, having first received the recommendation of the
25Board Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on
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1whatever disciplinary action the Secretary it considers
2proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
3person's practice or the imposition of a fine, without a
4hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute sufficient
5grounds for that action under this Code. The written notice and
6any notice in the subsequent proceeding may be served by
7regular personal delivery or by certified mail to the
8licensee's address of record specified by the accused in his or
9her last notification with the Department.
10    The Department has the power to subpoena and bring before
11it any person to take oral or written testimony and to compel
12the production of any books, papers, records, or other
13documents that the Secretary or his or her designee deems
14relevant or material to any investigation or hearing conducted
15by the Department, with the same fees and in the same manner as
16prescribed in civil cases. The Secretary, the designated
17hearing officer, and every member of the Board has the power to
18administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the
19Department is authorized to conduct, and any other oaths
20authorized in any Act or Code administered by the Department.
21    If the Department determines that any licensee is guilty of
22a violation of any of the provisions of this Code, disciplinary
23action shall be taken against the licensee. The Department may
24take disciplinary action without a formal hearing subject to
25Section 10-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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1person licensed under this Code without a hearing,
2simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a
3hearing provided for in this Section, if the Secretary finds
4that evidence in the possession of the Secretary indicates that
5the continuation of practice by the licensee would constitute
6an imminent danger to the public. In the event that the
7Secretary summarily suspends the license of an individual
8without a hearing, a hearing must be held within 30 days after
9the suspension has occurred and concluded as expeditiously as
10practical.
11(Source: P.A. 96-48, eff. 7-17-09; 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
12    (225 ILCS 41/15-16)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
14    Sec. 15-16. Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary
15has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice
16law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in
17any action for refusal to issue, restore, or renew a license or
18to discipline a licensee. The hearing officer has full
19authority to conduct the hearing. Any Board member may attend
20hearings.
21(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
22    (225 ILCS 41/15-18 new)
23    Sec. 15-18. Temporary suspension. The Secretary may
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1hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings
2for a hearing provided in Section 15-15 of this Code, if the
3Secretary finds that the public interest, safety, or welfare
4requires such emergency action. In the event that the Secretary
5temporarily suspends a license without a hearing before the
6Board or a duly appointed hearing officer, a hearing shall be
7held within 30 days after the suspension has occurred. The
8suspended licensee may seek a continuance of the hearing,
9during which time the suspension shall remain in effect. The
10proceeding shall be concluded without appreciable delay. If the
11Department does not hold a hearing within 30 days after the
12date of the suspension, then the licensee's license shall be
13automatically reinstated.
 
14    (225 ILCS 41/15-19 new)
15    Sec. 15-19. Consent to Administrative Supervision order.
16In appropriate cases, the Department may resolve a complaint
17against a licensee through the issuance of a Consent to
18Administrative Supervision order. A licensee subject to a
19Consent to Administrative Supervision order shall be
20considered by the Department as an active licensee in good
21standing. This order shall not be reported or considered by the
22Department to be a discipline of the licensee. The records
23regarding an investigation and a Consent to Administrative
24Supervision order shall be considered confidential and shall
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1complainant shall be notified if his or her complaint has been
2resolved by a Consent to Administrative Supervision order.
 
3    (225 ILCS 41/15-20)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
5    Sec. 15-20. Transcript; record of proceedings. The
6Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all
7proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The notice of
8hearing, complaint and all other documents in the nature of
9pleadings and written motions filed in the proceedings, the
10transcript of testimony, the report of the Board or hearing
11officer, and the orders of the Department shall be the record
12of the proceedings. The Department shall furnish a transcript
13of the record to any person interested in the hearing upon
14payment of the actual cost of making the transcript.
15(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
16    (225 ILCS 41/15-21)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
18    Sec. 15-21. Findings and recommendations. At the
19conclusion of the hearing, the Board or hearing officer shall
20present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of
21fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations. The report shall
22contain a finding of whether or not the accused person violated
23this Code or its rules or failed to comply with the conditions
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1nature of any violations or failure to comply and shall make
2its recommendations to the Secretary. In making
3recommendations for any disciplinary action, the Board may take
4into consideration all facts and circumstances bearing upon the
5reasonableness of the conduct of the accused and the potential
6for future harm to the public, including, but not limited to,
7previous discipline of the accused by the Department, intent,
8degree of harm to the public and likelihood of harm in the
9future, any restitution made by the accused, and whether the
10incident or incidents contained in the complaint appear to be
11isolated or represent a continuing pattern of conduct. In
12making its recommendations for discipline, the Board shall
13endeavor to ensure that the severity of the discipline
14recommended is reasonably related to the severity of the
15violation.
16    The report of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
17recommendation of the Board or hearing officer shall be the
18basis for the Secretary's Department's order refusing to issue,
19restore, or renew a license, or otherwise disciplining a
20licensee. If the Secretary disagrees with the recommendations
21of the Board or hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an
22order in contravention of the Board or hearing officer's
23recommendations. The finding is not admissible in evidence
24against the person in a criminal prosecution brought for a
25violation of this Code, but the hearing and finding are not a
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1Code.
2(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
3    (225 ILCS 41/15-22)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
5    Sec. 15-22. Rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a
6copy of the Board or hearing officer's report shall be served
7upon the applicant or licensee by the Department, either
8personally or as provided in this Code for the service of a
9notice of hearing. Within 20 calendar days after service, the
10applicant or licensee may present to the Department a motion in
11writing for a rehearing, which shall specify the particular
12grounds for rehearing. The Department may respond to the motion
13for rehearing within 20 calendar days after its service on the
14Department. If no motion for rehearing is filed, then upon the
15expiration of the time specified for filing such a motion, or
16if a motion for rehearing is denied, then upon denial, the
17Secretary may enter an order in accordance with the
18recommendations of the Board or hearing officer. If the
19applicant or licensee orders from the reporting service and
20pays for a transcript of the record within the time for filing
21a motion for rehearing, the 20-day period within which a motion
22may be filed shall commence upon the delivery of the transcript
23to the applicant or licensee.
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1restore, or renew a license, or other discipline of an
2applicant or licensee, he or she may order a rehearing by the
3same or other hearing officers examiners.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
5    (225 ILCS 41/15-25)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
7    Sec. 15-25. Subpoenas; oaths; attendance of witnesses
8Court order; contempt.
9    (a) The Department may subpoena and bring before it any
10person to take the oral or written testimony or compel the
11production of any books, papers, records, or any other
12documents that the Secretary or his or her designee deems
13relevant or material to any investigation or hearing conducted
14by the Department with the same fees and mileage and in the
15same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this
16State.
17    (b) The Secretary, the hearing officer, any member of the
18Board, or a certified shorthand court reporter may administer
19oaths at any hearing that the Department conducts.
20Notwithstanding any other statute or Department rule to the
21contrary, all requests for testimony, production of documents,
22or records shall be in accordance with this Code.
23    (c) Any circuit court, upon application of the applicant,
24licensee or the Department, may, by order duly entered, require
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1relevant documents, files, books, records, and papers in
2connection with any hearing or investigation. The before the
3Department in any hearing relating to the refusal, suspension
4or revocation of a license. Upon refusal or neglect to obey the
5order of the court, the court may compel compliance with its
6order by proceedings for contempt of court.
7(Source: P.A. 87-966.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 41/15-40)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
10    Sec. 15-40. Certification of record; receipt. The
11Department shall not be required to certify any record to the
12court, to file an answer in court, or otherwise to appear in
13any court in a judicial review proceeding unless and until the
14Department has received from the plaintiff payment of the costs
15of furnishing and certifying the record, which costs shall be
16determined by the Department. Exhibits shall be certified
17without cost. Failure on the part of the Plaintiff to file a
18receipt in court is shall be grounds for dismissal of the
19action.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
21    (225 ILCS 41/15-41)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
23    Sec. 15-41. Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An
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1Department and purporting to be signed by the Secretary, is
2prima facie proof that:
3        (1) the signature is the genuine signature of the
4    Secretary; and
5        (2) the Secretary is duly appointed and qualified. ; and
6        (3) the hearing officer is qualified to act.
7(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 41/15-45)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
10    Sec. 15-45. Practice without license; injunction; cease
11and desist order; civil penalties.
12    (a) The practice of funeral directing and embalming or
13funeral directing by any person who has not been issued a
14license by the Department, whose license has been suspended or
15revoked, or whose license has not been renewed is hereby
16declared to be inimical to the public welfare and to constitute
17a public nuisance. The Secretary may, in the name of the People
18of the State of Illinois through the Attorney General of the
19State of Illinois, or the State's Attorney of any county in
20which the violation is alleged to have occurred in the State of
21Illinois, apply for an injunction in the circuit court to
22enjoin any person who has not been issued a license or whose
23license has been suspended or revoked, or whose license has not
24been renewed, from practicing funeral directing and embalming
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1in court, the court, if satisfied by affidavit or otherwise
2that the person is or has been practicing funeral directing and
3embalming or funeral directing without having been issued a
4license or after his or her license has been suspended,
5revoked, or not renewed, may issue a temporary restraining
6order or preliminary injunction, without notice or bond,
7enjoining the defendant from further practicing funeral
8directing and embalming or funeral directing. A copy of the
9verified complaint shall be served upon the defendant and the
10proceedings shall thereafter be conducted as in other civil
11cases. If it is established that the defendant has been or is
12practicing funeral directing and embalming or funeral
13directing without having been issued a license or has been or
14is practicing funeral directing and embalming or funeral
15directing after his or her license has been suspended, revoked,
16or not renewed, the court may enter a judgment perpetually
17enjoining the defendant from further practicing funeral
18directing and embalming or funeral directing. In case of
19violation of any injunction entered under this Section, the
20court may summarily try and punish the offender for contempt of
21court. Any injunction proceeding shall be in addition to, and
22not in lieu of, all penalties and other remedies in this Code.
23    (b) Whenever, in the opinion of the Department, any person
24or other entity violates any provision of this Code, the
25Department may issue a notice to show cause why an order to
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1other entity. The rule shall clearly set forth the grounds
2relied upon by the Department and shall provide a period of 7
3days from the date of the rule to file an answer to the
4satisfaction of the Department. Failure to answer to the
5satisfaction of the Department shall cause an order to cease
6and desist to be issued immediately.
7    (c) (Blank).
8(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 41/15-46)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
11    Sec. 15-46. Civil penalties; civil action.
12    (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any
13person, sole proprietorship, professional service corporation,
14limited liability company, partnership, or other entity that
15violates Section 1-15 or 1-20 of this Code shall forfeit and
16pay to the General Professions Dedicated Fund a civil penalty
17in an amount determined by the Department not to exceed $10,000
18for each violation. The penalty shall be assessed in
19proceedings as provided in Sections 15-10 through 15-41 of this
20Code.
21    (b) In addition to the other penalties and remedies
22provided in this Code, the Department may bring a civil action
23in the county in which the funeral establishment is located
24against a licensee or any other person to enjoin any violation
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1    (c) Unless the amount of the penalty is paid within 60 days
2after the order becomes final, the order shall constitute a
3judgment judgement and shall be filed and execution issued
4thereon in the same manner as the judgment judgement of a court
5of record.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
7    (225 ILCS 41/15-50)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
9    Sec. 15-50. Practice by corporation, limited liability
10company, partnership, or association. No corporation, limited
11liability company, partnership or association of individuals,
12as such, shall be issued a license as a licensed funeral
13director and embalmer or licensed funeral director, nor shall
14any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm
15or association of individuals, or any individual connected
16therewith, publicly advertise any corporation, partnership, or
17association of individuals as being licensed funeral directors
18and embalmers or licensed funeral directors. Nevertheless,
19nothing in this Act shall restrict funeral director licensees
20or funeral director and embalmer licensees from forming
21professional service corporations under the Professional
22Service Corporation Act or from having these corporations
23registered for the practice of funeral directing.
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1licensees, formed since July 1, 1935, shall engage in the
2practice of funeral directing and embalming or funeral
3directing under a trade name or partnership or firm name unless
4in the use and advertising of the trade name, partnership or
5firm name there is published in connection with the advertising
6the name of the owner or owners as the owner or owners.
7(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 41/15-65)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
10    Sec. 15-65. Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for
11a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of
12this Code, including but not limited to, original licensure,
13renewal, and restoration. The fees shall be nonrefundable.
14    All fees, fines, and penalties collected under this Code
15shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund
16and shall be appropriated to the Department for the ordinary
17and contingent expenses of the Department in the administration
18of this Code.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
20    (225 ILCS 41/15-70)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
22    Sec. 15-70. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
23a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to
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1it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to the
2amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. The fines
3imposed by this Section are in addition to any other discipline
4provided under this Code for unlicensed practice or practice on
5a nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify the person
6that payment of fees and fines shall be paid to the Department
7by certified check or money order within 30 calendar days of
8the notification. If, after the expiration of 30 days from the
9date of the notification, the person has failed to submit the
10necessary remittance, the Department shall automatically
11terminate the license or certificate or deny the application,
12without hearing. If, after termination or denial, the person
13seeks a license or certificate, he or she shall apply to the
14Department for restoration or issuance of the license or
15certificate and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
16The Department may establish a fee for the processing of an
17application for restoration of a license or certificate to pay
18all expenses of processing this application. The Secretary may
19waive the fines due under this Section in individual cases
20where the Secretary finds that the fines would be unreasonable
21or unnecessarily burdensome.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
23    (225 ILCS 41/15-75)
24    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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1    (a) Each of the following acts is a Class A misdemeanor for
2the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent
3offense. These penalties shall also apply to unlicensed owners
4of funeral homes.
5        (1) Practicing the profession of funeral directing and
6    embalming or funeral directing, or attempting to practice
7    the profession of funeral directing and embalming or
8    funeral directing without a license as a funeral director
9    and embalmer or funeral director.
10        (2) Serving or attempting to serve as an intern under a
11    licensed funeral director and embalmer or attempting to
12    serve as an intern under a licensed funeral director and
13    embalmer without a license as a licensed funeral director
14    and embalmer intern.
15        (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license,
16    practice or business, or any other thing of value, by fraud
17    or misrepresentation.
18        (4) Permitting any person in one's employ, under one's
19    control or in or under one's service to serve as a funeral
20    director and embalmer, funeral director, or funeral
21    director and embalmer intern when the person does not have
22    the appropriate license.
23        (5) Failing to display a license as required by this
24    Code.
25        (6) Giving false information or making a false oath or
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1    (b) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, a license
2or may revoke, suspend, place on probation or administrative
3supervision, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or
4non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem
5appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed $10,000 for
6each violation, with regard to any license under the Code for
7any one or combination of the following:
8        (1) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or
9    procuring a license under this Code or in connection with
10    applying for renewal of a license under this Code Obtaining
11    or attempting to obtain a license by fraud or
12    misrepresentation.
13        (2) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere,
14    finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by
15    sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to,
16    convictions, preceding sentences of supervision,
17    conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under
18    the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that
19    is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential
20    element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related
21    to the practice of the profession Conviction in this State
22    or another state of any crime that is a felony or
23    misdemeanor under the laws of this State or conviction of a
24    felony or misdemeanor in a federal court.
25        (3) Violation of the laws of this State relating to the
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1    bodies or of the rules and regulations of the Department,
2    or the Department of Public Health.
3        (4) Directly or indirectly paying or causing to be paid
4    any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the
5    securing of business or for obtaining authority to dispose
6    of any deceased human body.
7        (5) Professional incompetence, gross negligence,
8    malpractice, or untrustworthiness in the practice of
9    funeral directing and embalming or funeral directing.
10        (6) (Blank). False or misleading advertising as a
11    funeral director and embalmer or funeral director, or
12    advertising or using the name of a person other than the
13    holder of a license in connection with any service being
14    rendered in the practice of funeral directing and embalming
15    or funeral directing. Nothing in this paragraph shall
16    prevent including the name of any owner, officer or
17    corporate director of a funeral business who is not a
18    licensee in any advertisement used by a funeral home with
19    which the individual is affiliated if the advertisement
20    specifies the individual's affiliation with the funeral
21    home.
22        (7) Engaging in, promoting, selling, or issuing burial
23    contracts, burial certificates, or burial insurance
24    policies in connection with the profession as a funeral
25    director and embalmer, funeral director, or funeral
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1    the State of Illinois.
2        (8) Refusing, without cause, to surrender the custody
3    of a deceased human body upon the proper request of the
4    person or persons lawfully entitled to the custody of the
5    body.
6        (9) Taking undue advantage of a client or clients as to
7    amount to the perpetration of fraud.
8        (10) Engaging in funeral directing and embalming or
9    funeral directing without a license.
10        (11) Encouraging, requesting, or suggesting by a
11    licensee or some person working on his behalf and with his
12    consent for compensation that a person utilize the services
13    of a certain funeral director and embalmer, funeral
14    director, or funeral establishment unless that information
15    has been expressly requested by the person. This does not
16    prohibit general advertising or pre-need solicitation.
17        (12) Making or causing to be made any false or
18    misleading statements about the laws concerning the
19    disposition disposal of human remains, including, but not
20    limited to, the need to embalm, the need for a casket for
21    cremation or the need for an outer burial container.
22        (13) (Blank).
23        (14) Embalming or attempting to embalm a deceased human
24    body without express prior authorization of the person
25    responsible for making the funeral arrangements for the
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1    directed by local authorities who have jurisdiction or when
2    embalming is required by State or local law. A licensee may
3    embalm without express prior authorization if a good faith
4    effort has been made to contact family members and has been
5    unsuccessful and the licensee has no reason to believe the
6    family opposes embalming.
7        (15) Making a false statement on a Certificate of Death
8    where the person making the statement knew or should have
9    known that the statement was false.
10        (16) Soliciting human bodies after death or while death
11    is imminent.
12        (17) Performing any act or practice that is a violation
13    of this Code, the rules for the administration of this
14    Code, or any federal, State or local laws, rules, or
15    regulations governing the practice of funeral directing or
16    embalming.
17        (18) Performing any act or practice that is a violation
18    of Section 2 of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
19    Practices Act.
20        (19) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
21    unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
22    defraud or harm the public.
23        (20) Taking possession of a dead human body without
24    having first obtained express permission from the person
25    holding the right to control the disposition in accordance
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1    kin or a public agency legally authorized to direct,
2    control or permit the removal of deceased human bodies.
3        (21) Advertising in a false or misleading manner or
4    advertising using the name of an unlicensed person in
5    connection with any service being rendered in the practice
6    of funeral directing or funeral directing and embalming.
7    The use of any name of an unlicensed or unregistered person
8    in an advertisement so as to imply that the person will
9    perform services is considered misleading advertising.
10    Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent including the name
11    of any owner, officer or corporate director of a funeral
12    home, who is not a licensee, in any advertisement used by a
13    funeral home with which the individual is affiliated, if
14    the advertisement specifies the individual's affiliation
15    with the funeral home.
16        (22) Charging for professional services not rendered,
17    including filing false statements for the collection of
18    fees for which services are not rendered Directly or
19    indirectly receiving compensation for any professional
20    services not actually performed.
21        (23) Failing to account for or remit any monies,
22    documents, or personal property that belongs to others that
23    comes into a licensee's possession.
24        (24) Treating any person differently to his detriment
25    because of race, color, creed, gender, religion, or
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1        (25) Knowingly making any false statements, oral or
2    otherwise, of a character likely to influence, persuade or
3    induce others in the course of performing professional
4    services or activities.
5        (26) Willfully Knowingly making or filing false
6    records or reports in the practice of funeral directing and
7    embalming, including, but not limited to, false records
8    filed with State agencies or departments.
9        (27) Failing to acquire continuing education required
10    under this Code.
11        (28) (Blank). Violations of this Code or of the rules
12    adopted pursuant to this Code.
13        (29) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
14    any provision of this Code or rules adopted pursuant to
15    this Code.
16        (30) Failing within 10 days, to provide information in
17    response to a written request made by the Department.
18        (31) Discipline by another state, District of
19    Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, or governmental
20    agency, if at least one of the grounds for the discipline
21    is the same or substantially equivalent to those set forth
22    in this Section.
23        (32) (Blank). Directly or indirectly giving to or
24    receiving from any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
25    or association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form
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1    personally rendered.
2        (33) Mental illness or disability which results in the
3    inability Inability to practice the profession with
4    reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
5        (34) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for
6    professional services, including filing false statements
7    for collection of fees for which services are not rendered.
8        (35) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
9    deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor
10    skill which results in a licensee's inability to practice
11    under this Code with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety
12    A pattern of practice or other behavior that demonstrates
13    incapacity or incompetence to practice under this Code.
14        (36) Failing to comply with any of the following
15    required activities:
16            (A) When reasonably possible, a funeral director
17        licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee or
18        anyone acting on his or her behalf shall obtain the
19        express authorization of the person or persons
20        responsible for making the funeral arrangements for a
21        deceased human body prior to removing a body from the
22        place of death or any place it may be or embalming or
23        attempting to embalm a deceased human body, unless
24        required by State or local law. This requirement is
25        waived whenever removal or embalming is directed by
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1        responsibility for the handling of the remains
2        lawfully falls under the jurisdiction of a public
3        agency, then the regulations of the public agency shall
4        prevail.
5            (B) A licensee shall clearly mark the price of any
6        casket offered for sale or the price of any service
7        using the casket on or in the casket if the casket is
8        displayed at the funeral establishment. If the casket
9        is displayed at any other location, regardless of
10        whether the licensee is in control of that location,
11        the casket shall be clearly marked and the registrant
12        shall use books, catalogues, brochures, or other
13        printed display aids to show the price of each casket
14        or service.
15            (C) At the time funeral arrangements are made and
16        prior to rendering the funeral services, a licensee
17        shall furnish a written statement of services to be
18        retained by the person or persons making the funeral
19        arrangements, signed by both parties, that shall
20        contain: (i) the name, address and telephone number of
21        the funeral establishment and the date on which the
22        arrangements were made; (ii) the price of the service
23        selected and the services and merchandise included for
24        that price; (iii) a clear disclosure that the person or
25        persons making the arrangement may decline and receive
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1        not required by law or the funeral director or the
2        funeral director and embalmer; (iv) the supplemental
3        items of service and merchandise requested and the
4        price of each item; (v) the terms or method of payment
5        agreed upon; and (vi) a statement as to any monetary
6        advances made by the registrant on behalf of the
7        family. The licensee shall maintain a copy of the
8        written statement of services in its permanent
9        records. All written statements of services are
10        subject to inspection by the Department.
11            (D) In all instances where the place of final
12        disposition of a deceased human body or the cremated
13        remains of a deceased human body is a cemetery, the
14        licensed funeral director and embalmer, or licensed
15        funeral director, who has been engaged to provide
16        funeral or embalming services shall remain at the
17        cemetery and personally witness the placement of the
18        human remains in their designated grave or the sealing
19        of the above ground depository, crypt, or urn. The
20        licensed funeral director or licensed funeral director
21        and embalmer may designate a licensed funeral director
22        and embalmer intern or representative of the funeral
23        home to be his or her witness to the placement of the
24        remains. If the cemetery authority, cemetery manager,
25        or any other agent of the cemetery takes any action
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1        the funeral director and embalmer or funeral director
2        shall provide written notice to the Department within 5
3        business days after failing to comply. If the
4        Department receives this notice, then the Department
5        shall not take any disciplinary action against the
6        funeral director and embalmer or funeral director for a
7        violation of this paragraph (D) unless the Department
8        finds that the cemetery authority, manager, or any
9        other agent of the cemetery did not prevent the funeral
10        director and embalmer or funeral director from
11        complying with this paragraph (D) as claimed in the
12        written notice.
13            (E) A funeral director or funeral director and
14        embalmer shall fully complete the portion of the
15        Certificate of Death under the responsibility of the
16        funeral director or funeral director and embalmer and
17        provide all required information. In the event that any
18        reported information subsequently changes or proves
19        incorrect, a funeral director or funeral director and
20        embalmer shall immediately upon learning the correct
21        information correct the Certificate of Death.
22        (37) A finding by the Department that the license,
23    after having his or her license placed on probationary
24    status or subjected to conditions or restrictions,
25    violated the terms of the probation or failed to comply
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1        (38) (Blank). Violation of any final administrative
2    action of the Secretary.
3        (39) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
4    report by the Department of Children and Family Services
5    pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
6    and, upon proof by clear and convincing evidence, being
7    found to have caused a child to be an abused child or
8    neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
9    Child Reporting Act.
10        (40) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs
11    defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any
12    other substance which results in the inability to practice
13    with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
14        (41) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by
15    law, an assumed name.
16        (42) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing
17    examination administered under this Code.
18    (c) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
19suspend without a hearing, as provided for in the Department of
20Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
21Illinois, the license of any person who fails to file a return,
22to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or
23to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest as
24required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department
25of Revenue, until the time as the requirements of the tax Act
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12105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the
2Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
3    (d) No action may be taken under this Code against a person
4licensed under this Code unless the action is commenced within
55 years after the occurrence of the alleged violations. A
6continuing violation shall be deemed to have occurred on the
7date when the circumstances last existed that give rise to the
8alleged violation.
9    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed or enforced
10to give a funeral director and embalmer, or his or her
11designees, authority over the operation of a cemetery or over
12cemetery employees. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
13or enforced to impose duties or penalties on cemeteries with
14respect to the timing of the placement of human remains in
15their designated grave or the sealing of the above ground
16depository, crypt, or urn due to patron safety, the allocation
17of cemetery staffing, liability insurance, a collective
18bargaining agreement, or other such reasons.
19    (f) All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid 60
20days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine.
21    (g) The Department shall deny a license or renewal
22authorized by this Code to a person who has defaulted on an
23educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the
24Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental
25agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection
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1Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
2    (h) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family
3Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential
4licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of
5child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to
6the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or
7may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other
8disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the
9certification of delinquency made by the Department of
10Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of
11subsection (g) of Section 1205-15 of the Department of
12Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
13Illinois.
14    (i) A person not licensed under this Code who is an owner
15of a funeral establishment or funeral business shall not aid,
16abet, assist, procure, advise, employ, or contract with any
17unlicensed person to offer funeral services or aid, abet,
18assist, or direct any licensed person contrary to or in
19violation of any rules or provisions of this Code. A person
20violating this subsection shall be treated as a licensee for
21the purposes of disciplinary action under this Section and
22shall be subject to cease and desist orders as provided in this
23Code, the imposition of a fine up to $10,000 for each violation
24and any other penalty provided by law.
25    (j) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is
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1provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
2Code, as amended, operates as an automatic suspension. The
3suspension may end only upon a finding by a court that the
4licensee is no longer subject to the involuntary admission or
5judicial admission and issues an order so finding and
6discharging the licensee, and upon the recommendation of the
7Board to the Secretary that the licensee be allowed to resume
8his or her practice.
9    (k) In enforcing this Code, the Department, upon a showing
10of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to
11practice under this Code, or who has applied for licensure
12under this Code, to submit to a mental or physical examination,
13or both, as required by and at the expense of the Department.
14The Department may order the examining physician to present
15testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the
16licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by
17reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to
18communications between the licensee or applicant and the
19examining physician. The examining physicians shall be
20specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be
21examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician
22of his or her choice present during all aspects of this
23examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician
24licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of
25an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination,
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1hearing.
2    A person holding a license under this Code or who has
3applied for a license under this Code who, because of a
4physical or mental illness or disability, including, but not
5limited to, deterioration through the aging process or loss of
6motor skill, is unable to practice the profession with
7reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, may be required by the
8Department to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by
9physicians approved or designated by the Department as a
10condition, term, or restriction for continued, reinstated, or
11renewed licensure to practice. Submission to care, counseling,
12or treatment as required by the Department shall not be
13considered discipline of a license. If the licensee refuses to
14enter into a care, counseling, or treatment agreement or fails
15to abide by the terms of the agreement, the Department may file
16a complaint to revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the
17license of the individual. The Secretary may order the license
18suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the Department.
19Fines shall not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving
20physical or mental illness or impairment.
21    In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a
22person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's
23license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after
24the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The
25Department shall have the authority to review the subject
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1impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal
2statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of
3medical records.
4    An individual licensed under this Code and affected under
5this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to
6the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance
7with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions
8of his or her license.
9(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
10    (225 ILCS 41/15-76)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
12    Sec. 15-76. Vehicle traffic control. A funeral director
13licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee planning an
14a interment, inurnment, or entombment at a cemetery shall use
15his or her its reasonable best efforts to ensure that funeral
16processions entering and exiting the cemetery grounds do not
17obstruct traffic on any street for a period in excess of 10
18minutes, except where such funeral procession is continuously
19moving or cannot be moved by reason of circumstances over which
20the licensee cemetery authority has no reasonable control. The
21funeral director licensee or funeral director and embalmer
22licensee arranging funeral processions to the cemetery shall
23use his or her its reasonable best efforts to help prevent
24multiple funeral processions from arriving at the cemetery
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1to the contrary, any funeral director licensee or funeral
2director and embalmer licensee who violates the provisions of
3this Section shall be guilty of a business offense and receive
4punishable by a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.
5(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
6    (225 ILCS 41/15-77)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
8    Sec. 15-77. Method of payment, receipt. No licensee shall
9require payment for any goods or services by cash only.
10Licensees Each licensee subject to this Section shall permit
11payment by at least one other option, including, but not
12limited to, personal check, cashier's check, money order, or
13credit or debit card. In addition to the statement of services,
14the licensee shall provide a receipt to the consumer upon
15payment in part or in full, whatever the case may be.
16(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 41/15-80)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
19    Sec. 15-80. Statement of place of practice; roster. Each
20applicant for a funeral director and embalmer's license shall
21with his or her application submit a statement of the place of
22practice, ownership, names and license numbers of all funeral
23directors and embalmers and funeral directors associated with
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1    The Department shall maintain a roster of names and
2addresses of all persons who hold valid licenses and all
3persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked within
4the previous year. This roster shall be available upon request
5and payment of the required fee. The Department shall keep a
6record, which shall be open to public inspection at all
7reasonable times, of its proceedings relating to the issuance,
8refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of licenses. This
9record shall also contain the name, known place of practice and
10residence, and the date and number of the license of every
11licensed funeral director and embalmer, licensed funeral
12director, and licensed funeral director and embalmer intern in
13this State.
14    The Department shall publish an annual list of the names
15and addresses of all licensees registered by it under the
16provisions of this Code, and of all persons whose licenses have
17been suspended or revoked within the past year, together with
18other information relative to the enforcement of the provisions
19of this Code as it may deem of interest to the public. One list
20shall be mailed to each local registrar of vital statistics
21upon request by the registrar. Lists shall also be mailed by
22the Department to any person in the State upon request.
23(Source: P.A. 93-268, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
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1    Sec. 15-85. Duties of public institution; regulation by
2local government. No provision of this Code shall apply to, or
3in any way interfere with, the duties of any officer of any
4public institution; nor with the duties of any officer of a
5medical college, county medical society, anatomical
6association, college of embalming, or any other recognized
7person carrying out the laws of the State of Illinois
8prescribing the conditions under which indigent dead human
9bodies are held subject for scientific or anatomical study; nor
10with the customs or rites of any religious sect in the funeral
11and burial of their dead.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
13    (225 ILCS 41/15-91)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
15    Sec. 15-91. Denial of license. If the Department determines
16that an application for licensure should be denied pursuant to
17Section 15-75, then the applicant shall be sent a notice of
18intent to deny license or exemption from licensure and the
19applicant shall be given the opportunity to request, within 20
20days of the notice, a hearing on the denial. If the applicant
21requests a hearing, then the Secretary shall schedule a hearing
22within 30 days after the request for a hearing, unless
23otherwise agreed to by the parties. The Secretary shall have
24the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed to practice
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1The hearing officer shall have full authority to conduct the
2hearing. The hearing shall be held at the time and place
3designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall have the
4authority to prescribe rules for the administration of this
5Section.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
7    (225 ILCS 41/15-115 new)
8    Sec. 15-115. Confidentiality. All information collected
9by the Department in the course of an examination or
10investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not
11limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the
12Department and information collected to investigate any such
13complaint, shall be maintained for the confidential use of the
14Department and shall not be disclosed. The Department shall not
15disclose the information to anyone other than law enforcement
16officials, regulatory agencies that have an appropriate
17regulatory interest as determined by the Secretary, or a party
18presenting a lawful subpoena to the Department. Information and
19documents disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law
20enforcement agency shall not be disclosed by the agency for any
21purpose to any other agency or person. A formal complaint filed
22against a licensee by the Department or any order issued by the
23Department against a licensee or applicant shall be a public
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1    (225 ILCS 41/20-15)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
3    Sec. 20-15. Home rule. The regulation and licensing
4provided for in this Code are exclusive powers and functions of
5the State. A home rule unit may not regulate or license funeral
6directors, funeral director and embalmers, customer service
7employees, or any activities relating to the services of
8funeral directing and embalming. This Section is a denial and
9limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
10(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
12    (225 ILCS 41/10-40 rep.)
13    (225 ILCS 41/15-71 rep.)
14    (225 ILCS 41/15-110 rep.)
15    Section 10. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
16Code is amended by repealing Sections 10-40, 15-71, and 15-110.
 
17    Section 15. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended by
18changing Section 25-75 as follows:
 
19    (225 ILCS 411/25-75)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
21    Sec. 25-75. Cemetery Relief Fund.
22    (a) A special income-earning fund is hereby created in the
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1    (b) Beginning on July 1, 2011, and occurring on an annual
2basis every year thereafter, three percent of the moneys in the
3Cemetery Oversight Licensing and Disciplinary Fund shall be
4transferred deposited into the Cemetery Relief Fund.
5    (c) All monies transferred deposited into the fund together
6with all accumulated undistributed income thereon shall be held
7as a special fund in the State treasury. The fund shall be used
8solely for the purpose of providing grants to units of local
9government and not-for-profit organizations, including, but
10not limited to, not-for-profit cemetery authorities, to clean
11up cemeteries that have been abandoned, neglected, or are
12otherwise in need of additional care.
13    (d) The grant program shall be administered by the
14Department.
15    (e) In the event there is a structural surplus in the
16Cemetery Oversight Licensing and Disciplinary Fund, the
17Department may expend moneys out of the Cemetery Oversight
18Licensing and Disciplinary Fund for the purposes described in
19subsection (c) of this Section.
20(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.".