Section 1249.10  Definitions

Terms not defined in this Section shall have the same meaning as in the Cemetery Oversight Act.  The following definitions are applicable for purposes of this Part:

"Acre" means a United States survey acre of 43,560 square feet.

"Act" means the Cemetery Oversight Act [225 ILCS 411].

"Board" means the Cemetery Oversight Board.

"Burial index" means a set of burial records, kept alphabetically or chronologically, of sufficient detail to allow an informed person to uniquely locate the place of an interment on a cemetery's map or plat.

"Database" means the Cemetery Oversight Database under Section 20-6 of the Act.

"Confidential information" means information including a person's social security number, driver's license number, personal finance information, home or personal telephone number, home address, personal email addresses, and other information protected by law.

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation with the authority delegated by the Secretary.

"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.

"Examination" means a review of the books, records, operations and affairs of the cemetery authority, including any subsidiary of or entity affiliated with the authority, conducted by a Division investigator.

"Renewal cycle" means the time period between either application or the last renewal, whichever is more recent, and the next renewal date under Section 1249.30, typically 2 years for licensees and 4 years for cemetery authorities maintaining a full or partial exemption.

"Renewal period" means the time during which the Division accepts renewal applications.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.