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| Public Act 103-0419 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing | ||||
Code is amended by changing Section 10-35 as follows: | ||||
(225 ILCS 41/10-35) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | ||||
Sec. 10-35. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration. The
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expiration date and renewal period for each license issued | ||||
under this Article
shall be set by rule. The holder of a | ||||
license as a licensed funeral director
and embalmer or funeral | ||||
director and embalmer intern may renew
the license
during the | ||||
month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying | ||||
the
required fee. A licensed funeral director and embalmer or | ||||
licensed funeral
director and embalmer trainee whose license | ||||
has expired may have the license
reinstated within 5 years | ||||
from the date of expiration upon payment of the
required | ||||
reinstatement fee and fulfilling the requirements of the | ||||
Department's
rules. The reinstatement of the license is | ||||
effective as of the date of the
reissuance of the license. | ||||
Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license | ||||
has been expired
for more than 5 years may have the license | ||||
restored only by fulfilling the
requirements set forth in the | ||||
Department's rules and by paying the required
restoration fee. | ||
However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or
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licensed funeral director and embalmer intern whose license | ||
has
expired while
he or she has been engaged (1) in federal | ||
service on active duty with the United States Army,
Navy, | ||
Marine Corps, Air Force,
or Coast Guard, or the State Militia | ||
called into the service or training of
the United States of | ||
America or (2) in training or education under the
supervision | ||
of the United States preliminary to induction into the | ||
military
service, may have his or her license restored without | ||
paying
any lapsed renewal fees or
restoration fee or without | ||
passing any examination if, within 2 years after
termination | ||
of the service, training or education other than by | ||
dishonorable
discharge, he or she furnishes the Department | ||
with an
affidavit to the
effect that he or she has been so | ||
engaged and that his or her service, training
or education has | ||
been so terminated. | ||
No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall | ||
be
renewed more
than twice. | ||
In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a | ||
license or
reinstatement or restoration of an expired license, | ||
as a condition for the renewal,
reinstatement, or restoration | ||
of a license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, each
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licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of | ||
completion of at least 24
hours of continuing education during | ||
the 24 months preceding the expiration
date of the license, or | ||
in the case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24 | ||
months
preceding the application for reinstatement or | ||
restoration. The continuing education sponsors
shall be | ||
approved by the Board. In addition, any qualified continuing
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education course for funeral directors and embalmers offered | ||
by a college,
university, the Illinois Funeral Directors | ||
Association, Funeral Directors
Services Association of Greater | ||
Chicago, Cook County Association of
Funeral Home Owners, Inc., | ||
Illinois Selected Morticians
Associations, Inc., Illinois | ||
Cemetery and Funeral Home Association,
National Funeral | ||
Directors Association,
Selected Independent Funeral Homes, | ||
National Funeral
Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., | ||
International Order of the
Golden Rule, or an Illinois school | ||
of mortuary
science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of | ||
the continuing
education requirements. | ||
The Department shall establish by rule a means for | ||
verification of
completion of the continuing education | ||
required by this Section. This
verification may be | ||
accomplished through audits of records maintained by
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licensees, by requiring the filing of continued education | ||
certificates
with the Department or a qualified organization | ||
selected by the Department
to maintain the records, or by | ||
other means established by the Department. | ||
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a person | ||
who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this | ||
Code
and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing | ||
and embalming for
at least 40
years shall be exempt from the | ||
continuing education requirements of this
Section. Licensees | ||
who have not engaged in the practice of funeral directing and | ||
embalming for at least 40 years by January 1, 2016 shall not | ||
receive this exemption after that date. In addition,
the | ||
Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception, | ||
for a limited period of time, for
funeral directors and | ||
embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or
other | ||
extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the | ||
continuing
education requirement upon the approval of the | ||
Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
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on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by | ||
completing home
study courses designed for them by sponsors. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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