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225 ILCS 41/1-10

    (225 ILCS 41/1-10)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-907)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
    Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Code:

"Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file.

"Applicant" means any person making application for a license. Any applicants or people who hold themselves out as applicants are considered licensees for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

"Board" means the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and
Disciplinary Board.

    "Certificate of Death" means a certificate of death as referenced in the Illinois Vital Records Act.
    "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.

"Funeral director and embalmer" means a person who is
licensed and qualified to practice funeral directing and to prepare,
disinfect and preserve dead human bodies by the injection or external
application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids and
materials and to use derma surgery or plastic art for the restoring of
mutilated features.  It further means a person who restores the remains of
a person for the purpose of funeralization whose organs or bone or tissue
has been donated for anatomical purposes.

"Funeral director and embalmer intern" means a person
licensed by the Department
who is qualified to render assistance to a funeral director and embalmer in
carrying out the practice of funeral directing and embalming under the
supervision of the funeral director and embalmer.

"Embalming" means the process of sanitizing and chemically treating
a deceased human body in order to reduce the presence and growth of
microorganisms, to retard organic decomposition, to render the remains safe
to handle while retaining naturalness of tissue, and to restore an
acceptable physical appearance for funeral viewing purposes.

"Funeral director" means a person, known by the title of "funeral
director" or other similar words or titles, licensed by the Department who
practices funeral directing.

"Funeral establishment", "funeral chapel", "funeral home", or
"mortuary" means a building or separate portion of a building having a
specific street address or location and devoted to activities relating to
the shelter, care, custody and preparation of a deceased human body and
which may contain facilities for funeral or wake services.

"Licensee" means a person licensed under this Code as a funeral director, funeral director and embalmer, or funeral director and embalmer intern.  Anyone who holds himself or herself out as a licensee or who is accused of unlicensed practice is considered a licensee for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

"Owner" means the individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,
trust, estate, or agent thereof, or other person or combination of
persons who owns a funeral establishment or funeral business.

"Person" means any individual, partnership, association, firm,
corporation, limited liability company, trust or estate, or other entity. "Person" includes both natural persons and legal entities.

    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.
(Source: P.A. 102-881, eff. 1-1-23.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-907)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
    Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Code:

"Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file.

"Applicant" means any person making application for a license. Any applicants or people who hold themselves out as applicants are considered licensees for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

    "Board" means the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and Disciplinary Board.
    "Certificate of Death" means a certificate of death as referenced in the Illinois Vital Records Act.

"Chain of custody record" means a record that establishes the continuous control of a uniquely identified body, body parts, or human remains.

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

"Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.

"Funeral director and embalmer" means a person who is licensed and qualified to practice funeral directing and to prepare, disinfect and preserve dead human bodies by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids and materials and to use derma surgery or plastic art for the restoring of mutilated features. It further means a person who restores the remains of a person for the purpose of funeralization whose organs or bone or tissue has been donated for anatomical purposes.

"Funeral director and embalmer intern" means a person licensed by the Department who is qualified to render assistance to a funeral director and embalmer in carrying out the practice of funeral directing and embalming under the supervision of the funeral director and embalmer.

"Embalming" means the process of sanitizing and chemically treating a deceased human body in order to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to retard organic decomposition, to render the remains safe to handle while retaining naturalness of tissue, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance for funeral viewing purposes.

"Funeral director" means a person, known by the title of "funeral director" or other similar words or titles, licensed by the Department who practices funeral directing.

"Funeral establishment", "funeral chapel", "funeral home", or "mortuary" means a building or separate portion of a building having a specific street address or location and devoted to activities relating to the shelter, care, custody and preparation of a deceased human body and which may contain facilities for funeral or wake services.

"Licensee" means a person licensed under this Code as a funeral director, funeral director and embalmer, or funeral director and embalmer intern. Anyone who holds himself or herself out as a licensee or who is accused of unlicensed practice is considered a licensee for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

"Owner" means the individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, estate, or agent thereof, or other person or combination of persons who owns a funeral establishment or funeral business.

"Person" means any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust or estate, or other entity. "Person" includes both natural persons and legal entities.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Uniquely identified" means providing the deceased with individualized identification.
(Source: P.A. 102-881, eff. 1-1-23; 103-907, eff. 1-1-25.)