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225 ILCS 41/10-5

(225 ILCS 41/10-5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 10-5. License requirement.

It is unlawful for any person to
practice or attempt to practice funeral directing and embalming without
being licensed by the Department.

No person shall practice funeral directing and embalming unless he or she is employed by or contracted with a fixed place of practice or establishment devoted to the care and preparation for burial or for the transportation of deceased human bodies.

No person shall practice funeral directing and embalming independently at
the fixed place of practice or establishment of another licensee unless his
or her name shall be published and displayed at all times in connection
therewith.

No licensed intern shall independently practice funeral
directing and
embalming; however, a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern may under
the immediate personal supervision of a licensed funeral
director and
embalmer assist a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the practice of
funeral directing and embalming.

No person shall practice as a funeral director and embalmer
intern unless he or she possesses a valid license in good
standing to do
so in the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)