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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-20.6 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-20.6 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12-20.6. Abuse of a corpse. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Corpse" means the dead body of a human being. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Sexual conduct" has the meaning ascribed to the term | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | in Section 11-0.1 of this Code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) A person commits abuse of a corpse if he or she | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | intentionally: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1) engages in sexual conduct with a corpse or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | involving a corpse; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) removes or carries away a corpse and is not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | authorized by law to do so. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) Sentence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (1) A person convicted of violating paragraph (1) of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 2
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21 | felony. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (2) A person convicted of violating paragraph (2) of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4
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1 | felony. | ||||||
2 | (d) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section does | ||||||
3 | not apply to: | ||||||
4 | (1) persons employed by a county medical examiner's | ||||||
5 | office or coroner's office acting within the
scope of their | ||||||
6 | employment while performing an autopsy; | ||||||
7 | (2) the acts of a licensed funeral director or embalmer | ||||||
8 | while performing acts authorized by the
Funeral Directors | ||||||
9 | and Embalmers Licensing Code; | ||||||
10 | (3) the acts of emergency medical personnel or | ||||||
11 | physicians performed in good faith and according
to the | ||||||
12 | usual and customary standards of medical practice in an | ||||||
13 | attempt to resuscitate a life; or | ||||||
14 | (4) physicians licensed to practice medicine in a11 of | ||||||
15 | its branches or holding a visiting professor,
physician, or | ||||||
16 | resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987,
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17 | performing acts in accordance with usual and customary | ||||||
18 | standards of medical practice, or a
currently enrolled | ||||||
19 | student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of | ||||||
20 | his or her education at the accredited medical school.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
22 | 1, 2013.
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