Sen. Emil Jones, III

Filed: 3/17/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1853

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1853, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Cemetery Consumer Bill of Rights Act.
 
7    Section 5. Definitions.
8    "Cemetery authority" means any individual or legal entity
9that owns or controls cemetery lands or property.
10    "Cemetery merchandise" means items of personal property
11normally sold by a cemetery authority not covered under the
12Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, including, but not
13limited to: (1) memorials, (2) markers, (3) monuments, (4)
14foundations and installations, and (5) outer burial
15containers.
16    "Cemetery services" means those services customarily

 

 

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1performed by cemetery or crematory personnel in connection with
2the interment, entombment, inurnment, or cremation of a dead
3human body.
4    "Term burial" means a right of interment sold to a consumer
5in which the cemetery authority retains the right to disinter
6and relocate the remains.
 
7    Section 10. Consumer privileges.
8     (a) A record of decedent's grave location shall be open to
9public inspection consistent with State and federal law. The
10cemetery authority shall make available, consistent with State
11and federal law, a true copy of the grave location of a
12decedent currently in the cemetery authorities records, upon
13written request and payment of reasonable copy costs. At the
14time of the interment, entombment, or inurnment, the cemetery
15authority shall provide the record of the deceased's grave
16location to the person who would have authority to dispose of
17the decedent's remains under the Disposition of Remains Act.
18    (b) Consumers have the right to purchase cemetery
19merchandise or cemetery services directly from the cemetery
20authority when available or through a third-party vendor of the
21consumer's choice, other than opening and closing services,
22without incurring a penalty or additional charge by the
23cemetery authority; provided, however, that consumers do not
24have the right to purchase types of cemetery merchandise or
25cemetery services that would violate applicable law, any

 

 

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1collective bargaining agreement, or the cemetery authority's
2rules and regulations.
3    (c) Consumers have the right to complain to the cemetery
4authority regarding cemetery-related products purchased from
5the cemetery and services as well as issues with customer
6service, maintenance, or other cemetery activities for which
7they have paid for.
 
8    Section 15. Cemetery duties for all cemetery authorities.
9    (a) Prices for all cemetery merchandise and cemetery
10services offered for sale by the cemetery authority must be
11disclosed to the consumer in writing on a standardized price
12list. Memorialization pricing may be disclosed in price ranges.
13The price list shall include the effective dates of the prices.
14The price list shall include not only the range of interment,
15inurnment, and entombment rights and the cost of extending the
16term of any term burial, but also any related cemetery
17merchandise or cemetery services offered by the cemetery
18authority that are standard but are not incidentals, such as
19flowers and later date inscriptions or any items that are
20specialty items that need to be priced separately. Charges for
21installation of markers, monuments, and vaults in cemeteries
22must be the same without regard to where the item is purchased.
23    (b) Both the consumer and the cemetery authority or its
24representative must sign a contract for the interment,
25inurnment, or entombment of human remains. Before a contract is

 

 

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1signed, the prices for the purchased cemetery services and
2cemetery merchandise must be disclosed on the contract and in
3plain language. If a contract is for a term burial, the term,
4the option to extend the term, and the subsequent disposition
5of the human remains post-term must be in bold print and
6discussed with the consumer. Any contract for the sale of an
7interment right, entombment right, or inurnment right, when
8designated, must disclose the exact location of the burial plot
9based on the survey of the cemetery map or plat on file with
10the cemetery authority.
11    (c) A cemetery authority that has the legal right to extend
12a term burial shall, prior to disinterment, provide the family
13or other authorized agent under the Disposition of Remains Act
14the opportunity to extend the term of a term burial for the
15cost as stated on the cemetery authority's current price list.
16Regardless of whether the family or other authorized agent
17chooses to extend the term burial, the cemetery authority
18shall, prior to disinterment, provide notice to the family or
19other authorized agent under the Disposition of Remains Act of
20the cemetery authority's intention to disinter the remains and
21to inter different human remains in that space.
22    (d) The cemetery authority is hereby authorized to make
23bylaws or rules and regulations for the government thereof, and
24to make rules regarding the driving of cars, motorcycles,
25carriages, processions, teams, and the speed thereof, the use
26of avenues, lots, walks, ponds, water courses, vaults,

 

 

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1buildings, or other places within such cemetery, the operations
2and good management in such cemetery, the protection of
3visitors, the protection of employees, and for the maintenance
4of good order and quiet in such cemetery. All such rules shall
5be subject to the rights of interment, entombment, or inurnment
6right owners or others, owning any interest in such cemetery.
7The rules and regulations must be reasonable.
8    (e) No cemetery authority or its agent may engage in
9deceptive or unfair practices. The cemetery authority and its
10agents may not intentionally misrepresent legal or cemetery
11requirements.
12    (f) When a consumer purchases a grave liner or outer burial
13container the consumer shall be notified that neither grave
14liners nor outer burial containers are designed to prevent the
15eventual decomposition of human remains. When selling an outer
16burial container or grave liner a cemetery may not claim that
17an outer burial container will not crack or keep water, dirt,
18or other debris from penetrating into the casket.
19     (g) No cemetery authority shall disclose financial or
20other confidential information consisting of social security
21number, date of birth, driver's license number, home or
22employer address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other
23information protected by State and federal laws regarding the
24deceased or the person providing for the burial.
25    (h) All cemetery authorities shall maintain cemetery
26property adequately pursuant to the standard of care provided

 

 

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1for in this Section 10 to ensure visitors the opportunity to
2visit decedents during cemetery hours. Gravesite grass levels
3shall not exceed 8 inches. Consideration shall be given in the
4event of severe weather, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts
5of war, or acts of God that prevent visitation, mowing of the
6grass, or any other maintenance.
7    (i) The cemetery authority shall provide a standard of care
8as provided for in its contracts and based upon expenditures
9from the income derived from the principal amount of care funds
10to be used for the maintenance of a cemetery and of the lots,
11graves, crypts, niches, family mausoleums, memorials, and
12markers in the cemetery, including: (i) the cutting and
13trimming of lawn, shrubs, and trees at reasonable intervals;
14(ii) keeping in repair the drains, water lines, roads,
15buildings, fences, and other structures in keeping with a well
16maintained cemetery; (iii) maintenance of machinery, tools,
17and equipment for such care; (iv) compensation of employees,
18payment of insurance premiums, and reasonable payments for
19employees pension and other benefits plans; and (v) to the
20extent surplus income from the care fund is available, the
21payment of overhead expenses necessary for such purposes and
22for maintaining necessary records of lot ownership, transfers,
23and burials.
24    (j) No cemetery authority shall require payment for any
25goods, services, or easement by cash only. Each cemetery
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1least one other option, including, but not limited to, personal
2check, cashier's check, money order, or credit or debit card.
3In addition to the contract for the sale of cemetery goods,
4services, or easements, the cemetery authority shall provide a
5receipt to the consumer upon payment in part or full, whatever
6the case may be, except when a payment is made by check or
7money order by mail on an open account, then the check or money
8order receipt shall serve as a receipt.
9    (k) No cemetery authority shall interfere with a licensed
10funeral director or his or her designated agent observing the
11final burial or disposition of human remains for which the
12funeral director has a contract for services related to that
13deceased individual. No funeral director or his or her
14designated agent shall interfere with a cemetery authority or
15its designated agent's rendering of burial or other disposition
16services for human remains for which the cemetery authority has
17a contract for goods, services, or property related to that
18deceased individual.
 
19    Section 20. Whistleblower protection.
20    (a) "Retaliatory action" means the reprimand, discharge,
21suspension, demotion, denial of promotion or transfer, or
22change in the terms and conditions of employment of any
23cemetery employee that is taken in retaliation for an
24employee's participation in protected activity, as set forth in
25this Section.

 

 

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1    (b) A cemetery authority shall not take any retaliatory
2action against any cemetery personnel because they have:
3        (1) disclosed or threatened to disclose to a supervisor
4    or to a public body an activity, policy, or practice of a
5    supervisor, any cemetery employee, or the cemetery
6    authority that the supervisor or cemetery employee
7    reasonably believes is in violation of a law, rule, or
8    regulation;
9        (2) provided information to or testified before any
10    public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or
11    inquiry into any violation of a law, rule, or regulation by
12    a supervisor or cemetery authority; or
13        (3) assisted or participated in a proceeding to enforce
14    the provisions of this Act.
15    (c) A violation of this Section may be established only
16upon a finding that (i) the cemetery supervisor or cemetery
17employee engaged in conduct described in subsection (b) of this
18Section and (ii) that this conduct was a contributing factor in
19the retaliatory action alleged by the cemetery supervisor or
20cemetery employee. It is not a violation, however, if it is
21demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that the cemetery
22authority would have taken the same unfavorable personnel
23action in the absence of that conduct.
24    (d) The cemetery employee or cemetery supervisor may be
25awarded all remedies necessary to make the cemetery employee or
26cemetery supervisor whole and to prevent future violations of

 

 

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1this Section. Remedies imposed by the court may include, but
2are not limited to, all of the following:
3        (1) reinstatement of the individual to either the same
4    position held before the retaliatory action or to an
5    equivalent position;
6        (2) two times the amount of back pay;
7        (3) interest on the back pay;
8        (4) the reinstatement of full fringe benefits and
9    seniority rights; and
10        (5) the payment of reasonable costs and attorneys'
11    fees.
12    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to diminish the
13rights, privileges, or remedies of a cemetery employee or
14cemetery supervisor under any other federal or State law, rule,
15or regulation or under any employment contract.
 
16    Section 25. Rights of consumers.
17    (a) All cemetery authorities shall respect the rights of
18consumers of cemetery products and services as provided in this
19Act. When it is found that there is a failure to abide by the
20cemetery authorities' duties listed in this Act or to comply
21with a request by a consumer based on a consumer's privileges
22under this Section, the aggrieved may bring suit against the
23cemetery authority in the circuit court of the county in which
24the contract became binding for any remedy provided by the
25common or statute law of this State.

 

 

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1    (b) An action to enjoin any person subject to this Act from
2engaging in activity in violation of this Act may be maintained
3in the name of the people of the State of Illinois by the
4Attorney General or by the State's Attorney of the county in
5which the action is brought.
 
6    Section 30. Consumer complaints.
7    (a) A consumer may contact the State of Illinois Attorney
8General to register a complaint about any violation of this
9Act.
10    (b) With the exception of a Cemetery Association that is
11operated by volunteers and the cemetery has no office, the
12following sign must be posted in 18-point, bold font, on a page
13that is 8 X 10 minimum, in the cemetery authority office when
14there is a cemetery office on the site of the cemetery:
15        "ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSUMER FRAUD HOTLINES:
16        Chicago: 1-866-310-8393 / TTY 877-675-9339
17        Spanish Language Hotline: 1-800-386-5438
18        Springfield: TTY 1-877-844-5461
19        Carbondale: TTY 1-800-243-0618 / 800-243-0607".
 
20    Section 35. Enforcement. The Attorney General or the
21State's Attorney of any county in this State may bring an
22action in the name of the State against any person to restrain
23and prevent any violation of this Act. In the enforcement of
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1accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice
2deemed in violation of this Act from any person engaging in, or
3who has engaged in, that act or practice. Failure to perform
4the terms of any such assurance constitutes prima facie proof
5of a violation of this Act.
 
6    Section 40. Violations. Any person, who knowingly violates
7any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a business
8offense and shall be required to pay a penalty of no less than
9$500 or more than $1,000, for each offense, to be recovered in
10the name of the People of the State of Illinois by the State's
11Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs, and the
12penalty so recovered shall be paid into the county treasury.
 
13    Section 910. The Counties Code is amended by changing
14Section 3-3034 as follows:
 
15    (55 ILCS 5/3-3034)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034)
16    Sec. 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquest the
17coroner may deliver the body or human remains of the deceased
18to the family of the deceased or, if there are no family
19members to accept the body or the remains, then to friends of
20the deceased, if there be any, but if not, the coroner shall
21cause the body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated,
22or donated for medical science purposes, the expenses to be
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1if not, by the county. The coroner may not approve the
2cremation or donation of the body if it is necessary to
3preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. If the State
4Treasurer, pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed
5Property Act, delivers human remains to the coroner, the
6coroner shall cause the human remains to be disposed of as
7provided in this Section. If the police department of any city,
8town, or county investigates abandoned cremated remains and can
9not locate the owner of the cremated remains that are also
10considered as human remains, then the police shall deliver such
11human remains to the coroner, and the coroner shall cause the
12human remains to be disposed of as provided in this Section.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1339, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
14    Section 912. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
15Code is amended by changing Section 15-75 as follows:
 
16    (225 ILCS 41/15-75)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
18    Sec. 15-75. Violations; grounds for discipline; penalties.
19    (a) Each of the following acts is a Class A misdemeanor for
20the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent
21offense. These penalties shall also apply to unlicensed owners
22of funeral homes.
23        (1) Practicing the profession of funeral directing and
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1    the profession of funeral directing and embalming or
2    funeral directing without a license as a funeral director
3    and embalmer or funeral director.
4        (2) Serving as an intern under a licensed funeral
5    director and embalmer or attempting to serve as an intern
6    under a licensed funeral director and embalmer without a
7    license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern.
8        (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license,
9    practice or business, or any other thing of value, by fraud
10    or misrepresentation.
11        (4) Permitting any person in one's employ, under one's
12    control or in or under one's service to serve as a funeral
13    director and embalmer, funeral director, or funeral
14    director and embalmer intern when the person does not have
15    the appropriate license.
16        (5) Failing to display a license as required by this
17    Code.
18        (6) Giving false information or making a false oath or
19    affidavit required by this Code.
20    (b) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license
21or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take
22other disciplinary action as the Department may deem
23appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed $10,000 for
24each violation, with regard to any license under the Code for
25any one or combination of the following:
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1    fraud or misrepresentation.
2        (2) Conviction in this State or another state of any
3    crime that is a felony or misdemeanor under the laws of
4    this State or conviction of a felony or misdemeanor in a
5    federal court.
6        (3) Violation of the laws of this State relating to the
7    funeral, burial or disposal of deceased human bodies or of
8    the rules and regulations of the Department, or the
9    Department of Public Health.
10        (4) Directly or indirectly paying or causing to be paid
11    any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the
12    securing of business or for obtaining authority to dispose
13    of any deceased human body.
14        (5) Professional incompetence, gross malpractice, or
15    untrustworthiness in the practice of funeral directing and
16    embalming or funeral directing.
17        (6) False or misleading advertising as a funeral
18    director and embalmer or funeral director, or advertising
19    or using the name of a person other than the holder of a
20    license in connection with any service being rendered in
21    the practice of funeral directing and embalming or funeral
22    directing. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent
23    including the name of any owner, officer or corporate
24    director of a funeral business who is not a licensee in any
25    advertisement used by a funeral home with which the
26    individual is affiliated if the advertisement specifies

 

 

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1    the individual's affiliation with the funeral home.
2        (7) Engaging in, promoting, selling, or issuing burial
3    contracts, burial certificates, or burial insurance
4    policies in connection with the profession as a funeral
5    director and embalmer, funeral director, or funeral
6    director and embalmer intern in violation of any laws of
7    the State of Illinois.
8        (8) Refusing, without cause, to surrender the custody
9    of a deceased human body upon the proper request of the
10    person or persons lawfully entitled to the custody of the
11    body.
12        (9) Taking undue advantage of a client or clients as to
13    amount to the perpetration of fraud.
14        (10) Engaging in funeral directing and embalming or
15    funeral directing without a license.
16        (11) Encouraging, requesting, or suggesting by a
17    licensee or some person working on his behalf and with his
18    consent for compensation that a person utilize the services
19    of a certain funeral director and embalmer, funeral
20    director, or funeral establishment unless that information
21    has been expressly requested by the person. This does not
22    prohibit general advertising or pre-need solicitation.
23        (12) Making or causing to be made any false or
24    misleading statements about the laws concerning the
25    disposal of human remains, including, but not limited to,
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1    the need for an outer burial container.
2        (13) (Blank).
3        (14) Embalming or attempting to embalm a deceased human
4    body without express prior authorization of the person
5    responsible for making the funeral arrangements for the
6    body. This does not apply to cases where embalming is
7    directed by local authorities who have jurisdiction or when
8    embalming is required by State or local law.
9        (15) Making a false statement on a Certificate of Death
10    where the person making the statement knew or should have
11    known that the statement was false.
12        (16) Soliciting human bodies after death or while death
13    is imminent.
14        (17) Performing any act or practice that is a violation
15    of this Code, the rules for the administration of this
16    Code, or any federal, State or local laws, rules, or
17    regulations governing the practice of funeral directing or
18    embalming.
19        (18) Performing any act or practice that is a violation
20    of Section 2 of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
21    Practices Act.
22        (19) Engaging in unethical or unprofessional conduct
23    of a character likely to deceive, defraud or harm the
24    public.
25        (20) Taking possession of a dead human body without
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1    or a public agency legally authorized to direct, control or
2    permit the removal of deceased human bodies.
3        (21) Advertising in a false or misleading manner or
4    advertising using the name of an unlicensed person in
5    connection with any service being rendered in the practice
6    of funeral directing or funeral directing and embalming.
7    The use of any name of an unlicensed or unregistered person
8    in an advertisement so as to imply that the person will
9    perform services is considered misleading advertising.
10    Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent including the name
11    of any owner, officer or corporate director of a funeral
12    home, who is not a licensee, in any advertisement used by a
13    funeral home with which the individual is affiliated, if
14    the advertisement specifies the individual's affiliation
15    with the funeral home.
16        (22) Directly or indirectly receiving compensation for
17    any professional services not actually performed.
18        (23) Failing to account for or remit any monies,
19    documents, or personal property that belongs to others that
20    comes into a licensee's possession.
21        (24) Treating any person differently to his detriment
22    because of race, color, creed, gender, religion, or
23    national origin.
24        (25) Knowingly making any false statements, oral or
25    otherwise, of a character likely to influence, persuade or
26    induce others in the course of performing professional

 

 

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1    services or activities.
2        (26) Knowingly making or filing false records or
3    reports in the practice of funeral directing and embalming.
4        (27) Failing to acquire continuing education required
5    under this Code.
6        (28) Violations of this Code or of the rules adopted
7    pursuant to this Code.
8        (29) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
9    any provision of this Code or rules adopted pursuant to
10    this Code.
11        (30) Failing within 10 days, to provide information in
12    response to a written request made by the Department.
13        (31) Discipline by another state, District of
14    Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of
15    the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially
16    equivalent to those set forth in this Section.
17        (32) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from
18    any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
19    any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation
20    for professional services not actually or personally
21    rendered.
22        (33) Inability to practice the profession with
23    reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
24        (34) Gross, willful, or continued charging
25    overcharging for professional services, including filing
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1    are not rendered.
2        (35) A pattern of practice or other behavior that
3    demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
4    this Code.
5        (36) Failing to comply with any of the following
6    required activities:
7            (A) When reasonably possible, a funeral director
8        licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee or
9        anyone acting on his or her behalf shall obtain the
10        express authorization of the person or persons
11        responsible for making the funeral arrangements for a
12        deceased human body prior to removing a body from the
13        place of death or any place it may be or embalming or
14        attempting to embalm a deceased human body, unless
15        required by State or local law. This requirement is
16        waived whenever removal or embalming is directed by
17        local authorities who have jurisdiction. If the
18        responsibility for the handling of the remains
19        lawfully falls under the jurisdiction of a public
20        agency, then the regulations of the public agency shall
21        prevail.
22            (B) A licensee shall clearly mark the price of any
23        casket offered for sale or the price of any service
24        using the casket on or in the casket if the casket is
25        displayed at the funeral establishment. If the casket
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1        whether the licensee is in control of that location,
2        the casket shall be clearly marked and the registrant
3        shall use books, catalogues, brochures, or other
4        printed display aids to show the price of each casket
5        or service.
6            (C) At the time funeral arrangements are made and
7        prior to rendering the funeral services, a licensee
8        shall furnish a written statement of services to be
9        retained by the person or persons making the funeral
10        arrangements, signed by both parties, that shall
11        contain: (i) the name, address and telephone number of
12        the funeral establishment and the date on which the
13        arrangements were made; (ii) the price of the service
14        selected and the services and merchandise included for
15        that price; (iii) a clear disclosure that the person or
16        persons making the arrangement may decline and receive
17        credit for any service or merchandise not desired and
18        not required by law or the funeral director or the
19        funeral director and embalmer; (iv) the supplemental
20        items of service and merchandise requested and the
21        price of each item; (v) the terms or method of payment
22        agreed upon; and (vi) a statement as to any monetary
23        advances made by the registrant on behalf of the
24        family. The licensee shall maintain a copy of the
25        written statement of services in its permanent
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1        subject to inspection by the Department.
2            (D) (Blank). In all instances where the place of
3        final disposition of a deceased human body or the
4        cremated remains of a deceased human body is a
5        cemetery, the licensed funeral director and embalmer,
6        or licensed funeral director, who has been engaged to
7        provide funeral or embalming services shall remain at
8        the cemetery and personally witness the placement of
9        the human remains in their designated grave or the
10        sealing of the above ground depository, crypt, or urn.
11        The licensed funeral director or licensed funeral
12        director and embalmer may designate a licensed funeral
13        director and embalmer intern or representative of the
14        funeral home to be his or her witness to the placement
15        of the remains. If the cemetery authority, cemetery
16        manager, or any other agent of the cemetery takes any
17        action that prevents compliance with this paragraph
18        (D), then the funeral director and embalmer or funeral
19        director shall provide written notice to the
20        Department within 5 business days after failing to
21        comply. If the Department receives this notice, then
22        the Department shall not take any disciplinary action
23        against the funeral director and embalmer or funeral
24        director for a violation of this paragraph (D) unless
25        the Department finds that the cemetery authority,
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1        prevent the funeral director and embalmer or funeral
2        director from complying with this paragraph (D) as
3        claimed in the written notice.
4            (E) A funeral director or funeral director and
5        embalmer shall fully complete the portion of the
6        Certificate of Death under the responsibility of the
7        funeral director or funeral director and embalmer and
8        provide all required information. In the event that any
9        reported information subsequently changes or proves
10        incorrect, a funeral director or funeral director and
11        embalmer shall immediately upon learning the correct
12        information correct the Certificate of Death.
13        (37) A finding by the Department that the licensee
14    license, after having his or her license placed on
15    probationary status or subjected to conditions or
16    restrictions, violated the terms of the probation or failed
17    to comply with such terms or conditions.
18        (38) Violation of any final administrative action of
19    the Secretary.
20        (39) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
21    report by the Department of Children and Family Services
22    pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
23    and, upon proof by clear and convincing evidence, being
24    found to have caused a child to be an abused child or
25    neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
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1    (c) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
2suspend, the license of any person who fails to file a return,
3to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or
4to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest as
5required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department
6of Revenue, until the time as the requirements of the tax Act
7are satisfied.
8    (d) No action may be taken under this Code against a person
9licensed under this Code unless the action is commenced within
105 years after the occurrence of the alleged violations. A
11continuing violation shall be deemed to have occurred on the
12date when the circumstances last existed that give rise to the
13alleged violation.
14    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed or enforced
15to give a funeral director and embalmer, or his or her
16designees, authority over the operation of a cemetery or over
17cemetery employees. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
18or enforced to impose duties or penalties on cemeteries with
19respect to the timing of the placement of human remains in
20their designated grave or the sealing of the above ground
21depository, crypt, or urn due to patron safety, the allocation
22of cemetery staffing, liability insurance, a collective
23bargaining agreement, or other such reasons.
24(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
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1changing Sections 5-15, 5-20, 5-25, 10-5, 10-15, 10-20, 10-21,
210-23, 10-25, 10-40, 10-55, 20-5, 20-10, 20-11, 20-20, 20-30,
325-1, 25-5, 25-10, 25-14, 25-15, 25-25, 25-70, 25-85, 25-105,
425-110, 25-125, 75-20, 75-25, 75-45, and 75-50 and by adding
5Sections 10-39 and 25-13.1 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 411/5-15)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 5-15. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
10by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
11file or license file. It is the duty of the applicant or
12licensee to inform the Department of any change of address
13within 14 days either through the Department's website or by
14contacting the Department's licensure maintenance unit. The
15address of record for a cemetery authority shall be the
16permanent street address of the cemetery.
17    "Applicant" means a person applying for licensure under
18this Act as a cemetery authority or , cemetery manager, or
19customer service employee. Any applicant or any person who
20holds himself or herself out as an applicant is considered a
21licensee for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings,
22and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
23    "Burial permit" means a permit for the disposition of a
24dead human body that is filed with the Illinois Department of
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1    "Care" means the maintenance of a cemetery and of the lots,
2graves, crypts, niches, family mausoleums, memorials, and
3markers therein, including: (i) the cutting and trimming of
4lawn, shrubs, and trees at reasonable intervals; (ii) keeping
5in repair the drains, water lines, roads, buildings, fences,
6and other structures, in keeping with a well-maintained
7cemetery as provided for in Section 20-5 of this Act and
8otherwise as required by rule; (iii) maintenance of machinery,
9tools, and equipment for such care; (iv) compensation of
10cemetery workers, any discretionary payment of insurance
11premiums, and any reasonable payments for workers' pension and
12other benefits plans; and (v) the payment of expenses necessary
13for such purposes and for maintaining necessary records of lot
14ownership, transfers, and burials.
15    "Care funds", as distinguished from receipts from annual
16charges or gifts for current or annual care, means any realty
17or personalty impressed with a trust by the terms of any gift,
18grant, contribution, payment, legacy, or pursuant to contract,
19accepted by any cemetery authority or by any trustee, licensee,
20agent, or custodian for the same, under Article 15 of this Act,
21and any income accumulated therefrom, where legally so directed
22by the terms of the transaction by which the principal was
23established.
24    "Cemetery" means any land or structure in this State
25dedicated to and used, or intended to be used, for the
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1    "Cemetery association" means an association of 6 or more
2persons, and their successors in trust, who have received
3articles of organization from the Secretary of State to operate
4a cemetery; the articles of organization shall be in perpetuity
5and in trust for the use and benefit of all persons who may
6acquire burial lots in a cemetery.
7    "Cemetery authority" means any individual or legal entity
8that owns or controls cemetery lands or property.
9    "Cemetery manager" means an individual who is engaged in,
10or responsible for, or holding himself or herself out as
11engaged in, those activities involved in or incidental to
12supervising the following: the maintenance, operation,
13development, or improvement of a cemetery licensed under this
14Act; the interment of human remains; or the care, preservation,
15and embellishment of cemetery property. The cemetery manager is
16responsible for supervising all employees and independent
17contractors of third-party vendors working within the
18cemetery. This definition includes, without limitation, an
19employee, an individual that is an independent contractor, an
20individual employed or contracted by an independent
21contractor, a third-party vendor, or an individual employed or
22contracted by a third-party vendor who is engaged in, or
23holding himself or herself out as engaged in, those activities
24involved in or incidental to supervising the following: the
25maintenance, operation, development, or improvement of a
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1remains; or the care, preservation, and embellishment of
2cemetery property.
3    "Cemetery merchandise" means items of personal property
4normally sold by a cemetery authority not covered under the
5Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, including, but not
6limited to:
7    (1) memorials;
8    (2) markers;
9    (3) monuments;
10    (4) foundations and installations; and
11    (5) outer burial containers.
12    "Cemetery operation" means to engage or attempt to engage
13in the interment, inurnment, or entombment of human remains or
14to engage in or attempt to engage in the maintenance care of a
15cemetery.
16    "Cemetery Oversight Database" means a database certified
17by the Department as effective in tracking the interment,
18entombment, or inurnment of human remains.
19    "Cemetery services" means those services customarily
20performed by cemetery or crematory personnel in connection with
21the interment, entombment, inurnment, or cremation of a dead
22human body.
23    "Cemetery worker" means an individual, including an
24independent contractor or third-party vendor, who performs any
25work at the cemetery that is customarily performed by one or
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1vaults and graves, stone settings, inurnments, interments,
2entombments, administrative work, handling of any official
3burial records, the preparation of foundations for memorials,
4and routine cemetery maintenance. This definition does not
5include uncompensated, volunteer workers.
6    "Certificate of organization" means the document received
7by a cemetery association from the Secretary of State that
8indicates that the cemetery association shall be deemed fully
9organized as a body corporate under the name adopted and in its
10corporate name may sue and be sued.
11    "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State of
12Illinois.
13    "Consumer" means a person, or the persons given priority
14for the disposition of an individual's remains under the
15Disposition of Remains Act, who purchases or is considering
16purchasing cemetery, burial, or cremation products or services
17from a cemetery authority or crematory authority, whether for
18themselves or for another person.
19    "Consumer's agent" means a person designated in writing by
20the consumer.
21    "Customer service employee" means an individual who has
22direct contact with consumers and explains cemetery
23merchandise or services or negotiates, develops, or finalizes
24contracts with consumers. This definition includes, without
25limitation, an employee, an individual that is an independent
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1independent contractor, a third-party vendor, or an individual
2that is employed or contracted by a third-party vendor, who has
3direct contact with consumers and explains cemetery
4merchandise or services or negotiates, develops, or finalizes
5contracts with consumers. This definition does not include an
6employee, an individual that is an independent contractor or an
7individual that is employed or contracted by an independent
8contractor, a third party vendor, or an individual that is
9employed or contracted by a third party vendor, who merely
10provides a printed cemetery list to a consumer, processes
11payment from a consumer, or performs sales functions related
12solely to incidental merchandise like flowers, souvenirs, or
13other similar items.
14    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
15Professional Regulation.
16    "Employee" means an individual who works for a cemetery
17authority where the cemetery authority has the right to control
18what work is performed and the details of how the work is
19performed regardless of whether federal or State payroll taxes
20are withheld.
21    "Entombment right" means the right to place individual
22human remains or individual cremated human remains in a
23specific mausoleum crypt or lawn crypt selected by a consumer
24for use as a final resting place.
25    "Family burying ground" means a cemetery in which no lots
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1interments are restricted to the immediate family or a group of
2individuals related to each other by blood or marriage.
3    "Full exemption" means an exemption granted to a cemetery
4authority pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 5-20.
5    "Fraternal cemetery" means a cemetery owned, operated,
6controlled, or managed by any fraternal organization or
7auxiliary organization, in which the sale of lots, graves,
8crypts, or niches is restricted principally to its members.
9    "Funeral director" means a funeral director as defined by
10the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code.
11    "Grave" means a space of ground in a cemetery used or
12intended to be used for burial.
13    "Green burial or cremation disposition" means burial or
14cremation practices that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions,
15waste, and toxic chemicals ordinarily created in burial or
16cremation or, in the case of greenhouse gas emissions, mitigate
17or offset emissions. Such practices include standards for
18burial or cremation certified by the Green Burial Council or
19any other organization or method that the Department may name
20by rule.
21    "Immediate family" means the designated agent of a person
22or the persons given priority for the disposition of a person's
23remains under the Disposition of Remains Act and shall include
24a person's spouse, parents, grandparents, children,
25grandchildren and siblings.
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1within the same or similar area of the cemetery.
2    "Independent contractor" means a person who performs work
3for a cemetery authority where the cemetery authority has the
4right to control or direct only the result of the work and not
5the means and methods of accomplishing the result.
6    "Individual" means a natural person.
7    "Interment right" means the right to place individual human
8remains or cremated human remains in a specific underground
9location selected by a consumer for use as a final resting
10place.
11    "Inurnment right" means the right to place individual
12cremated human remains in a specific niche selected by the
13consumer for use as a final resting place.
14    "Investment Company Act of 1940" means Title 15 of the
15United States Code, Sections 80a-1 to 80a-64, inclusive, as
16amended.
17    "Investment company" means any issuer (a) whose securities
18are purchasable only with care funds or trust funds, or both;
19(b) that is an open and diversified management company as
20defined in and registered under the Investment Company Act of
211940; and (c) that has entered into an agreement with the
22Department containing such provisions as the Department by
23regulation requires for the proper administration of this Act.
24    "Lawn crypt" means a permanent underground crypt installed
25in multiple units for the entombment interment of human
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1    "Licensee" means a person licensed under this Act as a
2cemetery authority or , cemetery manager, or customer service
3employee. Anyone who holds himself or herself out as a licensee
4or who is accused of unlicensed practice is considered a
5licensee for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings,
6and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. This definition
7does not include a cemetery worker.
8    "Mausoleum crypt" means a grouping of spaces constructed of
9reinforced concrete or similar material constructed or
10assembled above the ground for entombing human remains. space
11in a mausoleum used or intended to be used, above or
12underground, to entomb human remains.
13    "Municipal cemetery" means a cemetery owned, operated,
14controlled, or managed by any city, village, incorporated town,
15township, county, or other municipal corporation, political
16subdivision, or instrumentality authorized by law to own,
17operate, or manage a cemetery.
18    "Niche" means a space in a columbarium or mausoleum used,
19or intended to be used, for inurnment of cremated human
20remains.
21    "Partial exemption" means an exemption granted to a
22cemetery authority pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 5-20.
23    "Parcel identification number" means a unique number
24assigned to a grave, plot, crypt, or niche that enables the
25Department to ascertain the precise location of a decedent's
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1of this Act.
2    "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
3association, corporation, limited liability company, trustee,
4government or political subdivision, or other entity.
5    "Privately held cemetery" means a cemetery that is owned by
6a corporation, individual, or trust that is for profit.
7    "Public cemetery" means a cemetery owned, operated,
8controlled, or managed by the federal government, by any state,
9county, city, village, incorporated town, township,
10multi-township, public cemetery district, or other municipal
11corporation, political subdivision, or instrumentality thereof
12authorized by law to own, operate, or manage a cemetery.
13    "Religious cemetery" means a cemetery owned, operated,
14controlled, or managed by any recognized church, religious
15society, association, or denomination, or by any cemetery
16authority or any corporation administering, or through which is
17administered, the temporalities of any recognized church,
18religious society, association, or denomination.
19    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
20Professional Regulation.
21    "Term burial" means a right of interment sold to a consumer
22in which the cemetery authority retains the right to disinter
23and relocate the remains, subject to the provisions of
24subsection (d) of Section 35-15 of this Act.
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1    "Unique personal identifier" means the parcel
2identification number in addition to the term of burial in
3years; the numbered level or depth in the grave, plot, crypt,
4or niche; and the year of death for human remains interred,
5entombed, or inurned after the effective date of this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
7    (225 ILCS 411/5-20)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
9    Sec. 5-20. Exemptions.
10    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
11this Act does not apply to (1) any cemetery authority operating
12as a family burying ground, (2) any cemetery authority that has
13not engaged in an interment, inurnment, or entombment of human
14remains within the last 10 years and does not accept or
15maintain care funds, or (3) any religious cemetery, (4) any
16municipal cemetery, (5) any fraternal cemetery, (6) any
17cemetery association organized under "AN ACT to provide for the
18incorporation of cemetery associations by general law",
19approved February 14, 1855, or the Cemetery Association Act, or
20(7) any privately held cemetery authority that is less than 3 2
21acres and does not accept or maintain care funds. For purposes
22of determining the applicability of this subsection, the
23Department may rely on any list of registered and licensed
24cemeteries maintained by the Office of the Illinois
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1entombments shall be aggregated for each calendar year. A
2cemetery authority claiming a full exemption shall apply for
3exempt status as provided for in Article 10 of this Act. A
4cemetery authority that performs activities that would
5disqualify it from a full exemption is required to apply for
6licensure within one year following the date on which its
7activities would disqualify it for a full exemption. A cemetery
8authority that previously qualified for and maintained a full
9exemption that fails to timely apply for licensure shall be
10deemed to have engaged in unlicensed practice and shall be
11subject to discipline in accordance with Article 25 of this
12Act.
13    (b) (Blank). Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
14contrary, a cemetery authority that does not qualify for a full
15exemption that is operating as a cemetery authority (i) that
16engages in 25 or fewer interments, inurnments, or entombments
17of human remains for each of the preceding 2 calendar years and
18does not accept or maintain care funds, (ii) that is operating
19as a public cemetery, or (iii) that is operating as a religious
20cemetery is exempt from this Act, but is required to comply
21with Sections 20-5(a), 20-5(b), 20-5(b-5), 20-5(c), 20-5(d),
2220-6, 20-8, 20-10, 20-11, 20-12, 20-30, 25-3, and 25-120 and
23Article 35 of this Act. Cemetery authorities claiming a partial
24exemption shall apply for the partial exemption as provided in
25Article 10 of this Act. A cemetery authority that changes to a
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1required to apply for licensure within one year following the
2date on which it changes its status. A cemetery authority that
3maintains a partial exemption that fails to timely apply for
4licensure shall be deemed to have engaged in unlicensed
5practice and shall be subject to discipline in accordance with
6Article 25 of this Act.
7    (c) Nothing in this Act applies to the City of Chicago in
8its exercise of its powers under the O'Hare Modernization Act
9or limits the authority of the City of Chicago to acquire
10property or otherwise exercise its powers under the O'Hare
11Modernization Act, or requires the City of Chicago, or any
12person acting on behalf of the City of Chicago, to comply with
13the licensing, regulation, investigation, or mediation
14requirements of this Act in exercising its powers under the
15O'Hare Modernization Act.
16(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 411/5-25)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
19    Sec. 5-25. Powers and responsibilities of the Department.
20Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department may
21exercise the following powers:
22        (1) Authorize a certification program written
23    examinations to ascertain the qualifications and fitness
24    of applicants for licensing as a licensed cemetery manager
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1    possess the requisite level of knowledge for such position.
2        (2) Work with the Office of the Comptroller and the
3    Department of Vital Records to exchange information
4    relating to a licensed cemetery authority and to request
5    additional information relating to a licensed cemetery
6    authority from the Office of the Comptroller in order for
7    the Department to effectively enforce this Act. Examine and
8    audit a licensed cemetery authority's care funds, records
9    from any year, and records of care funds from any year, or
10    any other aspects of cemetery operation as the Department
11    deems appropriate.
12        (3) Investigate cemetery contracts, grounds, or
13    employee records to determine whether or not a consumer
14    complaint is material and alleges fraud. Investigate any
15    and all cemetery-related activity.
16        (4) Conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
17    or renew licenses or to revoke, suspend, place on
18    probation, reprimand, or otherwise discipline a license
19    under this Act or take other non-disciplinary action.
20        (5) Adopt reasonable rules required for the
21    administration of this Act.
22        (6) Prescribe forms to be issued for the administration
23    and enforcement of this Act.
24        (7) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all
25    licensees and all persons whose licenses have been
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1    disciplined within the previous calendar year. These
2    rosters shall be available upon written request and payment
3    of the required fee as established by rule.
4    The Department shall upon the request of the licensee
5provide a copy of any non-frivolous consumer complaint from the
6complaining consumer with the following statement:
7        "This information may only be used by the licensee in
8    its effort to address the complaint in a respectful
9    manner.".
10    The copy of the complaint shall include the following:
11        (1) the consumer's name, address, and telephone
12    number;
13        (2) the decedent's name if applicable;
14        (3) the consumer contract that the consumer is
15    complaining about; and
16        (4) the name, address, and telephone number of the
17    consumer's agent and the instrument designating the agent
18    from the consumer.
19(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
20    (225 ILCS 411/10-5)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
22    Sec. 10-5. Restrictions and limitations. No person shall,
23without a valid license issued by the Department, (i) hold
24himself or herself out in any manner to the public as a
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1customer service employee; (ii) attach the title "licensed
2cemetery authority" or , "licensed cemetery manager", or
3"licensed customer service employee" to his or her name; or
4(iii) render or offer to render services constituting the
5practice of privately held cemetery operation; or (iv) accept
6care funds within the meaning of this Act or otherwise hold
7funds for care and maintenance unless such person is holding
8and managing funds on behalf of a cemetery authority and is
9authorized to conduct a trust business under the Corporate
10Fiduciary Act or the federal National Bank Act.
11(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
12    (225 ILCS 411/10-15)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
14    Sec. 10-15. Privately held cemetery authority license
15Persons not licensed under the Cemetery Care Act or the
16Cemetery Association Act. A cemetery manager, a customer
17service employee, or a person acting as a cemetery authority
18who was not required to obtain licensure prior to the effective
19date of this Act need not comply with the licensure requirement
20in this Article until the Department takes action on the
21person's application for a license. The application for a
22privately held cemetery authority license must be submitted to
23the Department within 6 months after the adoption of
24administrative rules effective date of this Act. For cemetery
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1authority at the time of privately held cemetery authority
2application for licensure, the application for a cemetery
3manager license must be submitted at the same time as the
4original application for licensure as a privately held cemetery
5authority pursuant to this Section or Section 10-10, whichever
6the case may be. Any applicant for licensure as a cemetery
7manager of a cemetery authority that is already licensed under
8this Act or that has a pending application for licensure under
9this Act must submit his or her application to the Department
10on or before his or her first day of work. The application for
11a customer service employee license must be submitted to the
12Department within 10 days after the cemetery authority for
13which he or she works becomes licensed under this Act or on or
14before his or her first day of work, whichever the case may be.
15If the person fails to submit the application within the
16required period, the person shall be considered to be engaged
17in unlicensed practice and shall be subject to discipline in
18accordance with Article 25 of this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
20    (225 ILCS 411/10-20)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
22    Sec. 10-20. Application for original license or exemption.
23    (a) Applications for original licensure as a privately held
24cemetery authority or a privately held cemetery manager ,
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1this Act, or application for exemption from licensure as a
2cemetery authority, shall be made to the Department on forms
3prescribed by the Department, which shall include the
4applicant's Social Security number or FEIN number, or both, and
5shall be accompanied by the required fee as set by rule.
6Applications for partial or full exemption from licensure as a
7cemetery authority shall be submitted to the Department within
812 months after the Department adopts rules under this Act. If
9the person fails to submit the application for partial or full
10exemption within this period, the person shall be subject to
11discipline in accordance with Article 25 of this Act. If a
12cemetery authority seeks to practice at more than one location,
13it shall meet all licensure requirements at each location as
14required by this Act and by rule, including submission of an
15application and fee. A person licensed as a cemetery manager or
16customer service employee need not submit a Worker's Statement
17in accordance with Section 10-22 of this Act.
18    (b) (Blank). If the application for licensure as a cemetery
19authority does not claim a full exemption or partial exemption,
20then the cemetery authority license application shall be
21accompanied by a fidelity bond, proof of self-insurance, or
22letter of credit in the amount required by rule. Such bond,
23self-insurance, or letter of credit shall run to the Department
24for the benefit of the care funds held by such cemetery
25authority or by the trustee of the care funds of such cemetery
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1any entity authorized to do a trust business under the
2Corporate Fiduciary Act or held by an investment company, then
3the Department shall waive the requirement of a bond,
4self-insurance, or letter of credit as established by rule. If
5the Department finds at any time that the bond, self-insurance
6or letter of credit is insecure or exhausted or otherwise
7doubtful, then an additional bond, form of self-insurance, or
8letter of credit in like amount to be approved by the
9Department shall be filed by the cemetery authority applicant
10or licensee within 30 days after written demand is served upon
11the applicant or licensee by the Department. In addition, if
12the cemetery authority application does not claim a full
13exemption or partial exemption, then the license application
14shall be accompanied by proof of liability insurance, proof of
15self-insurance, or a letter of credit in the amount required by
16rule. The procedure by which claims on the liability insurance,
17self-insurance, or letter of credit are made and paid shall be
18determined by rule. Any bond obtained pursuant to this
19subsection shall be issued by a bonding company authorized to
20do business in this State. Any letter of credit obtained
21pursuant to this subsection shall be issued by a financial
22institution authorized to do business in this State.
23Maintaining the bonds, self-insurance, or letters of credit
24required under this subsection is a continuing obligation for
25licensure. A bonding company may terminate a bond, a financial
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1company may terminate liability insurance and avoid further
2liability by filing a 60-day notice of termination with the
3Department and at the same time sending the same notice to the
4cemetery authority.
5    (c) After initial licensure, if any person comes to obtain
6at least 51% of the ownership over the licensed privately held
7cemetery authority, then the privately held cemetery authority
8shall have to apply for a new license and receive licensure in
9the required time as set by rule. The current license remains
10in effect until the Department takes action on the application
11for a new license.
12    (d) All applications shall contain the information that, in
13the judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
14pass on the qualifications of the applicant for an exemption
15from licensure or for a license to practice as a privately held
16cemetery authority or , cemetery manager, or customer service
17employee as set by rule.
18(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
19    (225 ILCS 411/10-21)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
21    Sec. 10-21. Qualifications for licensure.
22    (a) A privately held cemetery authority shall apply for
23licensure on forms prescribed by the Department and pay the
24required fee. An applicant is qualified for licensure as a
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1the following qualifications:
2        (1) The applicant is of good moral character and has
3    not committed any act or offense in any jurisdiction that
4    would constitute the basis for discipline under this Act.
5    When considering such license In determining good moral
6    character, the Department shall take into consideration
7    the following:
8            (A) the applicant's record of compliance with the
9        Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, and whether
10        the applicant has been found to have engaged in any
11        unethical or dishonest practices in the cemetery
12        business by a government authority;
13            (B) whether the applicant has been adjudicated,
14        civilly or criminally, to have committed fraud or to
15        have violated any law of any state involving unfair
16        trade or business practices, has been convicted of a
17        misdemeanor of which fraud is an essential element or
18        which involves any aspect of the cemetery business, or
19        has been convicted of any felony;
20            (C) whether the applicant has willfully violated
21        any provision of this Act or a predecessor law or any
22        regulations relating thereto;
23            (D) whether the applicant has been permanently or
24        temporarily suspended, enjoined, or barred by any
25        court of competent jurisdiction in any state from
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1        involving any aspect of the cemetery or funeral
2        business; and
3            (E) whether the applicant has ever had any license
4        to practice any profession or occupation suspended,
5        denied, fined, or otherwise acted against or
6        disciplined by the applicable licensing authority.
7        If the applicant is a corporation, limited liability
8    company, partnership, or other entity permitted by law,
9    then each principal, owner, member, officer, and
10    shareholder holding 51% 25% or more of corporate stock is
11    to be of good moral character. Good moral character is a
12    continuing requirement of licensure.
13        (2) When the applicant is already an existing licensed
14    privately held cemetery authority, the The applicant
15    provides a copy of a statement of it's assets and
16    liabilities. Any new cemetery with a new privately held
17    cemetery authority shall have the applicant provide
18    evidence satisfactory to the Department that the applicant
19    has financial resources sufficient to comply with the
20    maintenance and record-keeping provisions in Section 20-5
21    of this Act. Maintaining sufficient financial resources is
22    a continuing requirement for licensure.
23        (3) The applicant has not, within the preceding 10
24    years, been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or
25    nolo contendere to (i) a Class X felony or (ii) a felony,
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1    the laws of this State, another state, the United States,
2    or a foreign jurisdiction. If the applicant is a
3    corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or
4    other entity permitted by law, then each principal, owner,
5    member, officer, and shareholder holding 25% or more of
6    corporate stock has not, within the preceding 10 years,
7    been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo
8    contendere to (i) a Class X felony or (ii) a felony, an
9    essential element of which was fraud or dishonesty under
10    the laws of this State, another state, the United States,
11    or a foreign jurisdiction.
12        (4) (Blank). The applicant submits his or her
13    fingerprints in accordance with subsection (c) of this
14    Section.
15        (5) (Blank). The applicant has complied with all other
16    requirements of this Act and the rules adopted for the
17    implementation of this Act.
18    (b) The cemetery manager and customer service employees of
19a licensed privately held cemetery authority shall apply for
20licensure as a cemetery manager or customer service employee on
21forms prescribed by the Department and pay the required fee. A
22person is qualified for licensure as a cemetery manager or
23customer service employee if he or she meets all of the
24following requirements:
25        (1) Is at least 18 years of age.
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1    Section 10-23 of this Act and is Is of good moral
2    character. Good moral character is a continuing
3    requirement of licensure. In determining qualifications of
4    licensure good moral character, the Department shall take
5    into consideration the factors outlined in item (1) of
6    subsection (a) of this Section.
7        (3) Submits proof of successful completion of a high
8    school education or its equivalent as established by rule.
9        (4) (Blank). Submits his or her fingerprints in
10    accordance with subsection (c) of this Section.
11        (5) Has not committed a violation of this Act or any
12    rules adopted under this Act that, in the opinion of the
13    Department, renders the applicant unqualified to be a
14    cemetery manager.
15        (6) Submits proof of successful completion of a
16    certification course Successfully passes the examination
17    authorized by the Department for cemetery managers manager
18    or customer service employee, whichever is applicable.
19        (7) Has not, within the preceding 10 years, been
20    convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere
21    to (i) a Class X felony or (ii) a felony, an essential
22    element of which was fraud or dishonesty under the laws of
23    this State, another state, the United States, or a foreign
24    jurisdiction.
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1        (9) Has complied with all other requirements of this
2    Act and the rules adopted for implementation of this Act.
3    (c) (Blank). Each applicant for a cemetery authority,
4cemetery manager, or customer service employee license shall
5have his or her fingerprints submitted to the Department of
6State Police in an electronic format that complies with the
7form and manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history
8record information that is prescribed by the Department of
9State Police. These fingerprints shall be checked against the
10Department of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation
11criminal history record databases. The Department of State
12Police shall charge applicants a fee for conducting the
13criminal history records check, which shall be deposited in the
14State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost
15of the records check. The Department of State Police shall
16furnish, pursuant to positive identification, records of
17Illinois convictions to the Department. The Department may
18require applicants to pay a separate fingerprinting fee, either
19to the Department or directly to a designated fingerprint
20vendor. The Department, in its discretion, may allow an
21applicant who does not have reasonable access to a designated
22fingerprint vendor to provide his or her fingerprints in an
23alternative manner. The Department, in its discretion, may also
24use other procedures in performing or obtaining criminal
25background checks of applicants. Instead of submitting his or
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1satisfactory to the Department that an equivalent security
2clearance has been conducted. If the applicant for a cemetery
3authority license is a corporation, limited liability company,
4partnership, or other entity permitted by law, then each
5principal, owner, member, officer, and shareholder holding 25%
6or more of corporate stock shall have his or her fingerprints
7submitted in accordance with this subsection (c).
8(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 411/10-23)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
11    Sec. 10-23. Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics. The
12Department shall adopt a Code of Professional Conduct and
13Ethics by rule. Cemetery authorities, cemetery managers, and
14customer service employees shall abide by the Code of
15Professional Conduct and Ethics.
16(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 411/10-25)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
19    Sec. 10-25. Certification. Examination; failure or refusal
20to take the examination.
21    (a) The Department shall authorize certification programs
22for examinations of cemetery manager managers of privately held
23cemeteries and customer service employee applicants at such
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1shall consist of cemetery ethics, cemetery law, and cemetery
2practices. Cemetery law shall include the Cemetery Oversight
3Act, the Cemetery Care Act, the Disposition of Remains Act, and
4the Cemetery Protection Act. Cemetery practices shall include
5treating the dead and their family members with dignity and
6respect. The certification program shall consist of an
7examination by the entity providing the certification.
8examinations shall fairly test an applicant's qualifications
9to practice as cemetery manager or customer service employee,
10whatever the case may be, and knowledge of the theory and
11practice of cemetery operation and management or cemetery
12customer service, whichever is applicable. The examination
13shall further test the extent to which the applicant
14understands and appreciates that the final disposal of a
15deceased human body should be attended with appropriate
16observance and understanding, having due regard and respect for
17the reverent care of the human body and for those bereaved and
18for the overall spiritual dignity of an individual.
19    (a-5) The cemetery manager applicant may choose any entity
20that has been approved by the Department from which to obtain
21certification. The examinations for cemetery manager and
22customer service employee shall be appropriate for cemetery
23professionals and shall not cover mortuary science.
24    (a-10) (Blank). The examinations for cemetery manager and
25customer service employee applicants shall be tiered, as
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1knowledge needed by such applicants depending on their job
2duties and the number of interments, inurnments, and
3entombments per year at the cemetery at which they work.
4    (b) Cemetery managers of a privately held cemetery who
5apply for certification Applicants for examinations shall pay,
6either to the Department or to the designated entity testing
7service, a fee covering the cost of providing the certification
8examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
9scheduled date at the time and place specified after the
10application for examination has been received and acknowledged
11by the Department or the designated testing service shall
12result in forfeiture of the examination fee.
13    (c) If the privately held cemetery manager applicant
14neglects, fails, or refuses to become certified take an
15examination or fails to pass an examination for a certification
16license under this Act within one year after filing an
17application, then the application shall be denied. However, the
18applicant may thereafter submit a new application accompanied
19by the required fee. The applicant shall meet the requirements
20in force at the time of making the new application.
21    (d) (Blank). The Department may employ consultants for the
22purpose of preparing and conducting examinations.
23    (e) The Department shall recognize any certification
24program that is conducted by a death care trade association in
25Illinois that has been in existence for more than 5 years that,
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1required provisions in this Act. The Department shall have the
2authority to adopt or recognize, in part or in whole,
3examinations prepared, administered, or graded by other
4organizations in the cemetery industry that are determined
5appropriate to measure the qualifications of an applicant for
6licensure.
7(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 411/10-39 new)
9    Sec. 10-39. Cemetery manager; display of certification and
10license. The cemetery manager must conspicuously display the
11certification, and the license after it is received, at the
12privately held cemetery authority's place of business. Any new
13cemetery manager shall have a reasonable time period, not to
14exceed one year, to attend a recognized certification program.
15In the interim, the new cemetery manager may manage the
16privately held cemetery if he or she has received training from
17another person, as verified by an appropriate form approved by
18the Department, who has received certification by a program
19recognized by the Department.
 
20    (225 ILCS 411/10-40)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
22    Sec. 10-40. Expiration and renewal of license. The
23expiration date, renewal period not to be less than every 3
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1each license shall be set by rule.
2(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
3    (225 ILCS 411/10-55)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
5    Sec. 10-55. Fees.
6    (a) The Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
7Section, the fees for the administration and enforcement of
8this Act, including, but not limited to, original licensure,
9renewal, and restoration fees, shall be set by the Department
10by rule. The fees shall be reasonable and shall not be
11refundable. Fees shall be reasonable and shall avoid creating
12competitive disadvantages for licensed cemeteries in
13comparison to exempt cemeteries. The Secretary, upon
14recommendation of the Cemetery Oversight Board, may waive fees
15based upon hardship.
16    (b) Applicants for certification examination shall be
17required to pay, either to the Department or the designated
18testing service, a fee covering the cost of providing the
19certification to the entity providing the certification of the
20cemetery manager examination.
21    (c) All fees and other moneys collected under this Act
22shall be deposited in the Cemetery Oversight Licensing and
23Disciplinary Fund.
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1    (225 ILCS 411/20-5)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
3    Sec. 20-5. Maintenance and records.
4    (a) A cemetery authority shall provide reasonable
5maintenance of the cemetery property and of all lots, graves,
6crypts, and columbariums in the cemetery based on the type and
7size of the cemetery, topographic limitations, and contractual
8commitments with consumers. Subject to the provisions of this
9subsection (a), reasonable maintenance includes:
10        (1) the laying of seed, sod, or other suitable ground
11    cover as soon as practical following an interment given the
12    weather conditions, climate, and season and the
13    interment's proximity to ongoing burial activity;
14        (2) the cutting of lawn throughout the cemetery at
15    reasonable intervals to prevent an overgrowth of grass and
16    weeds given the weather conditions, climate, and season;
17        (3) the trimming of shrubs to prevent excessive
18    overgrowth;
19        (4) the trimming of trees to remove dead limbs;
20        (5) keeping in repair the drains, water lines, roads,
21    buildings, fences, and other structures; and
22        (6) keeping the cemetery premises free of trash and
23    debris.
24    Reasonable maintenance by the cemetery authority shall not
25preclude the exercise of lawful rights by the owner of an
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1immediate family or other heirs, in accordance with reasonable
2rules and regulations of the cemetery or other agreement of the
3cemetery authority.
4    In the case of a cemetery dedicated as a nature preserve
5under the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act, reasonable
6maintenance by the cemetery authority shall be in accordance
7with the rules and master plan governing the dedicated nature
8preserve.
9    The Department shall adopt rules to provide greater detail
10as to what constitutes the reasonable maintenance required
11under this Section. The rules shall differentiate between
12cemeteries based on, among other things, the size and financial
13strength of the cemeteries. The rules shall also provide a
14reasonable opportunity for a cemetery authority accused of
15violating the provisions of this Section to cure any such
16violation in a timely manner given the weather conditions,
17climate, and season before the Department initiates formal
18proceedings.
19    (b) A privately held cemetery authority, before commencing
20cemetery operations or within 6 months after the effective date
21of this Act, shall cause an overall map of its cemetery
22property, delineating all lots or plots, blocks, sections,
23avenues, walks, alleys, and paths and their respective
24designations, to be filed at its on-site office, or if it does
25not maintain an on-site office, at its principal place of
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1accepting, and adopting the map shall also be included with the
2map. The Department may order that the privately held cemetery
3authority obtain a cemetery plat and that it be filed at its
4on-site office, or if it does not maintain an on-site office,
5at its principal place of business only if in the following
6circumstances: (1) the cemetery authority is expanding or
7altering the cemetery grounds; or (2) a human body that should
8have been interred, entombed, or inurned at the cemetery after
9the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 97th General
10Assembly is missing, displaced, or dismembered and the cemetery
11map contains serious discrepancies.
12    In exercising this discretion, the Department shall
13consider whether the privately held cemetery authority would
14experience an undue hardship as a result of obtaining the plat.
15The cemetery plat, as with all plats prepared under this Act,
16shall comply with the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act
17of 1989 and shall delineate, describe, and set forth all lots
18or plots, blocks, sections, avenues, walks, alleys, and paths
19and their respective designations. A cemetery manager's
20certificate acknowledging, accepting, and adopting the plat
21shall also be included with the plat.
22    (b-5) A privately held cemetery authority shall maintain an
23index that associates the identity of deceased persons
24interred, entombed, or inurned after the effective date of this
25Act with their respective place of interment, entombment, or
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1name, then the privately held cemetery authority shall be
2considered in compliance with the requirement of this
3subsection (b-5).
4    (c) The privately held cemetery authority shall open the
5cemetery map or plat to public inspection. The cemetery
6authority shall make available a copy of the overall cemetery
7map or plat upon written request and shall, if practical,
8provide a copy of a segment of the cemetery plat where
9interment rights are located upon the payment of reasonable
10photocopy fees. Any unsold lots, plots, or parts thereof, in
11which there are not human remains, may be resurveyed and
12altered in shape or size and properly designated on the
13cemetery map or plat. However, sold lots, plots, or parts
14thereof in which there are human remains may not be renumbered
15or renamed. Nothing contained in this subsection, however,
16shall prevent the privately held cemetery authority from
17enlarging an interment right by selling to its owner the excess
18space next to the interment right and permitting interments
19therein, provided reasonable access to the interment right and
20to adjoining interment rights is not thereby eliminated.
21    (d) A privately held cemetery authority shall keep a record
22of every interment, entombment, and inurnment completed after
23the effective date of this Act. The record shall include the
24deceased's name, age, date of burial, and the location parcel
25identification number identifying where the human remains are
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1the unique personal identifier as may be further defined by
2rule, which is the parcel identification number in addition to
3the term of burial in years; the numbered level or depth in the
4grave, plot, crypt, or niche; and the year of death.
5    (e) (Blank).
6    (f) A privately held cemetery authority shall make
7available for inspection and, upon reasonable request and the
8payment of a reasonable copying fee, provide a copy of its
9rules and regulations. A privately held cemetery authority
10shall make available for viewing and provide a copy of its
11current prices of interment, inurnment, or entombment rights.
12    (g) A privately held cemetery authority shall provide
13access to the cemetery under the privately held cemetery
14authority's reasonable rules and regulations.
15    (h) A privately held cemetery authority shall be
16responsible for the proper opening and closing of all graves,
17crypts, or niches for human remains in any cemetery property it
18owns.
19    (i) (Blank). Any corporate or other business organization
20trustee of the care funds of every licensed cemetery authority
21shall be located in or a resident of this State. The licensed
22cemetery authority and the trustee of care funds shall keep in
23this State and use in its business such books, accounts, and
24records as will enable the Department to determine whether such
25licensee or trustee is complying with the provisions of this
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1Department under this Act. The licensed cemetery authority
2shall keep the books, accounts, and records in electronic or
3written format at the location identified in the license issued
4by the Department or as otherwise agreed by the Department in
5writing. The books, accounts, and records shall be accessible
6for review upon demand of the Department.
7(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 411/20-10)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
10    Sec. 20-10. Contract. At the time cemetery arrangements
11are made and prior to rendering the cemetery services, a
12licensed privately held cemetery authority shall create a
13written contract to be provided to the consumer, signed by both
14parties, that shall contain: (i) contact information, as set
15out in Section 20-11, and the date on which the arrangements
16were made; (ii) the price of the cemetery service selected and
17the cemetery services and cemetery merchandise included for
18that price; (iii) the supplemental items of cemetery service
19and cemetery merchandise requested and the price of each item;
20(iv) the terms or method of payment agreed upon; and (v) a
21statement as to any monetary advances made on behalf of the
22family. The privately held cemetery authority shall maintain a
23copy of such written contract in its permanent records.
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1    (225 ILCS 411/20-11)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
3    Sec. 20-11. Contact information in a contract. All
4privately held cemetery authorities shall include in the
5contract described in Section 20-10 the name, office address,
6and office telephone number of the licensed privately held
7cemetery authority, except for a cemetery authority that is
8operating as a religious cemetery or public cemetery, which
9shall include in the contract described in Section 20-10 the
10name, address, and telephone number of the cemetery manager.
11Upon written request to a cemetery authority by a consumer, the
12cemetery authority shall provide: (1) the cemetery authority's
13registered agent, if any; (2) the cemetery authority's
14proprietor, if the cemetery authority is an individual; (3)
15every partner, if the cemetery authority is a partnership; (4)
16the president, secretary, executive and senior vice
17presidents, directors, and individuals owning 25% or more of
18the corporate stock, if the cemetery authority is a
19corporation; and (5) the manager, if the cemetery authority is
20a limited liability company.
21(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
22    (225 ILCS 411/20-20)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
24    Sec. 20-20. Display of license. Every privately held
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1employee license issued by the Department shall state the
2number of the license and the address at which the business is
3to be conducted. Such license shall be kept conspicuously
4posted in the place of business of the licensee and shall not
5be transferable or assignable. Nothing in this amendatory Act
6of the 97th General Assembly shall prevent an individual from
7acting as a licensed cemetery manager or customer service
8employee for more than one cemetery. A cemetery manager or
9customer service employee who works at more than one cemetery
10shall display an original version of his or her license at each
11location for which the individual serves as a cemetery manager
12or customer service employee.
13(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
14    (225 ILCS 411/20-30)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
16    Sec. 20-30. Signage. The Department shall create, and each
17licensed privately held cemetery authority shall conspicuously
18post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that
19contain the Department's consumer hotline number, information
20on how to file a complaint, and whatever other information that
21the Department deems appropriate.
22(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
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1    Sec. 25-1. Denial of license or exemption from licensure.
2If the Department determines that an application for licensure
3or exemption from licensure should be denied pursuant to
4Section 25-10, then the applicant shall be sent a notice of
5intent to deny license or exemption from licensure and the
6applicant shall be given the opportunity to request, within 20
7days of the notice, a hearing on the denial. If the applicant
8requests a hearing, then the Secretary shall schedule a hearing
9within 30 days after the request for a hearing, unless
10otherwise agreed to by the parties. The Secretary shall have
11the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed to practice
12law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer.
13The hearing officer shall have full authority to conduct the
14hearing. The hearing shall be held at the time and place
15designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall have the
16authority to prescribe rules for the administration of this
17Section.
18(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
19    (225 ILCS 411/25-5)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
21    Sec. 25-5. Citations.
22    (a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance
23of citations for non-frivolous complaints. The citation shall
24be issued to the licensee and shall contain the licensee's name
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1statement, the Sections of the law allegedly violated, and the
2penalty imposed. When issuing a citation that proposes a
3suspension or revocation of the license of a privately held
4cemetery authority or cemetery manager, the Department must
5consider recommendations of the Cemetery Oversight Board. The
6citation must clearly state that the licensee has the option
7may choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to request a
8hearing. If the licensee does not dispute the matter in the
9citation with the Department within 30 days after the citation
10is served, then the citation shall become a final order and
11shall constitute discipline. The penalty shall be a fine or
12other conditions as established by rule.
13    (b) The Department shall adopt rules and must consider
14recommendations of the Cemetery Oversight Board when
15designating violations for which a citation may be issued. Such
16rules shall designate as citation violations those violations
17for which there is no substantial threat to the public health,
18safety, and welfare. Citations shall not be utilized if there
19was any significant consumer harm resulting from the violation.
20    (c) A citation must be issued within 6 months after the
21reporting of a violation that is the basis for the citation.
22    (d) Service of a citation may be made by personal service,
23or certified mail with confirmation of receipt, or other
24delivery service with confirmation of receipt to the licensee
25at the licensee's address of record.
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1    (225 ILCS 411/25-10)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
3    Sec. 25-10. Grounds for disciplinary action.
4    (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license
5or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take
6other disciplinary action as the Department may deem
7appropriate and must consider recommendations of the Cemetery
8Oversight Board, including imposing fines not to exceed $1,000
9$10,000 for each violation, with regard to any license issued
10under this Act, for any one or combination of the following:
11        (1) Intentional material Material misstatement in
12    furnishing information to the Department.
13        (2) Violations of this Act, except for Section 20-8, or
14    of the rules adopted under this Act.
15        (3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo
16    contendere to, any crime within the last 10 years that is a
17    Class X felony or is a felony involving fraud and
18    dishonesty under the laws of the United States or any state
19    or territory thereof.
20        (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
21    obtaining licensure or violating any provision of this Act
22    or the rules adopted under this Act.
23        (5) Professional incompetence.
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1    provision of this Act or rules adopted under this Act.
2        (8) Failing, within 10 business days, to provide
3    information in response to a written request made by the
4    Department.
5        (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
6    unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
7    defraud, or harm the public.
8        (10) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment,
9    skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use
10    of alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical
11    agent or drug.
12        (11) Discipline by another state, District of
13    Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of
14    the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially
15    equivalent to those set forth in this Section.
16        (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from
17    any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
18    any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation
19    for professional services not actually or personally
20    rendered.
21        (13) A finding by the Department that the licensee,
22    after having his or her license placed on probationary
23    status, has violated the terms of probation.
24        (14) Willfully making or filing false records or
25    reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited
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1    department.
2        (15) Inability to practice the profession with
3    reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
4        (16) Failure to file an annual report or to maintain in
5    effect the required bond or to comply with an order,
6    decision, or finding of the Department made pursuant to
7    this Act.
8        (17) Directly or indirectly receiving compensation for
9    any professional services not actually performed.
10        (18) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by
11    law, an assumed name.
12        (19) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or
13    procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with
14    applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
15        (20) (Blank) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the
16    licensing examination administered under this Act.
17        (21) Unjustified failure to honor its contracts.
18        (22) Negligent supervision of a cemetery manager,
19    customer service employee, cemetery worker, or independent
20    contractor.
21        (23) A pattern of practice or other behavior which
22    demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
23    this Act.
24        (24) Allowing an individual who is not, but is required
25    to be, licensed under this Act to perform work for the
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1        (25) (Blank). Allowing an individual who has not, but
2    is required to, submit a Worker's Statement in accordance
3    with Section 10-22 of this Act to perform work at the
4    cemetery.
5    (b) No action may be taken under this Act against a person
6licensed under this Act unless the action is commenced within 5
7years after the occurrence of the alleged violations, except
8for item (3) of subsection (a) of this Section in which case
9the action may commence within 10 years after the occurrence of
10the alleged violations. A continuing violation shall be deemed
11to have occurred on the date when the circumstances last
12existed that give rise to the alleged violation.
13(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
14    (225 ILCS 411/25-13.1 new)
15    Sec. 25-13.1. Renewal.
16    (a) Beginning with the August 2012 renewal, every privately
17held cemetery authority and cemetery manager of a privately
18held cemetery issued under this Act shall expire on August 31
19every 3 years.
20    (b) It is the responsibility of each licensee to notify the
21Department of any change of address. Failure to receive a
22renewal form from the Department shall not constitute an excuse
23for failure to renew one's license or to pay the renewal fee.
24    (c) Practicing on an expired license is unlicensed practice
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1    (d) No privately held cemetery authority shall, after the
2expiration of a cemetery manager employee license, permit the
3holder of the expired license to do any work requiring
4licensure.
 
5    (225 ILCS 411/25-14)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
7    Sec. 25-14. Mandatory reports.
8    (a) If a privately held cemetery authority receives a
9consumer complaint alleging fraud that is not resolved to the
10satisfaction of the consumer within 60 days of the complaint,
11the privately held cemetery authority shall advise the consumer
12of the right to seek investigation by the Department referring
13the consumer to the signage and shall report the consumer
14complaint to the Department within the next 30 days. Cemetery
15authorities shall report to the Department within 30 days after
16the settlement of any liability insurance claim or cause of
17action, or final judgment in any cause of action, that alleges
18negligence, fraud, theft, misrepresentation, misappropriation,
19or breach of contract.
20    (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall report to the
21Department all instances in which an individual licensed as a
22cemetery manager of a privately held cemetery or customer
23service employee, or any individual listed on a licensed
24privately held cemetery authority's application under this
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1of any felony. The report shall be submitted to the Department
2within 60 days after conviction or finding of guilty.
3(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
4    (225 ILCS 411/25-15)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
6    Sec. 25-15. Cease and desist.
7    (a) The Secretary may issue an order to cease and desist to
8any licensee or other person doing business without the
9required license when, in the opinion of the Secretary, the
10licensee or other person is violating or is about to violate
11any provision of this Act or any rule or requirement imposed in
12writing by the Department.
13    (b) The Secretary may issue an order to cease and desist
14prior to a hearing and such order shall be in full force and
15effect until a final administrative order is entered.
16    (c) The Secretary shall serve notice of his or her action,
17designated as an order to cease and desist made pursuant to
18this Section, including a statement of the reasons for the
19action, either personally or by certified mail, return receipt
20requested or by other delivery service that provides a
21confirmation of receipt. Service by certified mail shall be
22deemed completed when the notice is deposited in the United
23States mail and sent to the address of record or, in the case
24of unlicensed activity, the address known to the Department.
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1desist, the licensee or other person may request, in writing, a
2hearing.
3    (e) The Secretary shall schedule a hearing within 30 days
4after the request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by
5the parties.
6    (f) The Secretary shall have the authority to prescribe
7rules for the administration of this Section.
8    (g) If, after hearing, it is determined that the Secretary
9has the authority to issue the order to cease and desist, he or
10she may issue such orders as may be reasonably necessary to
11correct, eliminate, or remedy such conduct.
12    (h) The powers vested in the Secretary by this Section are
13additional to any and all other powers and remedies vested in
14the Secretary by law and nothing in this Section shall be
15construed as requiring that the Secretary shall employ the
16power conferred in this Section instead of or as a condition
17precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested
18in the Secretary.
19(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
20    (225 ILCS 411/25-25)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
22    Sec. 25-25. Investigations, notice, hearings.
23    (a) The Department may at any time investigate the actions
24of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering or
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1authority, cemetery manager of a privately held cemetery , or
2customer service employee of or any person holding or claiming
3to hold a license as a licensed privately held cemetery
4authority, cemetery manager of a privately held cemetery , or
5customer service employee. If it appears to the Department that
6a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage
7in any practice declared to be unlawful by this Act, then the
8Department may: (1) require that person to file on such terms
9as the Department prescribes a statement or report in writing,
10under oath or otherwise, containing all information the
11Department may consider necessary to ascertain whether a
12licensee is in compliance with this Act, or whether an
13unlicensed person is engaging in activities for which a license
14is required; (2) examine under oath any individual in
15connection with the books and records pertaining to or having
16an impact upon the operation of a cemetery or trust funds
17required to be maintained pursuant to this Act; (3) examine any
18books and records of the licensee, trustee, or investment
19advisor that the Department may consider necessary to ascertain
20compliance with this Act; and (4) require the production of a
21copy of any record, book, document, account, or paper that is
22produced in accordance with this Act and retain it in his or
23her possession until the completion of all proceedings in
24connection with which it is produced.
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1days notice by personal service, certified mail with return
2receipt requested, or by any delivery service that provides a
3confirmation of receipt to the licensee at the address of
4record or to the last known address of any other person stating
5the contemplated action and in general the grounds therefor,
6fine such licensee an amount not exceeding $1,000 $10,000 per
7violation or revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place on
8probation, or reprimand any license issued under this Act if he
9or she finds that:
10        (1) the licensee has failed to comply with any
11    provision of this Act or any order, decision, finding,
12    rule, regulation, or direction of the Secretary lawfully
13    made pursuant to the authority of this Act; or
14        (2) any fact or condition exists which, if it had
15    existed at the time of the original application for the
16    license, clearly would have warranted the Secretary in
17    refusing to issue the license.
18    (c) The Secretary, with consideration and recommendations
19of the Cemetery Oversight Board, may fine, revoke, suspend,
20refuse to renew, place on probation, reprimand, or take any
21other disciplinary action as to the particular license with
22respect to which grounds for the fine, revocation, suspension,
23refuse to renew, probation, or reprimand, or other disciplinary
24action occur or exist, but if the Secretary finds that grounds
25for revocation are of general application to all offices or to
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1revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place on probation,
2reprimand, or otherwise discipline every license to which such
3grounds apply.
4    (d) In every case in which a license is revoked, suspended,
5placed on probation, reprimanded, or otherwise disciplined,
6the Secretary shall serve the licensee with notice of his or
7her action, including a statement of the reasons for his or her
8actions, either personally or by certified mail, return receipt
9requested or by any delivery service that provides a
10confirmation of receipt. Service by certified mail shall be
11deemed completed when the notice is deposited in the United
12States mail and sent to the address of record.
13    (e) An order assessing a fine, an order revoking,
14suspending, placing on probation, or reprimanding a license or,
15an order denying renewal of a license shall take effect upon
16service of the order unless the licensee requests, in writing,
17within 20 days after the date of service, a hearing. In the
18event a hearing is requested, an order issued under this
19Section shall be stayed until a final administrative order is
20entered.
21    (f) If the licensee requests a hearing, then the Secretary
22shall schedule a hearing within 30 days after the request for a
23hearing unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The
24Secretary shall have the authority to appoint an attorney duly
25licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as
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1license. The hearing officer shall have full authority to
2conduct the hearing.
3    (g) The hearing shall be held at the time and place
4designated by the Secretary.
5    (h) The Secretary shall have the authority to prescribe
6rules, with consideration and recommendations of the Cemetery
7Oversight Board, for the administration of this Section.
8    (i) Fines imposed and any costs assessed shall be paid
9within 60 days.
10(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 411/25-70)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
13    Sec. 25-70. Receivership. In the event a privately held
14cemetery authority license is suspended or revoked or where an
15unlicensed person has conducted activities requiring privately
16held cemetery authority licensure under this Act, the
17Department, through the Attorney General, may petition the
18circuit courts of this State for appointment of a receiver to
19administer the care funds of such licensee or unlicensed person
20or to operate the cemetery.
21    (a) The court shall appoint a receiver if the court
22determines that a receivership is necessary or advisable:
23        (1) to ensure the orderly and proper conduct of a
24    licensee's professional business and affairs during or in
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1    suspend the privately held cemetery authority's license;
2        (2) for the protection of the public's interest and
3    rights in the business, premises, or activities of the
4    person sought to be placed in receivership;
5        (3) upon a showing of actual or constructive
6    abandonment of premises or business licensed or which was
7    not but should have been licensed under this Act;
8        (4) upon a showing of serious and repeated violations
9    of this Act demonstrating an inability or unwillingness of
10    a licensee to comply with the requirements of this Act;
11        (5) to prevent loss, wasting, dissipation, theft, or
12    conversion of assets that should be marshaled and held
13    available for the honoring of obligations under this Act;
14    or
15        (6) upon proof of other grounds that the court deems
16    good and sufficient for instituting receivership action
17    concerning the respondent sought to be placed in
18    receivership.
19    (b) A receivership under this Section may be temporary, or
20for the winding up and dissolution of the business, as the
21Department may request and the court determines to be necessary
22or advisable in the circumstances. Venue of receivership
23proceedings may be, at the Department's election, in Cook
24County or the county where the subject of the receivership is
25located. The appointed receiver shall be the Department or such
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1approve.
2    (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation
3of this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
5    (225 ILCS 411/25-85)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
7    Sec. 25-85. Inactive status.
8    (a) Any licensed manager of a privately held cemetery or
9customer service employee who notifies the Department in
10writing on forms prescribed by the Department as determined by
11rule, may elect to place his or her license on an inactive
12status and shall, subject to rules of the Department, be
13excused from payment of renewal fees until he or she notifies
14the Department in writing of his or her desire to resume active
15status. Any licensed cemetery manager of a privately held
16cemetery or licensed customer service employee requesting
17restoration from inactive status shall pay the current renewal
18fee and meet requirements as provided by rule. Any licensee
19whose license is in inactive status shall not practice in the
20State of Illinois.
21    (b) A privately held cemetery authority license may only go
22on inactive status by following the provisions for dissolution
23set forth in Section 10-50 or transfer in Section 10-45.
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1    (225 ILCS 411/25-105)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
3    Sec. 25-105. Violations. Any person who is found to have
4engaged in unlicensed practices under this Act violated any
5provision of this Act or any applicant for licensure who files
6with the Department the fingerprints of an individual other
7than himself or herself is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
8Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense the violator
9shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. However, whoever
10intentionally fails to deposit the required amounts into a
11trust provided for in this Act or intentionally and improperly
12withdraws or uses trust funds for his or her own benefit shall
13be guilty of a Class 4 felony and each day such provisions are
14violated shall constitute a separate offense.
15(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
16    (225 ILCS 411/25-110)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
18    Sec. 25-110. Civil action and civil penalties. In addition
19to the other penalties and remedies provided in this Act, the
20Department may bring a civil action in the county in which the
21cemetery is located against a licensee or any other person to
22enjoin any violation or threatened violation of this Act. In
23addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who
24violates this Act shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty to the
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1violation as determined by the Department. The civil penalty
2shall be assessed by the Department in accordance with the
3provisions of this Act. Any civil penalty shall be paid within
460 days after the effective date of the order imposing the
5civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be
6filed and execution had thereon in the same manner as any
7judgment from any court of record. All moneys collected under
8this Section shall be deposited into the Cemetery Oversight
9Licensing and Disciplinary Fund.
10(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 411/25-125)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
13    Sec. 25-125. Cemetery Oversight Board. The Cemetery
14Oversight Board is created and shall consist of 7 the
15Secretary, who shall serve as its chairperson, and 8 members
16appointed by the Secretary. Appointments shall be made within
1790 days after the effective date of this Act. Five Three
18members shall represent the segment of the privately held
19cemetery industry licensed under this Act, and the chairman
20shall be annually selected from within this group by their
21majority vote. One member that does not maintain a partial
22exemption or full exemption, one member shall represent the
23segment of the cemetery industry that maintains a partial
24exemption as a public cemetery, one member shall represent the
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1exemption as a religious cemetery, 2 members shall be a
2consumer consumers as defined in this Act, and one member shall
3represent the general public. No member shall be a licensed
4professional from a non-cemetery segment of the death care
5industry. No member of the Board shall be appointed who works
6for an exempt cemetery authority or at multiple categories of
7cemeteries. Board members shall serve 5-year terms and until
8their successors are appointed and qualified. The membership of
9the Board should reasonably reflect representation from the
10geographic areas in this State. No member shall be reappointed
11to the Board for a term that would cause his or her continuous
12service on the Board to be longer than 10 successive years.
13Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner
14as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of the
15vacated term. Four Five members of the Board shall constitute a
16quorum. A quorum is required for Board decisions. The Secretary
17may remove any member of the Board for misconduct,
18incompetence, neglect of duty, conflict of interest, or for
19reasons prescribed by law for removal of State officials. The
20Secretary may remove a member of the Board who does not attend
212 consecutive meetings. The Department may, at any time, seek
22the expert advice and knowledge of the Board on any matter
23relating to the administration or enforcement of this Act. The
24Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the Board in
25the development of proposed rules or disciplinary action under
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1may be required under this Act. Notice of any proposed
2rulemaking under this Act shall be transmitted to the Board and
3the Department shall consider review the response of the Board
4and any recommendations made therein. The Secretary may retain
5any Board member currently serving who qualifies under the
6changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 97th
7General Assembly.
8(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 411/75-20)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
11    Sec. 75-20. Rules. The Department may adopt rules for the
12administration and enforcement of this Act with consideration
13of recommendations of the Cemetery Oversight Board. The rules
14shall include standards for licensure, professional conduct,
15and discipline.
16(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 411/75-25)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
19    Sec. 75-25. Home rule. The regulation and licensing as
20provided for in this Act are exclusive powers and functions of
21the State. A home rule unit may not regulate or license
22privately held cemetery authorities, cemetery managers,
23employees, or workers employed or hired on behalf of the
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1cemetery workers, or any activities relating to the operation
2of a cemetery. This Section is a denial and limitation of home
3rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
4Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
5(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
6    (225 ILCS 411/75-45)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 75-45. Fees. The Department shall by rule provide for
9fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act other
10than as specifically provided in Section 10-55, and those fees
11are nonrefundable. All of the fees and fines collected under
12this Act shall be deposited into the Cemetery Oversight
13Licensing and Disciplinary Fund and be appropriated to the
14Department for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the
15Department in the administration and enforcement of this Act.
16Fees shall be reasonable and shall avoid creating competitive
17disadvantages for licensed cemetery authorities in comparison
18to exempt cemetery authorities. The Secretary, upon
19recommendation of the Cemetery Oversight Board, may waive fees
20based upon hardship.
21(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
22    (225 ILCS 411/75-50)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
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1this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly,
2notwithstanding Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a
3cemetery authority shall ensure that every burial permit
4maintained at the cemetery shall contain applicable to that
5cemetery authority contains the decedent's parcel
6identification number or other information as provided by rule
7regarding the location of the interment, entombment, or
8inurnment of the deceased that would enable the Department to
9determine the precise location of the decedent.
10(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 411/10-10 rep.)
12    (225 ILCS 411/10-22 rep.)
13    (225 ILCS 411/10-30 rep.)
14    (225 ILCS 411/10-45 rep.)
15    (225 ILCS 411/10-50 rep.)
16    (225 ILCS 411/Art. 15 rep.)
17    (225 ILCS 411/20-6 rep.)
18    (225 ILCS 411/20-8 rep.)
19    (225 ILCS 411/20-12 rep.)
20    (225 ILCS 411/20-15 rep.)
21    (225 ILCS 411/20-25 rep.)
22    (225 ILCS 411/Art. 22 rep.)
23    (225 ILCS 411/25-3 rep.)
24    (225 ILCS 411/25-13 rep.)
25    (225 ILCS 411/25-75 rep.)

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 411/25-120 rep.)
2    (225 ILCS 411/Art. 35 rep.)
3    (225 ILCS 411/75-55 rep.)
4    (225 ILCS 411/90-90 rep.)
5    (225 ILCS 411/90-95 rep.)
6    Section 920. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended by
7repealing Articles 15, 22, and 35 and Sections 10-10, 10-22,
810-30, 10-45, 10-50, 20-6, 20-8, 20-12, 20-15, 20-25, 25-3,
925-13, 25-75, 25-120, 75-55, 90-90, and 90-95.
 
10    Section 925. The Crematory Regulation Act is amended by
11changing Sections 5 and 35 as follows:
 
12    (410 ILCS 18/5)
13    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-863)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
15    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
16    "Alternative container" means a receptacle, other than a
17casket, in which human remains are transported to the crematory
18and placed in the cremation chamber for cremation. An
19alternative container shall be (i) composed of readily
20combustible materials suitable for cremation, (ii) able to be
21closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human
22remains, (iii) resistant to leakage or spillage, (iv) rigid
23enough for handling with ease, and (v) able to provide
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1crematory personnel.
2    "Authorizing agent" means a person legally entitled to
3order the cremation and final disposition of specific human
4remains.
5    "Body parts" means limbs or other portions of the anatomy
6that are removed from a person or human remains for medical
7purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or
8medical research; or human bodies or any portion of bodies that
9have been donated to science for medical research purposes.
10    "Burial transit permit" means a permit for disposition of a
11dead human body as required by Illinois law.
12    "Casket" means a rigid container that is designed for the
13encasement of human remains, is usually constructed of wood,
14metal, or like material and ornamented and lined with fabric,
15and may or may not be combustible.
16    "Change of ownership" means a transfer of more than 50% of
17the stock or assets of a crematory authority.
18    "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State of
19Illinois.
20    "Cremated remains" means all human remains recovered after
21the completion of the cremation, which may possibly include the
22residue of any foreign matter including casket material,
23bridgework, or eyeglasses, that was cremated with the human
24remains.
25    "Cremation" means the technical process, using heat and
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1reduction takes place through heat and evaporation. Cremation
2shall include the processing, and may include the
3pulverization, of the bone fragments.
4    "Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which
5the cremation takes place.
6    "Cremation interment container" means a rigid outer
7container that, subject to a cemetery's rules and regulations,
8is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or some similar
9material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred in
10the ground, and which is designed to withstand prolonged
11exposure to the elements and to support the earth above the
12urn.
13    "Cremation room" means the room in which the cremation
14chamber is located.
15    "Crematory" means the building or portion of a building
16that houses the cremation room and the holding facility.
17    "Crematory authority" means the legal entity which is
18licensed by the Comptroller to operate a crematory and to
19perform cremations.
20    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
21Health.
22    "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or other
23disposition of a dead human body or parts of a dead human body.
24    "Funeral director" means a person known by the title of
25"funeral director", "funeral director and embalmer", or other
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1funeral directing or funeral directing and embalming.
2    "Funeral establishment" means a building or separate
3portion of a building having a specific street address and
4location and devoted to activities relating to the shelter,
5care, custody, and preparation of a deceased human body and may
6contain facilities for funeral or wake services.
7    "Holding facility" means an area that (i) is designated for
8the retention of human remains prior to cremation, (ii)
9complies with all applicable public health law, (iii) preserves
10the health and safety of the crematory authority personnel, and
11(iv) is secure from access by anyone other than authorized
12persons. A holding facility may be located in a cremation room.
13    "Human remains" means the body of a deceased person,
14including any form of body prosthesis that has been permanently
15attached or implanted in the body.
16    "Niche" means a compartment or cubicle for the
17memorialization and permanent placement of an urn containing
18cremated remains.
19    "Processing" means the reduction of identifiable bone
20fragments after the completion of the cremation process to
21unidentifiable bone fragments by manual or mechanical means.
22    "Pulverization" means the reduction of identifiable bone
23fragments after the completion of the cremation process to
24granulated particles by manual or mechanical means.
25    "Scattering area" means an area which may be designated by
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1cremated remains, which have been removed from their container,
2can be mixed with, or placed on top of, the soil or ground
3cover.
4    "Temporary container" means a receptacle for cremated
5remains, usually composed of cardboard, plastic or similar
6material, that can be closed in a manner that prevents the
7leakage or spillage of the cremated remains or the entrance of
8foreign material, and is a single container of sufficient size
9to hold the cremated remains until an urn is acquired or the
10cremated remains are scattered.
11    "Urn" means a receptacle designed to encase the cremated
12remains.
13(Source: P.A. 92-675, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
14    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-863)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
16    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
17    "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
18by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
19file or license file. It is the duty of the applicant or
20licensee to inform the Department of any change of address
21within 14 days, and such changes must be made either through
22the Department's website or by contacting the Department's
23licensure maintenance unit. The address of record shall be the
24permanent street address of the crematory.
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1casket, in which human remains are transported to the crematory
2and placed in the cremation chamber for cremation. An
3alternative container shall be (i) composed of readily
4combustible materials suitable for cremation, (ii) able to be
5closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human
6remains, (iii) resistant to leakage or spillage, (iv) rigid
7enough for handling with ease, and (v) able to provide
8protection for the health, safety, and personal integrity of
9crematory personnel.
10    "Authorizing agent" means a person legally entitled to
11order the cremation and final disposition of specific human
12remains.
13    "Body parts" means limbs or other portions of the anatomy
14that are removed from a person or human remains for medical
15purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or
16medical research; or human bodies or any portion of bodies that
17have been donated to science for medical research purposes.
18    "Burial transit permit" means a permit for disposition of a
19dead human body as required by Illinois law.
20    "Casket" means a rigid container that is designed for the
21encasement of human remains, is usually constructed of wood,
22metal, or like material and ornamented and lined with fabric,
23and may or may not be combustible.
24    "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State of
25Illinois.
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1the completion of the cremation, which may possibly include the
2residue of any foreign matter including casket material,
3bridgework, or eyeglasses, that was cremated with the human
4remains.
5    "Cremation" means the technical process, using heat and
6flame, that reduces human remains to bone fragments. The
7reduction takes place through heat and evaporation. Cremation
8shall include the processing, and may include the
9pulverization, of the bone fragments.
10    "Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which
11the cremation takes place.
12    "Cremation interment container" means a rigid outer
13container that, subject to a cemetery's rules and regulations,
14is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or some similar
15material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred in
16the ground, and which is designed to withstand prolonged
17exposure to the elements and to support the earth above the
18urn.
19    "Cremation room" means the room in which the cremation
20chamber is located.
21    "Crematory" means the building or portion of a building
22that houses the cremation room and the holding facility.
23    "Crematory authority" means the legal entity which is
24licensed by the Department to operate a crematory and to
25perform cremations.
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1and Professional Regulation.
2    "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or other
3disposition of a dead human body or parts of a dead human body.
4    "Funeral director" means a person known by the title of
5"funeral director", "funeral director and embalmer", or other
6similar words or titles, licensed by the State to practice
7funeral directing or funeral directing and embalming.
8    "Funeral establishment" means a building or separate
9portion of a building having a specific street address and
10location and devoted to activities relating to the shelter,
11care, custody, and preparation of a deceased human body and may
12contain facilities for funeral or wake services.
13    "Holding facility" means an area that (i) is designated for
14the retention of human remains prior to cremation, (ii)
15complies with all applicable public health law, (iii) preserves
16the health and safety of the crematory authority personnel, and
17(iv) is secure from access by anyone other than authorized
18persons. A holding facility may be located in a cremation room.
19    "Human remains" means the body of a deceased person,
20including any form of body prosthesis that has been permanently
21attached or implanted in the body.
22    "Licensee" means an entity licensed under this Act. An
23entity that holds itself as a licensee or that is accused of
24unlicensed practice is considered a licensee for purposes of
25enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois
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1    "Niche" means a compartment or cubicle for the
2memorialization and permanent placement of an urn containing
3cremated remains.
4    "Person" means any person, partnership, association,
5corporation, limited liability company, or other entity, and in
6the case of any such business organization, its officers,
7partners, members, or shareholders possessing 25% or more of
8ownership of the entity.
9    "Processing" means the reduction of identifiable bone
10fragments after the completion of the cremation process to
11unidentifiable bone fragments by manual or mechanical means.
12    "Pulverization" means the reduction of identifiable bone
13fragments after the completion of the cremation process to
14granulated particles by manual or mechanical means.
15    "Scattering area" means an area which may be designated by
16a cemetery and located on dedicated cemetery property where
17cremated remains, which have been removed from their container,
18can be mixed with, or placed on top of, the soil or ground
19cover.
20    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
21Professional Regulation.
22    "Temporary container" means a receptacle for cremated
23remains, usually composed of cardboard, plastic or similar
24material, that can be closed in a manner that prevents the
25leakage or spillage of the cremated remains or the entrance of
26foreign material, and is a single container of sufficient size

 

 

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1to hold the cremated remains until an urn is acquired or the
2cremated remains are scattered.
3    "Urn" means a receptacle designed to encase the cremated
4remains.
5(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-12.)
 
6    (410 ILCS 18/35)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 35. Cremation procedures.
9    (a) Human remains shall not be cremated within 24 hours
10after the time of death, as indicated on the Medical
11Examiner's/Coroner's Certificate of Death. In any death, the
12human remains shall not be cremated by the crematory authority
13until a cremation permit has been received from the coroner or
14medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred and
15the crematory authority has received a cremation authorization
16form, executed by an authorizing agent, in accordance with the
17provisions of Section 15 of this Act. In no instance, however,
18shall the lapse of time between the death and the cremation be
19less than 24 hours, unless (i) it is known the deceased has an
20infectious or dangerous disease and that the time requirement
21is waived in writing by the medical examiner or coroner where
22the death occurred or (ii) because of a religious requirement.
23    (b) Except as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section,
24a crematory authority shall have the right to schedule the
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1time after the human remains have been delivered to the
2crematory authority, unless the crematory authority has
3received specific instructions to the contrary on the cremation
4authorization form.
5    (c) No crematory authority shall cremate human remains when
6it has actual knowledge that human remains contain a pacemaker
7or any other material or implant that may be potentially
8hazardous to the person performing the cremation.
9    (d) No crematory authority shall refuse to accept human
10remains for cremation because such human remains are not
11embalmed.
12    (e) Whenever a crematory authority is unable or
13unauthorized to cremate human remains immediately upon taking
14custody of the remains, the crematory authority shall place the
15human remains in a holding facility in accordance with the
16crematory authority's rules and regulations. The crematory
17authority must notify the authorizing agent of the reasons for
18delay in cremation if a properly authorized cremation is not
19performed within any time period expressly contemplated in the
20authorization.
21    (f) A crematory authority shall not accept a casket or
22alternative container from which there is any evidence of the
23leakage of body fluids.
24    (g) The casket or the alternative container shall be
25cremated with the human remains or destroyed, unless the
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1contrary on the cremation authorization form and obtained the
2written consent of the authorizing agent.
3    (h) The simultaneous cremation of the human remains of more
4than one person within the same cremation chamber, without the
5prior written consent of the authorizing agent, is prohibited
6except for common cremation pursuant to Section 11.4 of the
7Hospital Licensing Act. Nothing in this subsection, however,
8shall prevent the simultaneous cremation within the same
9cremation chamber of body parts delivered to the crematory
10authority from multiple sources, or the use of cremation
11equipment that contains more than one cremation chamber.
12    (i) No unauthorized person shall be permitted in the
13holding facility or cremation room while any human remains are
14being held there awaiting cremation, being cremated, or being
15removed from the cremation chamber.
16    (j) A crematory authority shall not remove any dental gold,
17body parts, organs, or any item of value prior to or subsequent
18to a cremation without previously having received specific
19written authorization from the authorizing agent and written
20instructions for the delivery of these items to the authorizing
21agent. Under no circumstances shall a crematory authority
22profit from making or assisting in any removal of valuables.
23    (k) Upon the completion of each cremation, and insofar as
24is practicable, all of the recoverable residue of the cremation
25process shall be removed from the cremation chamber.
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1within the receptacle that has been selected, the remainder of
2the cremated remains shall be returned to the authorizing agent
3or the agent's designee in a separate container. The crematory
4authority shall not return to an authorizing agent or the
5agent's designee more or less cremated remains than were
6removed from the cremation chamber.
7    (m) A crematory authority shall not knowingly represent to
8an authorizing agent or the agent's designee that a temporary
9container or urn contains the cremated remains of a specific
10decedent when it does not.
11    (n) Cremated remains shall be shipped only by a method that
12has an internal tracing system available and that provides a
13receipt signed by the person accepting delivery.
14    (o) A crematory authority shall maintain an identification
15system that shall ensure that it shall be able to identify the
16human remains in its possession throughout all phases of the
17cremation process.
18    (p) The cremation authorization form shall also contain the
19following statement in 12-point, bold font and be initialed by
20the authorizing agent:
 
21"IT IS ILLEGAL TO ABANDON CREMATED REMAINS IN A CEMETERY OR ON
22PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. YOU
23CAN BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR IF THE CREMATED REMAINS OF
24YOUR LOVED ONE ARE ABANDONED IN ANY PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE NOT
25BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO DISPOSE OF THEM.

 

 

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1INITIALS".
2(Source: P.A. 96-338, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
3    (410 ILCS 18/7 rep.)
4    (410 ILCS 18/10 rep.)
5    (410 ILCS 18/11 rep.)
6    (410 ILCS 18/11.5 rep.)
7    (410 ILCS 18/12 rep.)
8    (410 ILCS 18/13 rep.)
9    (410 ILCS 18/20 rep.)
10    (410 ILCS 18/22 rep.)
11    (410 ILCS 18/25 rep.)
12    (410 ILCS 18/40 rep.)
13    (410 ILCS 18/55 rep.)
14    (410 ILCS 18/60 rep.)
15    (410 ILCS 18/62 rep.)
16    (410 ILCS 18/62.5 rep.)
17    (410 ILCS 18/62.10 rep.)
18    (410 ILCS 18/62.15 rep.)
19    (410 ILCS 18/62.20 rep.)
20    (410 ILCS 18/65 rep.)
21    (410 ILCS 18/80 rep.)
22    (410 ILCS 18/85 rep.)
23    (410 ILCS 18/87 rep.)
24    (410 ILCS 18/88 rep.)
25    (410 ILCS 18/89 rep.)

 

 

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1    (410 ILCS 18/90 rep.)
2    (410 ILCS 18/91 rep.)
3    (410 ILCS 18/92 rep.)
4    (410 ILCS 18/93 rep.)
5    (410 ILCS 18/94 rep.)
6    (410 ILCS 18/95 rep.)
7    Section 927. The Crematory Regulation Act is amended by
8repealing Sections 7, 10, 11, 11.5, 12, 13, 20, 22, 25, 40, 55,
960, 62, 62.5, 62.10, 62.15, 62.20, 65, 80, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90,
1091, 92, 93, 94, and 95.
 
11    Section 930. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
12Section 21 as follows:
 
13    (410 ILCS 535/21)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-21)
14    Sec. 21. (1) The funeral director or person acting as such
15who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall make a
16written report to the registrar of the district in which death
17occurred or in which the body or fetus was found within 24
18hours after taking custody of the body or fetus on a form
19prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and in
20accordance with the rules promulgated by the State Registrar.
21Except as specified in paragraph (2) of this Section, the
22written report shall serve as a permit to transport, bury or
23entomb the body or fetus within this State, provided that the
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1the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness
2or condition which resulted in death has been contacted and has
3affirmatively stated that he will sign the medical certificate
4of death or the fetal death certificate. If a funeral director
5fails to file written reports under this Section in a timely
6manner, the local registrar may suspend the funeral director's
7privilege of filing written reports by mail. In a county with a
8population greater than 3,000,000, if a funeral director or
9person acting as such inters or entombs a dead body without
10having previously certified that the physician in charge of the
11patient's care for the illness or condition that resulted in
12death has been contacted and has affirmatively stated that he
13or she will sign the medical certificate of death, then that
14funeral director or person acting as such is responsible for
15payment of the specific costs incurred by the county medical
16examiner in disinterring and reinterring or reentombing the
17dead body.
18    (2) The written report as specified in paragraph (1) of
19this Section shall not serve as a permit to:
20        (a) Remove body or fetus from this State;
21        (b) Cremate the body or fetus; or
22        (c) Make disposal of any body or fetus in any manner
23    when death is subject to the coroner's or medical
24    examiner's investigation.
25    (3) In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of
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1first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a
2permit for disposition of such dead human body prior to final
3disposition or removal from the State of the body or fetus.
4Such permit shall be issued by the registrar of the district
5where death occurred or the body or fetus was found. No such
6permit shall be issued until a properly completed certificate
7of death has been filed with the registrar. The registrar shall
8insure the issuance of a permit for disposition within an
9expedited period of time to accommodate Sunday or holiday
10burials of decedents whose time of death and religious tenets
11or beliefs necessitate Sunday or holiday burials.
12    (4) A permit that accompanies a dead body, fetus, or
13cremated remains brought into this State shall be authority for
14final disposition of the body, fetus, or cremated remains in
15this State, except in municipalities where local ordinance
16requires the issuance of a local permit prior to disposition.
17If there is no permit for cremated remains brought into this
18State by a family member, a funeral director, an officer, or
19manager of a cemetery authority may hand write or print the
20permit or use the certificate of cremation as the permit A
21permit which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this
22State shall be authority for final disposition of the body or
23fetus in this State, except in municipalities where local
24ordinance requires the issuance of a local permit prior to
25disposition.
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1required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus, and
2when the disinterred body is to be shipped by a common carrier.
3Such permit shall be issued to a licensed funeral director or
4person acting as such, upon proper application, by the local
5registrar of the district in which disinterment is to be made.
6In the case of disinterment, proper application shall include a
7statement providing the name and address of any surviving
8spouse of the deceased, or, if none, any surviving children of
9the deceased, or if no surviving spouse or children, a parent,
10brother, or sister of the deceased. The application shall
11indicate whether the applicant is one of these parties and, if
12so, whether the applicant is a surviving spouse or a surviving
13child. Prior to the issuance of a permit for disinterment, the
14local registrar shall, by certified mail, notify the surviving
15spouse, unless he or she is the applicant, or if there is no
16surviving spouse, all surviving children except for the
17applicant, of the application for the permit. The person or
18persons notified shall have 30 days from the mailing of the
19notice to object by obtaining an injunction enjoining the
20issuance of the permit. After the 30-day period has expired,
21the local registrar shall issue the permit unless he or she has
22been enjoined from doing so or there are other statutory
23grounds for refusal. The notice to the spouse or surviving
24children shall inform the person or persons being notified of
25the right to seek an injunction within 30 days. Notwithstanding
26any other provision of this subsection (5), a court may order

 

 

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1issuance of a permit for disinterment without notice or prior
2to the expiration of the 30-day period where the petition is
3made by an agency of any governmental unit and good cause is
4shown for disinterment without notice or for the early order.
5Nothing in this subsection (5) limits the authority of the City
6of Chicago to acquire property or otherwise exercise its powers
7under the O'Hare Modernization Act or requires that City, or
8any person acting on behalf of that City, to obtain a permit
9under this subsection (5) when exercising powers under the
10O'Hare Modernization Act.
11(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)
 
12    Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
13changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
14that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
15represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
16not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
17made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
18Public Act.
 
19    Section 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act
20(including both new and amendatory provisions) are severable
21under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
22    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".