Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 410/4-8) (from Ch. 111, par. 1704-8) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 4-8. Persons in need of mental treatment. The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as provided in the Me…

(225 ILCS 410/4-9) (from Ch. 111, par. 1704-9) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 4-9. Practice without a license or after suspension or revocation thereof. (a) If any person, association, firm, partnership, limited liability company, professional limited …

(225 ILCS 411/10-10) Sec. 10-10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

(225 ILCS 411/10-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-15. Licenses for cemetery authorities, cemetery managers, and customer service employees. The application for a cemetery authority license must be submitted to the Department within 6 months after …

(225 ILCS 411/10-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-20. Application for original license or exemption. (a) Applications for original licensure as a cemetery authority, cemetery manager, or customer service employee authorized by this Act, or applica…

(225 ILCS 411/10-21) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-21. Qualifications for licensure. (a) An applicant is qualified for licensure as a cemetery authority if the applicant meets all of the following qualifications: (1) The applicant has not committed…

(225 ILCS 411/10-22) Sec. 10-22. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

(225 ILCS 411/10-23) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-23. Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics. Licensed cemetery authorities and their licensed cemetery managers and customer service employees, and cemetery authorities maintaining a partial exempt…

(225 ILCS 411/10-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-25. Certification. (a) The Department shall authorize certification programs for cemetery manager and customer service employee applicants. The certification programs must consist of education and …

(225 ILCS 411/10-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-30. Continuing education. The Department shall adopt rules for continuing education of cemetery managers and customer service employees. The continuing education programs may consist of education a…

(225 ILCS 411/10-39) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-39. Cemetery manager and customer service employee; display of certification and license; grace periods. The cemetery manager and customer service employee must conspicuously display the certificat…

(225 ILCS 411/10-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-40. Renewal, reinstatement, or restoration of license. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The holder of a license may renew such…

(225 ILCS 411/10-45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-45. Transfer or sale, preservation of license. (a) (Blank). (b) In the event of a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the cemetery authority, the sale or transfer of the c…

(225 ILCS 411/10-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-5. Restrictions and limitations. No person shall, without a valid license issued by the Department, (i) hold himself or herself out in any manner to the public as a licensed cemetery authority, lice…

(225 ILCS 411/10-50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-50. Dissolution. Where any licensed cemetery authority or any trustee thereof seeks dissolution in any manner, by resolution of such cemetery authority, or the trustees thereof, notice shall be giv…

(225 ILCS 411/10-55) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-55. Fees. (a) Except as provided in this Section, the fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act shall be set by the Department by rule. The fees shall not be refundable. (b) Cemetery …

(225 ILCS 411/10-60) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 10-60. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pa…

(225 ILCS 411/20-10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-10. Contract. (a) At the time cemetery arrangements are made and prior to rendering the cemetery services, a cemetery authority shall create a completed written contract to be provided to the consu…

(225 ILCS 411/20-11) Sec. 20-11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

(225 ILCS 411/20-12) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-12. Method of payment; receipt. No cemetery authority shall require payment for any goods, services, or easement by cash only. Each cemetery authority subject to this Section shall permit payment b…

(225 ILCS 411/20-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-15. Interment or inurnment in cemetery. No cemetery authority shall interfere with a licensed funeral director or his or her designated agent observing the final burial or disposition of a body for…

(225 ILCS 411/20-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-20. Display of license. Every cemetery authority, cemetery manager, and customer service employee license issued by the Department shall state the number of the license and the address at which the…

(225 ILCS 411/20-25) Sec. 20-25. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

(225 ILCS 411/20-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-30. Signage. The Department shall create, and each cemetery authority shall conspicuously post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery office that contain the Department's consumer hotline nu…

(225 ILCS 411/20-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-35. Stacking; burial or interment of an unknown individual or unknown body part. (a) The stacking of caskets underground of any individual is limited to no more than 3 caskets in one grave space wi…

(225 ILCS 411/20-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-40. Burial of multiple persons. A cemetery authority shall not knowingly bury human remains from multiple persons, known or unknown, in the same casket or grave space with the exception of (1) huma…

(225 ILCS 411/20-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-5. Maintenance and records. (a) A cemetery authority shall provide reasonable maintenance of the cemetery property and of all lots, graves, crypts, and columbariums in the cemetery based on the type…

(225 ILCS 411/20-6) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-6. Cemetery Oversight Database. (a) Within 10 business days after an interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains, the cemetery manager shall cause a record of the interment, entombment, or …

(225 ILCS 411/20-8) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 20-8. Vehicle traffic control. A cemetery authority shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that funeral processions entering and exiting the cemetery grounds do not obstruct traffic on any str…

(225 ILCS 411/25-1) Sec. 25-1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-10. Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary …

(225 ILCS 411/25-100) Sec. 25-100. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-105) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-105. Unlicensed practice; violations; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or hold himself or herself out as a cemetery manager or customer servic…

(225 ILCS 411/25-110) Sec. 25-110. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-115) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-115. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; application. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions of that Act were in…

(225 ILCS 411/25-120) Sec. 25-120. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-125) Sec. 25-125. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-13) Sec. 25-13. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

(225 ILCS 411/25-14) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-14. Mandatory reports. (a) If a cemetery authority receives a consumer complaint that is not resolved to the satisfaction of the consumer within 60 days of the complaint, the cemetery authority sha…

(225 ILCS 411/25-14.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-14.5. Comptroller report. The Comptroller shall annually provide a report to the Department with the total amount of trust funds reported by a cemetery authority licensed under the Cemetery Care …

(225 ILCS 411/25-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-15. Injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person or entity violates a provision of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney Gen…

(225 ILCS 411/25-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-25. Investigations, notice, hearings. (a) The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or entity holding or claiming to hold a license under this Act. (b) The Depart…

(225 ILCS 411/25-26) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-26. Hearing officer. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the Secretary has the authority to appoint an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing offi…

(225 ILCS 411/25-3) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-3. Exemption. All cemetery authorities maintaining a partial exemption must submit to the following investigation procedure by the Department in the event of a consumer complaint: (a) Complaints to …

(225 ILCS 411/25-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-30. Hearing; motion for rehearing. (a) The hearing officer appointed by the Secretary shall hear evidence in support of the formal charges and evidence produced by the licensee. At the conclusion o…

(225 ILCS 411/25-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-35. Record of proceedings. (a) The Department, at its expense, shall provide a certified shorthand reporter to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any…

(225 ILCS 411/25-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-40. Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. (a) The Department has the power to subpoena documents, books, records, or other materials and to bring before it any individual and to take testimony either oral…

(225 ILCS 411/25-45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-45. Compelling testimony. Any circuit court, upon application of the Department or designated hearing officer may enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses and their testimony, and the p…

(225 ILCS 411/25-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 25-5. Citations. (a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance of citations for non-frivolous complaints. The citation shall be issued to the licensee and shall contain the licensee's name …

(225 ILCS 411/25-50) Sec. 25-50. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)