Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 41/10-7) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 10-7. Address of record; email address of record. All applicants and licensees shall: (1) provide a valid address and email address to the Department, which shall serve as the address of record and emai…

(225 ILCS 41/15-10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-10. Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated into this Code as if all of the provisions of that Act were included in this …

(225 ILCS 41/15-100) Sec. 15-100. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11. Repealed by P.A. 102-881, eff. 1-1-23.)

(225 ILCS 41/15-105) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-105. Civil Administrative Code. The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and shall exercise all other powers and duties set forth …

(225 ILCS 41/15-110) Sec. 15-110. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11. Repealed by P.A. 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)

(225 ILCS 41/15-115) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-115. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a…

(225 ILCS 41/15-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-15. Complaints; investigations; hearings. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering or offering to render services or any person holding or cl…

(225 ILCS 41/15-16) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-16. Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in any action for refu…

(225 ILCS 41/15-17) Sec. 15-17. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11. Repealed by P.A. 102-881, eff. 1-1-23.)

(225 ILCS 41/15-18) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-18. Temporary suspension. The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a licensee without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing provided in Section 15-1…

(225 ILCS 41/15-19) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-19. Consent to Administrative Supervision order. In appropriate cases, the Department may resolve a complaint against a licensee through the issuance of a Consent to Administrative Supervision order…

(225 ILCS 41/15-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-20. Transcript; 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 hea…

(225 ILCS 41/15-21) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-21. Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board or hearing officer shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and reco…

(225 ILCS 41/15-22) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-22. Rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Board or hearing officer's report shall be served upon the applicant or licensee by the Department, either personally or as provided in…

(225 ILCS 41/15-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-25. Subpoenas; oaths; attendance of witnesses. (a) The Department may subpoena and bring before it any person to take the oral or written testimony or compel the production of any books, papers, rec…

(225 ILCS 41/15-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-30. Unlicensed practice; violations; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds one's self out as a funeral director or a funeral director and em…

(225 ILCS 41/15-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-35. Administrative Review Law. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law and its rules. The term "administrativ…

(225 ILCS 41/15-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-40. Certification of record; receipt. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court, to file an answer in court, or otherwise to appear in any court in a judicial review pr…

(225 ILCS 41/15-41) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-41. Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed by the Secretary, is prima facie proof that: (1) the s…

(225 ILCS 41/15-45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-45. Practice without license; injunction; cease and desist order; civil penalties. (a) The practice of funeral directing and embalming or funeral directing by any person who has not been issued a li…

(225 ILCS 41/15-46) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-46. Civil penalties; civil action. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person, sole proprietorship, professional service corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or…

(225 ILCS 41/15-5) (from Ch. 111, par. 2825) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-5. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and Disciplinary Board. A Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and Disciplinary Board is created and shall consist of 7 per…

(225 ILCS 41/15-50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-50. Practice by corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association. No corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association of individuals, as such, shall be issued a …

(225 ILCS 41/15-55) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-55. Preparation room. The Department shall require that each fixed place of practice or establishment devoted to the care and preparation for burial or for transportation of deceased human bodies ma…

(225 ILCS 41/15-56) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-56. Chain of custody record. The Department shall require a funeral establishment to maintain an identification system that ensures that a funeral establishment is able to identify the human remains…

(225 ILCS 41/15-60) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-60. Determination of life. Every funeral director licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee under this Code before proceeding to prepare or embalm a human body to cremate or bury shall dete…

(225 ILCS 41/15-65) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-65. Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of this Code, including but not limited to, original licensure, renewal, and restoration.…

(225 ILCS 41/15-70) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-70. 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 pay…

(225 ILCS 41/15-71) Sec. 15-71. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-683, eff. 1-24-95. Repealed by P.A. 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)

(225 ILCS 41/15-72) Sec. 15-72. Applicant convictions. (a) When reviewing a conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by sentencing of an initial applicant, the Department may only deny a license based upon considerat…

(225 ILCS 41/15-75) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-75. Grounds for discipline; penalties. (a) (Blank). (a-5) Violations of this Code shall be punishable as follows: (1) Intentionally or knowingly making a false statement on a Certificate of Death is…

(225 ILCS 41/15-76) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-76. Vehicle traffic control. A funeral director licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee planning an interment, inurnment, or entombment at a cemetery shall use his or her reasonable best …

(225 ILCS 41/15-77) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-77. Method of payment, receipt. No licensee shall require payment for any goods or services by cash only. Licensees shall permit payment by at least one other option, including, but not limited to, …

(225 ILCS 41/15-80) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-80. Statement of place of practice. Each applicant for a funeral director and embalmer's license shall with his or her application submit a statement of the place of practice, ownership, names and l…

(225 ILCS 41/15-85) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-85. Duties of public institution; regulation by local government. No provision of this Code shall apply to, or in any way interfere with, the duties of any officer of any public institution; nor wit…

(225 ILCS 41/15-90) Sec. 15-90. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-966. Repealed by P.A. 93-268, eff. 1-1-04.)

(225 ILCS 41/15-91) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-91. Denial of license. If the Department determines that an application for licensure should be denied pursuant to Section 15-75, then the applicant shall be sent a notice of intent to deny license …

(225 ILCS 41/15-95) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15-95. Severability. The provisions of the Code are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 87-966.)

(225 ILCS 41/20-10) Sec. 20-10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-966. Repealed by P.A. 93-268, eff. 1-1-04.)

(225 ILCS 41/20-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 20-15. Home rule. The regulation and licensing provided for in this Code are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate or license funeral directors, funeral directo…

(225 ILCS 41/20-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 20-5. Prior law. (a) A provision of this Code that is the same or substantially the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law. (b) A cit…

(225 ILCS 41/30-1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 30-1. This Act takes effect January 1, 1993. (Source: P.A. 87-966.)

(225 ILCS 41/5-10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-10. Funeral director license; display. Every holder of a license as a funeral director shall display it, or a copy, in a conspicuous place in the licensee's place of practice or in the place of practi…

(225 ILCS 41/5-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-15. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration. The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Article shall be set by rule. The holder of a license as a licensed funeral director …

(225 ILCS 41/5-18) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-18. Inactive status. (a) Any funeral director who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her license on an inactive status and shall, subjec…

(225 ILCS 41/5-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-20. Disposition of unclaimed cremated remains. The holder of a license is authorized at his or her discretion to effect a final disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of any cremated human body…

(225 ILCS 41/5-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-25. Prohibition of new licenses. The Department shall not issue any new licenses as funeral directors or funeral director trainees. Any person issued a license as a funeral director before June 1, 199…

(225 ILCS 41/5-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-5. License requirement. It is unlawful for any person to practice, or to attempt to practice, funeral directing without a license as a funeral director issued by the Department. No person shall practic…

(225 ILCS 41/5-7) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5-7. Address of record; email address of record. All applicants and licensees shall: (1) provide a valid address and email address to the Department, which shall serve as the address of record and email …

(225 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73.101) Sec. 1. Payment under pre-need contract. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all sales proceeds paid to any person, partnership, association or corporation with respect to merchandise or services covered by this Act, upon …