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4		-	AN ACT concerning health.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
8		-	Code is amended by changing Section 10-35 as follows:
9		-	(225 ILCS 41/10-35)
10		-	(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
11		-	Sec. 10-35. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration. The
12		-	expiration date and renewal period for each license issued
13		-	under this Article shall be set by rule. The holder of a
14		-	license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer or funeral
15		-	director and embalmer intern may renew the license during the
16		-	month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying
17		-	the required fee. A licensed funeral director and embalmer or
18		-	licensed funeral director and embalmer trainee whose license
19		-	has expired may have the license reinstated within 5 years
20		-	from the date of expiration upon payment of the required
21		-	reinstatement fee and fulfilling the requirements of the
22		-	Department's rules. The reinstatement of the license is
23		-	effective as of the date of the reissuance of the license.
24		-	Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license
25		-	has been expired for more than 5 years may have the license
26		-	restored only by fulfilling the requirements set forth in the
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning health.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
	7	+	5 Code is amended by changing Section 10-35 as follows:
	8	+	6 (225 ILCS 41/10-35)
	9	+	7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
	10	+	8 Sec. 10-35. Renewal; reinstatement; restoration. The
	11	+	9 expiration date and renewal period for each license issued
	12	+	10 under this Article shall be set by rule. The holder of a
	13	+	11 license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer or funeral
	14	+	12 director and embalmer intern may renew the license during the
	15	+	13 month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying
	16	+	14 the required fee. A licensed funeral director and embalmer or
	17	+	15 licensed funeral director and embalmer trainee whose license
	18	+	16 has expired may have the license reinstated within 5 years
	19	+	17 from the date of expiration upon payment of the required
	20	+	18 reinstatement fee and fulfilling the requirements of the
	21	+	19 Department's rules. The reinstatement of the license is
	22	+	20 effective as of the date of the reissuance of the license.
	23	+	21 Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license
	24	+	22 has been expired for more than 5 years may have the license
	25	+	23 restored only by fulfilling the requirements set forth in the
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33		-	Department's rules and by paying the required restoration fee.
34		-	However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or
35		-	licensed funeral director and embalmer intern whose license
36		-	has expired while he or she has been engaged (1) in federal
37		-	service on active duty with the United States Army, Navy,
38		-	Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, or the State Militia
39		-	called into the service or training of the United States of
40		-	America or (2) in training or education under the supervision
41		-	of the United States preliminary to induction into the
42		-	military service, may have his or her license restored without
43		-	paying any lapsed renewal fees or restoration fee or without
44		-	passing any examination if, within 2 years after termination
45		-	of the service, training or education other than by
46		-	dishonorable discharge, he or she furnishes the Department
47		-	with an affidavit to the effect that he or she has been so
48		-	engaged and that his or her service, training or education has
49		-	been so terminated.
50		-	No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall
51		-	be renewed more than twice.
52		-	In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a
53		-	license or reinstatement or restoration of an expired license,
54		-	as a condition for the renewal, reinstatement, or restoration
55		-	of a license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, each
56		-	licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of
57		-	completion of at least 24 hours of continuing education during
58		-	the 24 months preceding the expiration date of the license, or
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	34	+	1 Department's rules and by paying the required restoration fee.
	35	+	2 However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or
	36	+	3 licensed funeral director and embalmer intern whose license
	37	+	4 has expired while he or she has been engaged (1) in federal
	38	+	5 service on active duty with the United States Army, Navy,
	39	+	6 Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, or the State Militia
	40	+	7 called into the service or training of the United States of
	41	+	8 America or (2) in training or education under the supervision
	42	+	9 of the United States preliminary to induction into the
	43	+	10 military service, may have his or her license restored without
	44	+	11 paying any lapsed renewal fees or restoration fee or without
	45	+	12 passing any examination if, within 2 years after termination
	46	+	13 of the service, training or education other than by
	47	+	14 dishonorable discharge, he or she furnishes the Department
	48	+	15 with an affidavit to the effect that he or she has been so
	49	+	16 engaged and that his or her service, training or education has
	50	+	17 been so terminated.
	51	+	18 No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall
	52	+	19 be renewed more than twice.
	53	+	20 In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a
	54	+	21 license or reinstatement or restoration of an expired license,
	55	+	22 as a condition for the renewal, reinstatement, or restoration
	56	+	23 of a license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, each
	57	+	24 licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of
	58	+	25 completion of at least 24 hours of continuing education during
	59	+	26 the 24 months preceding the expiration date of the license, or
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61		-	in the case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24
62		-	months preceding the application for reinstatement or
63		-	restoration. The continuing education sponsors shall be
64		-	approved by the Board. In addition, any qualified continuing
65		-	education course for funeral directors and embalmers offered
66		-	by a college, university, the Illinois Funeral Directors
67		-	Association, Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater
68		-	Chicago, Cook County Association of Funeral Home Owners, Inc.,
69		-	Illinois Selected Morticians Associations, Inc., Illinois
70		-	Cemetery and Funeral Home Association, National Funeral
71		-	Directors Association, Selected Independent Funeral Homes,
72		-	National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc.,
73		-	International Order of the Golden Rule, or an Illinois school
74		-	of mortuary science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of
75		-	the continuing education requirements.
76		-	The Department shall establish by rule a means for
77		-	verification of completion of the continuing education
78		-	required by this Section. This verification may be
79		-	accomplished through audits of records maintained by
80		-	licensees, by requiring the filing of continued education
81		-	certificates with the Department or a qualified organization
82		-	selected by the Department to maintain the records, or by
83		-	other means established by the Department.
84		-	Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a person
85		-	who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this
86		-	Code and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing
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89		-	and embalming for at least 40 years shall be exempt from the
90		-	continuing education requirements of this Section. Licensees
91		-	who have not engaged in the practice of funeral directing and
92		-	embalming for at least 40 years by January 1, 2016 shall not
93		-	receive this exemption after that date. In addition, the
94		-	Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception,
95		-	for a limited period of time, for funeral directors and
96		-	embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or other
97		-	extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the
98		-	continuing education requirement upon the approval of the
99		-	Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
100		-	on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by
101		-	completing home study courses designed for them by sponsors.
102		-	(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)
103		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
104		-	becoming law.
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	70	+	1 in the case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24
	71	+	2 months preceding the application for reinstatement or
	72	+	3 restoration. The continuing education sponsors shall be
	73	+	4 approved by the Board. In addition, any qualified continuing
	74	+	5 education course for funeral directors and embalmers offered
	75	+	6 by a college, university, the Illinois Funeral Directors
	76	+	7 Association, Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater
	77	+	8 Chicago, Cook County Association of Funeral Home Owners, Inc.,
	78	+	9 Illinois Selected Morticians Associations, Inc., Illinois
	79	+	10 Cemetery and Funeral Home Association, National Funeral
	80	+	11 Directors Association, Selected Independent Funeral Homes,
	81	+	12 National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc.,
	82	+	13 International Order of the Golden Rule, or an Illinois school
	83	+	14 of mortuary science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of
	84	+	15 the continuing education requirements.
	85	+	16 The Department shall establish by rule a means for
	86	+	17 verification of completion of the continuing education
	87	+	18 required by this Section. This verification may be
	88	+	19 accomplished through audits of records maintained by
	89	+	20 licensees, by requiring the filing of continued education
	90	+	21 certificates with the Department or a qualified organization
	91	+	22 selected by the Department to maintain the records, or by
	92	+	23 other means established by the Department.
	93	+	24 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a person
	94	+	25 who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this
	95	+	26 Code and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing
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	106	+	1 and embalming for at least 40 years shall be exempt from the
	107	+	2 continuing education requirements of this Section. Licensees
	108	+	3 who have not engaged in the practice of funeral directing and
	109	+	4 embalming for at least 40 years by January 1, 2016 shall not
	110	+	5 receive this exemption after that date. In addition, the
	111	+	6 Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception,
	112	+	7 for a limited period of time, for funeral directors and
	113	+	8 embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or other
	114	+	9 extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the
	115	+	10 continuing education requirement upon the approval of the
	116	+	11 Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
	117	+	12 on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by
	118	+	13 completing home study courses designed for them by sponsors.
	119	+	14 (Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)
	120	+	15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
	121	+	16 becoming law.
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