103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2262

 

Introduced 2/14/2023, by Rep. Dave Vella

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 41/1-20

    Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. In provisions concerning the definition of "the practice of funeral directing and embalming", provides that removal of a deceased human body from its place of death, institution, or other location must be performed under the general supervision of a licensee, but the supervision need not be immediate or direct as long as the funeral director and embalmer provides direction and instruction in handling and precautionary procedures. Provides that except for transportation to a crematory, the transportation of a deceased human body to a cemetery or other place of final disposition shall be under the immediate, direct supervision of a licensee. Provides that transportation of a deceased human body to a crematory must be under the general supervision of a licensee, but the supervision need not be immediate or direct as long as the funeral director and embalmer provides direction and instruction in handling and precautionary procedures. Removes provisions providing that: a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern may remove a deceased human body from its place of death, institution, or other location without another licensee being present; the licensed funeral director and embalmer may engage others who are not licensed funeral directors and embalmers, licensed funeral directors, or licensed funeral director and embalmer intern to assist in the removal if the funeral director and embalmer directs and instructs them in handling and precautionary procedures and accompanies them on all calls; and the transportation of deceased human remains to a cemetery, crematory or other place of final disposition shall be under the immediate, direct supervision of a licensee unless otherwise permitted by these provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
5Code is amended by changing Section 1-20 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 41/1-20)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
8    Sec. 1-20. Funeral directing and embalming; definition.
9"The practice of funeral directing and embalming" means:
10        (a) The practice of preparing, otherwise than by
11    embalming, for the burial, cremation, or disposition and
12    directing and supervising the burial or disposition of
13    deceased human remains or performing any act or service in
14    connection with the preparing of dead human bodies.
15    Preparation, direction, and supervision shall not be
16    construed to mean those functions normally performed by
17    cemetery and crematory personnel.
18        (b) The practice of operating a place for preparing
19    for the disposition of deceased human bodies or for caring
20    for deceased human bodies before their disposition.
21    Nothing in this Code shall prohibit the ownership and
22    management of such a place by an unlicensed owner if the
23    place is operated in accordance with this Code and the

 

 

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1    unlicensed owner does not engage in any form of funeral
2    directing and embalming.
3        (c) The removal of a deceased human body from its
4    place of death, institution, or other location. The
5    removal of a deceased human body from its place of death,
6    institution, or other location must be performed under the
7    general supervision of a licensee, but the supervision
8    need not be immediate or direct as long as the funeral
9    director and embalmer provides direction and instruction
10    in handling and precautionary procedures. Except for
11    transportation to a crematory, the transportation of a
12    deceased human body to a cemetery or other place of final
13    disposition shall be under the immediate, direct
14    supervision of a licensee unless otherwise permitted by
15    this Section. Transportation of a deceased human body to a
16    crematory must be under the general supervision of a
17    licensee, but the supervision need not be immediate or
18    direct as long as the funeral director and embalmer
19    provides direction and instruction in handling and
20    precautionary procedures. A licensed funeral director and
21    embalmer intern may remove a deceased human body from its
22    place of death, institution, or other location without
23    another licensee being present. The licensed funeral
24    director and embalmer may engage others who are not
25    licensed funeral directors and embalmers, licensed funeral
26    directors, or licensed funeral director and embalmer

 

 

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1    interns to assist in the removal if the funeral director
2    and embalmer directs and instructs them in handling and
3    precautionary procedures and accompanies them on all
4    calls. The transportation of deceased human remains to a
5    cemetery, crematory or other place of final disposition
6    shall be under the immediate, direct supervision of a
7    licensee unless otherwise permitted by this Section. The
8    transportation of deceased human remains that are embalmed
9    or otherwise prepared and enclosed in an appropriate
10    container to some other place that is not the place of
11    final disposition, such as another funeral home or common
12    carrier, or to a facility that shares common ownership
13    with the transporting funeral home may be performed under
14    the general supervision of a licensee, but the supervision
15    need not be immediate or direct.
16        (d) The administering and conducting of, or assuming
17    responsibility for administering and conducting of, at
18    need funeral arrangements.
19        (e) The assuming custody of, transportation, providing
20    shelter, protection and care and disposition of deceased
21    human remains and the furnishing of necessary funeral
22    services, facilities and equipment.
23        (f) Using in connection with a name or practice the
24    word "funeral director and embalmer", "embalmer", "funeral
25    director", "undertaker", "mortician", "funeral home",
26    "funeral parlor", "funeral chapel", or any other title

 

 

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1    implying that the person is engaged in the practice of
2    funeral directing and embalming.
3        (g) The practice of embalming or representing or
4    holding out oneself as engaged in the practice of
5    embalming of deceased human bodies or the transportation
6    of human bodies deceased of a contagious or infectious
7    disease.
8    Within the existing scope of the practice of funeral
9directing or funeral directing and embalming, only a licensed
10funeral director, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, or
11a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern under the
12restrictions provided for in this Code, and not any other
13person employed or contracted by the licensee, may engage in
14the following activities at-need: (1) have direct contact with
15consumers and explain funeral or burial merchandise or
16services or (2) negotiate, develop, or finalize contracts with
17consumers. This paragraph shall not be construed or enforced
18in such a manner as to limit the functions of persons regulated
19under the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the Illinois
20Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the
21Cemetery Care Act, the Cemetery Association Act, the Illinois
22Insurance Code, or any other related professional regulatory
23Act.
24    The practice of funeral directing and embalming shall not
25include the phoning in of obituary notices, ordering of
26flowers for the funeral, or reporting of prices on the firm's

 

 

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1general price list as required by the Federal Trade Commission
2Funeral Rule by nonlicensed persons, or like clerical tasks
3incidental to the act of making funeral arrangements.
4    The making of funeral arrangements, at need, shall be done
5only by licensed funeral directors or licensed funeral
6directors and embalmers. Licensed funeral director and
7embalmer interns may, however, assist or participate in the
8arrangements under the direct supervision of a licensed
9funeral director or licensed funeral director and embalmer.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)