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225 ILCS 41/10-35

    (225 ILCS 41/10-35)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-746)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
    Sec. 10-35. 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
and embalmer or funeral director and embalmer intern may renew
the license
during the month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying the
required fee. A licensed funeral director and embalmer or licensed funeral
director and embalmer trainee whose license has expired may have the license
reinstated within 5 years from the date of expiration upon payment of the
required reinstatement fee and fulfilling the requirements of the Department's
rules.  The reinstatement of the license is effective as of the date of the
reissuance of the license.

Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license has been expired
for more than 5 years may have the license restored only by fulfilling the
requirements set forth in the Department's rules and by paying the required
restoration fee. However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or
licensed funeral director and embalmer intern whose license has
expired while
he or she has been engaged (1) in federal service on active duty with the United States Army,
 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force,
or Coast Guard, or the State Militia called into the service or training of
the United States of America or (2) in training or education under the
supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military
service, may have his or her license restored without paying
any lapsed renewal fees or
restoration fee or without passing any examination if, within 2 years after
termination of the service, training or education other than by dishonorable
discharge, he or she furnishes the Department with an
affidavit to the
effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her service, training
or education has been so terminated.

No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall be
renewed more
than twice.

In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a license or
reinstatement or restoration of an expired license, as a condition for the renewal,
reinstatement, or restoration of a license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, each
licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of completion of at least 24
hours of continuing education during the 24 months preceding the expiration
date of the license, or in the case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24 months
preceding the application for reinstatement or restoration.  The continuing education sponsors
shall be approved by the Board.  In addition, any qualified continuing
education course for funeral directors and embalmers offered by a college,
university, the Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Funeral Directors
Services Association of Greater Chicago, Cook County Association of
Funeral Home Owners, Inc., Illinois Selected Morticians
Associations, Inc., Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association,
National Funeral Directors Association,
Selected Independent Funeral Homes, National Funeral
Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., International Order of the
Golden Rule, or an Illinois school of mortuary
science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of the continuing
education requirements.

The Department shall establish by rule a means for verification of
completion of the continuing education required by this Section.  This
verification may be accomplished through audits of records maintained by
licensees, by requiring the filing of continued education certificates
with the Department or a qualified organization selected by the Department
to maintain the records, or by other means established by the Department.

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a person who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this Code
 and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing and embalming for
at least 40
years shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this
Section. In addition,
the Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception, for a limited period of time, for
funeral directors and embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or
other extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the continuing
education requirement upon the approval of the Secretary.  Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend
on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by completing home
study courses designed for them by sponsors.

(Source: P.A. 103-419, eff. 8-4-23.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-746)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
    Sec. 10-35. 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 and embalmer or funeral director and embalmer intern may renew the license during the month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying the required fee. A licensed funeral director and embalmer or licensed funeral director and embalmer trainee whose license has expired may have the license reinstated within 5 years from the date of expiration upon payment of the required reinstatement fee and fulfilling the requirements of the Department's rules. The reinstatement of the license is effective as of the date of the reissuance of the license.

Any licensed funeral director and embalmer whose license has been expired for more than 5 years may have the license restored only by fulfilling the requirements set forth in the Department's rules and by paying the required restoration fee. However, any licensed funeral director and embalmer or licensed funeral director and embalmer intern whose license has expired while he or she has been engaged (1) in federal service on active duty with the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard, or the State Militia called into the service or training of the United States of America or (2) in training or education under the supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military service, may have his or her license restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees or restoration fee or without passing any examination if, within 2 years after termination of the service, training or education other than by dishonorable discharge, he or she furnishes the Department with an affidavit to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her service, training or education has been so terminated.

No license of a funeral director and embalmer intern shall be renewed more than twice.

In addition to any other requirement for renewal of a license or reinstatement or restoration of an expired license, as a condition for the renewal, reinstatement, or restoration of a license as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, each licensee shall provide evidence to the Department of completion of at least 24 hours of continuing education during the 24 months preceding the expiration date of the license, or in the case of reinstatement or restoration, within the 24 months preceding the application for reinstatement or restoration. The continuing education sponsors shall be approved by the Board. In addition, any qualified continuing education course for funeral directors and embalmers offered by a college, university, the Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicago, Cook County Association of Funeral Home Owners, Inc., Illinois Selected Morticians Associations, Inc., Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association, National Funeral Directors Association, Selected Independent Funeral Homes, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., International Order of the Golden Rule, or an Illinois school of mortuary science shall be accepted toward satisfaction of the continuing education requirements.

The Department shall establish by rule a means for verification of completion of the continuing education required by this Section. This verification may be accomplished through audits of records maintained by licensees, by requiring the filing of continued education certificates with the Department or a qualified organization selected by the Department to maintain the records, or by other means established by the Department.

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a person who is licensed as a funeral director and embalmer under this Code and who has engaged in the practice of funeral directing and embalming for at least 40 years shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this Section. In addition, the Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception, for a limited period of time, for funeral directors and embalmers who, by reason of advanced age, health or other extreme condition, should reasonably be excused from the continuing education requirement upon the approval of the Secretary. Those persons, identified above, who cannot attend on-site classes, shall have the opportunity to comply by completing home study courses designed for them by sponsors.

(Source: P.A. 103-419, eff. 8-4-23; 103-746, eff. 1-1-25.)