225 ILCS 41/5-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 41/ - Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code.|Article 5 - Funeral Directors

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)Sec. 5-15.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 may renew the license during the month  preceding the expiration date of the license by paying the required fee. A  licensed funeral director whose license has expired may have the license  reinstated within 5 years from the date of expiration upon payment of the  required reinstatement fee.  The reinstatement shall be effective as of the  date of reissuance of the license.Any licensed funeral director whose license has  been expired for more than 5 years may have the license restored  only by fulfilling the requirements of the Department's rules and by  paying the required restoration fee.  However, any licensed funeral director 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.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, each licensee shall provide  evidence to the Department of completion of at least 12 hours of continuing  education during the 24 months preceding the expiration date of  the license, or in the case of reinstatement or restoration, during the 24 months  preceding 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 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  Association, 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 these 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 under this Code and who has  engaged in the practice of funeral directing for at least 40 years shall be  exempt from the continuing education requirements of this Section. Licensees who have not engaged in the practice of funeral directing for at least 40 years by January 1, 2016 shall not receive this exemption after that date. In  addition,  the Department shall establish by rule an exemption or exception, for a limited period of time, for  funeral directors 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. 96-1463, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1130, eff. 8-28-12.)