Bill Title: Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Defines "chain of custody record" and "uniquely identified". Provides that the examination to qualify as an embalmer or funeral director shall embrace the subject of identification rules and regulation in relation to the handling and storing of human bodies. Provides that when the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation receives a complaint against a licensee regarding violations of the Act, the Department shall inspect the premises of the licensee. Provides that when the Department receives a complaint against a licensee relating to the mishandling of human remains or the misidentification of human remains, the Department shall inspect the premises named in the complaint within 10 calendar days after receipt of the complaint. Makes changes to provisions concerning grounds for discipline. Adds provisions providing criminal penalties for certain violations of the Act. Provides that 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 in its possession through final disposition. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Defines "chain of custody record" and "uniquely identified". Provides that a crematory authority shall maintain a chain of custody record, which is an identification system that ensures that a crematory authority is able to identify the human remains in its possession throughout all phases of the cremation process.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0907 [SB2643 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2024-08-09	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2024-05-24	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2024-04-09	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-11-08	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2024-05-03	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2024-03-08	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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