(a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds one’s self out as a funeral director or a funeral director and embalmer or a funeral director and embalmer intern as provided in this Code without being licensed or exempt under this Code shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each offense, as determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with Section 15-75.
     (b) The Department may investigate any actual, alleged, or suspected unlicensed activity.

Attorney's Note

Under the Illinois Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $2,500
For details, see § Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-55

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     (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any court of record.
     (d) A person or entity not licensed under this Code who has violated any provision of this Code or its rules is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second and subsequent offenses.