**UPDATE**
Licensees that are finding it overly burdensome to comply with the August 6 deadline specified in Secretary Adams’ order of July 16 are invited and encouraged to contact Mark Thompson to request an extension of time.  He can be reached at 312-814-3079 or mark.thompson@illinois.gov.  Furthermore, the Department would like to clarify the scope of the documents requested.  The Department seeks documents reflecting the burial of a particular deceased person in a particular location at Burr Oak Cemetery and any documents reflecting the terms of burials at Burr Oak Cemetery, including copies of written statements prepared pursuant to Section 15-75(b)(28)(C) of the Act indicating that a deceased person was to be buried at Burr Oak Cemetery.  Such statements are sometimes referred to as funeral director services agreements or contracts or statements of services. 
**END OF UPDATE**

Governor Pat Quinn appointed Secretary Brent Adams to be a member of the Cemetery Oversight Task Force, which is charged with developing recommendations by September 15, 2009, on what policies, laws, rules, and regulations should be implemented to ensure that care for the deceased is humane and respectful.

As directed by the Governor, Secretary Adams issued an order to all licensed funeral directors and embalmers ordering them to produce any documents related to Burr Oak Cemetery by August 6, 2009.

If you are a licensee that has no documents related to Burr Oak Cemetery, please provide written notice to the Department of this fact by e-mailing fpr.cemetery@illinois.gov.  If you are a licensee that has questions about the order, please call 312-814-3079.

If you are a consumer with a complaint about burial-related services, please call 312-814-6910. 

Click here to go to the Governor's Cemetery Oversight Task Force web page.