The Department has the following powers and duties to carry out the purposes of this Act:
- (a) To require units of local government to furnish such reports and information as the Board deems necessary to fully implement this Act.
- (b) To establish by rule appropriate mandatory minimum standards relating to the training of coroners, including, but not limited to, Part 1760 of Chapter V of Title 20 of the Illinois Administrative Code. The Department shall consult with the Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association when adopting mandatory minimum standards.
- (c) To provide appropriate certification to those coroners who successfully complete the prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
- (d) To review and approve annual training curricula for coroners.
- (e) To review and approve applicants to ensure no applicant is admitted to a coroner training school unless the applicant is a person of good character and has not been convicted of a felony offense, any of the misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state, or under federal law, which if committed in this State would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Department may appoint investigators who shall enforce the duties conferred upon the Department by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 7-1-25.)