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are duly licensed by the State of Illinois. 805 Ill. Comp. Stat.
10/3.4 (West 1993). No corporation organized under the Illinois
Professional Service Corporation Act may issue any of its capital
stock to anyone other than an individual who is duly licensed.
805 Ill. Comp. Stat. 10/11. In order to open, operate, or
maintain an establishment under the Professional Service
Corporation Act, the corporation must have a certificate of
registration. One requirement for obtaining the certificate of
registration is that the shareholders must be licensed. 805 Ill.
Comp. Stat. 10/12 (West 1993).
Although unlicensed owners of funeral directing and
embalming establishments are allowed under 225 Ill. Comp. Stat
41/1-20 (West 1993), the unlicensed owner is not allowed to
"engage in any form of funeral directing and embalming". 225
Ill. Comp. Stat. 41/1-20(b) (West 1993). In addition, 805 Ill.
Comp. Stat. 10/4 (West 1993) provides that the provisions of the
Professional Service Corporation Act do not repeal, modify, or
restrict provisions of law that regulate several professions
"except insofar as such laws are in conflict with the provisions
of this Act [the Professional Service Corporation Act]". This
language indicates that the Professional Service Corporation Act
controls in any real or perceived conflict between the Illinois
code provisions regarding unlicensed owners. Hence unlicensed
ownership of a professional service corporation engaged in
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