Section 1125.300 Organizational Overview
a) The Director serves as head of the Department of Public Health and is appointed to this office by the Governor of the State of Illinois, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Office of the Director consists of the following components: Chief of Staff, Executive Assistant to the Director for Customer Service, Division of Legal Services, Division of Governmental Affairs, Division of Internal Audits, Division of Communications, Minority Health Services, and Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer.
b) The Assistant Director serves as an assistant to the head of the Department and is appointed to this office by the Governor of the State of Illinois, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
c) The Chief of Staff, Executive Assistant to the Director for Customer Service, Division of Legal Services, Division of Governmental Affairs, Division of Internal Audits, Division of Communications, Minority Health Services, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer report directly to the Director.
d) The State Board of Health functions as an advisory body to the Director. The Board performs those functions set forth in statute.
e) The Assistant Director oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department, including the development, interpretation and implementation of policies, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Department's operations. The Assistant Director also provides technical assistance and supervision of the Deputy Directors who manage the Offices of Epidemiology and Health Systems Development, Health Promotion, Women's Health, Health Care Regulation, Health Protection, and Finance and Administration. The Assistant Director is also responsible for the operations of the Hearing Review Officers.
f) The Department is organized into the following major offices: Office of the Director, Office of Epidemiology and Health Systems Development, Office of Health Promotion, Office of Women's Health, Office of Health Care Regulation, Office of Health Protection, and Office of Finance and Administration. In addition, the Department has Regional Offices, each administered by a Regional Health Officer. The co-central offices in Springfield and Chicago provide the managerial and support services necessary to enable the provision of well-planned and carefully monitored services. The centrally-located program coordinators provide statewide consistency to the programs.
g) An organizational chart of the Department is contained in Appendix B.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11622, effective July 20, 2000)
Section 1125.310 Office of Health Promotion
a) The Office of Health Promotion delivers financial and technical assistance to individuals and providers in an effort to ensure that basic preventive health care is available statewide.
b) The Office is composed of the following units: Bureau of Medical Programs, Division of Health Education and Prevention, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Division of Oral Health, and Division of Health Assessment and Screening. Each of these units is responsible for administering a variety of key public health programs primarily directed toward prevention and high-risk reduction.
c) The following preventive activities are administered by the units in the Office:
1) Reduction in infant mortality, morbidity and developmental disabilities.
2) Regulating dispensers of hearing instruments.
3) Nutrition education and food supplements for women, infant and children.
4) Reduction of infant mortality and developmental disabilities through screening for genetic problems such as PKU and Hypothyroidism.
5) Training for providers of prenatal, maternity and newborn care.
6) Perinatal program including medical payment for certain eligibles and education and outreach efforts.
7) Financial and technical assistance to local health agencies and to other public and private agencies.
8) Improved control of hypertension.
9) School health activity.
10) Rape crisis and prevention activities.
11) Vision and hearing screening.
12) Dental Sealants for Children.
13) Organ transplantation program.
14) Control of chronic disease programs such as Alzheimer's Disease and Hemophilia.
15) Dental consultation and dental health education.
16) Monitoring fluoride levels of community water supplies.
17) Training school health personnel.
18) Detection of childhood lead poisoning.
19) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
20) Smoking Prevention and Cessation.
21) Injury Prevention Services.
22) Childhood Injury Control.
23) Cancer Prevention Control.
24) Smokeless Tobacco.
25) Administration of Preventive Health and Health Services and Maternal and Child Health Block Grants.
d) The Office also administers other regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities provided by the Department by law.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11622, effective July 20, 2000)
Section 1125.320 Office of Health Care Regulation
a) The Office of Health Care Regulation is composed of the Division of Administration and Technical Support, Bureau of Long-Term Care, Bureau of Hospitals and Ambulatory Services, Division of Emergency Medical Services and Highway Safety, and the Division of Administrative Rules and Procedures. The Bureau of Hospitals and Ambulatory Services is composed of the Division of Health Care Facilities and Programs and the Central Complaint Registry. The Bureau of Long-Term Care is composed of the Division of Long-Term Care Field Operations, the Division of Long-Term Care Quality Assurance, and the Education and Training Section. Each of these Divisions is responsible for administering a variety of regulatory public health programs that are directed towards ensuring quality care in health care facilities and health care delivery organizations.
b) The following regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities are administered by Divisions within the Office of Health Care Regulation:
1) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure and Medicare and Medicaid certification for long-term care facilities to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
2) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure and Medicare and Medicaid certification for hospitals to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
3) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure and Medicare certification for home health agencies to ensure that services and staffing standards are met.
4) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure and Medicare certification for ambulatory surgical treatment centers (ASTC) to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
5) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for Medicare certification for physical therapists in independent practice, outpatient physical therapy programs, outpatient speech pathology programs, portable x-ray providers, and rural health clinics to ensure that services and staffing standards are met.
6) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for Medicare certification for end stage renal dialysis centers (ESRD) to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
7) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure and Medicare certification for hospice programs and hospice residences to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
8) Regulate health maintenance organizations.
9) To ensure services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met, conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act [210 ILCS 2] for the following authorized models: subacute care hospital demonstration programs, postsurgical recovery care center demonstration programs, community-based residential rehabilitation center demonstration programs, and children's respite care center demonstration programs.
10) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure for community living facilities and supportive residences to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
11) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for certification of clinical laboratories, blood banks, and tissue and sperm banks to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
12) Review and approve construction plans for health care facilities to ensure that physical plant standards are met.
13) Serve as the agent of the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, to determine compliance with Federal Conditions of Participation under the Medicare program and as the agent of the Department of Public Aid to determine compliance under the Medicaid program.
14) Approve training programs and regulate the training of certified nursing assistants.
15) Maintain and report the status of individuals on the Nurse Aide Registry.
16) Administer the Health Care Worker Background Check Act [225 ILCS 46] for health care facilities licensed by the Department.
17) Inspect and license ambulance providers and Specialized Emergency Medical Services Vehicle Programs.
18) License Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT).
19) Register First Responders and Emergency Medical Dispatchers.
20) Recognize Poison Control Centers.
21) Administer the rural ambulance grant.
22) Inspect and designate trauma centers.
23) Establish Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Regions, approve EMS regional plans, and approve EMS Systems.
24) Conduct inspections, including complaint investigations, for State licensure of freestanding emergency centers to ensure that services, staffing, and physical plant standards are met.
25) Approve EMS Lead Instructors, Pre-hospital Registered Nurses, and Emergency Communications Registered Nurses.
26) Provide certification of Trauma Nurse Specialists and designation of Trauma Nurse Specialist training sites.
27) Provide restaurants with posters that demonstrate choke-saving procedures.
28) Maintain a 24-hour-a-day hotline to receive complaints about licensed or certified health care facilities.
29) Collect and disseminate data related to trauma, head and spinal cord injuries, and violent injuries.
30) Establish licensing standards for the programs and facilities listed in subsection (b)(1) through (29).
31) Maintain a pre-hospital computerized reporting system.
32) Administer a comprehensive pediatric emergency care system.
33) Address issues related to State medical disasters and emergency preparedness and responses to biochemical threats and weapons of mass destruction.
c) The Office also administers other regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities provided by the Department by law.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 4964, effective March 20, 2000)
Section 1125.330 Office of Health Protection
a) The Office of Health Protection is composed of the following components:
1) Division of Environmental Health.
2) Division of Laboratories.
3) Division of Food, Drugs and Dairies.
4) Division of Infectious Diseases.
5) Emergency Response.
6) Plumbing Program.
7) Local Health Protection Grant Program.
b) The following activities are administered by the Division of Environmental Health:
1) Licensure of occupations involved in performing lead inspections, risk assessment, contracting, supervision, and abatement and mitigation in dwellings and child care facilities; approval of lead training course providers who offer training to individuals seeking licensure; and investigation of dwellings and child care facilities to identify and eliminate environmental lead hazards that are sources of lead poisoning.
2) Review and approval of building plans for manufactured housing; and inspection of manufactured housing units at the factory and at final locations.
3) Review and approval of manufactured home tie-down equipment; and inspection of tie-down installations.
4) Inspection and regulation of non-community public water supply systems.
5) Inspection, bacteriological and chemical analyses, and technical assistance to citizens regarding their private water supplies; licensure of water well drillers and water well pump installation contractors; permitting, inspection and sampling of new water wells to ensure proper construction; and provision of grants and training to local health departments to conduct the program.
6) Licensure of private sewage disposal system installation and pumping contractors; review of plans for the installation of systems; inspection of systems, trucks used to pump septic tanks and sites for final disposal; and consultation and training for local health departments conducting the program.
7) Review of plans and specifications for public swimming pools and bathing beaches, issuance of construction permits, and inspection of public swimming pools and bathing beaches for annual licensure; and laboratory testing of pool and beach water.
8) Approval of plans and issuance of permits for construction or alteration of manufactured home communities; annual inspection for proper water supply, sewage disposal, electrical systems and other health and safety requirements; and licensure of manufactured home communities.
9) Inspection and licensure of migrant labor camps to ensure proper sanitation, adequate and safe water supply, and proper sewage disposal.
10) Inspection and licensure of recreational areas and youth camps for compliance of water supply, sewage disposal and electrical systems, and food handling procedures and facilities; and plans and specifications for new recreation areas and youth camps are reviewed and permits to construct are issued.
11) Surveying and responding to inquiries regarding chemical exposures and possible health effects to humans; investigation of health risks to populations residing around hazardous waste sites; and investigation of health-related complaints involving indoor air pollution.
12) Investigation of injuries associated with consumer products and of suspected product defects.
13) Licensure of structural pest control technicians and businesses; inspection of the use of pesticides in and about structures; and investigation of incidents of misuse of pesticides.
14) Collection of blood samples from wild birds to determine the presence of antibodies to St. Louis encephalitis and eastern equine encephalitis, which collection allows advance warning of an encephalitis outbreak; and public information and mosquito control measures are then implemented to reduce the severity of an outbreak.
15) Licensing of occupations involved in performing asbestos abatement in schools and commercial and other public buildings; inspection of asbestos projects; review of asbestos management plans for schools; approval of asbestos training providers; and inspection of schools to determine compliance with State and federal laws.
16) Ensuring that adequate toilets, handwashing facilities and drinking water are provided by farm operators who employ ten or more workers for more than two hours a day.
17) Reduction of injury or illness to school children caused by exposure to art and craft materials that contain toxic substances, through review of these products and assurance of proper labeling.
18) Short term studies of the health status of populations living around hazardous waste sites and recommendation of medical follow-up, as appropriate.
c) The following activities are conducted by the Division of Laboratories:
1) Laboratory testing for bacteria, viruses, parasites and environmental toxins that threaten the health of individuals.
2) Blood testing of every newborn infant for evidence of phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, galactosemia, biotinidase deficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and sickle cell disease/trait, and other hemoglobinopathies.
3) Laboratory examination of swimming pool water as needed for public health protection.
4) Certification of private environmental laboratories that conduct microbiological water testing.
d) The following activities are administered by the Division of Food, Drugs and Dairies:
1) Inspection of food processors, manufacturers, and warehouses to ensure food is wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled.
2) Issuance of food advisories and recalls and issuance of Certificates of Free Sale for Illinois firms who wish to export their products to foreign countries.
3) Inspection of drug, cosmetic and medical device manufacturers to ensure products are wholesome, unadulterated and properly labeled.
4) Compilation and maintenance of a formulary for use by physicians and dispensers of prescription drugs which formulary defines generic drugs that are therapeutically equivalent to brand name drugs.
5) Conducting sanitary rating surveys to qualify Illinois produced and processed milk and dairy products for shipment in interstate commerce.
6) Inspection of Grade A fluid milk and manufactured milk plants, producer dairies, bulk milk tank operators, receiving and transfer stations, milk vendors and distributors, to ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
7) Certification of food service management personnel.
8) Training and certification of local and State food sanitation supervisory personnel in food establishment sanitation techniques; and review and evaluation of local food sanitation programs.
9) Inspection of retail food establishments to ensure compliance with sanitary standards.
10) Daily sanitation surveillance over the operation of food concessions and daily operations at the annual Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair.
11) Consultation and education in food service management to promote adequate sanitation.
12) Sampling of dairy farm and dairy plant raw and finished products and water supplies to ensure bacteriological safety.
13) Issuance of permits to tanning facility operators and grants to local health departments to conduct annual inspections of such facilities for sanitation, operator training, equipment maintenance, physical standards, and proper recordkeeping.
14) Providing grants to local health departments to assure the safe food preparation and service to underprivileged children at a special feeding program during the summer.
e) The following activities are administered by the Division of Infectious Diseases:
1) Technical guidance to local health departments on the investigation and control of infectious diseases.
2) Statewide direction in tuberculosis control by providing consultation, educational programs and limited direct assistance to local authorities.
3) Comprehensive sexually transmitted disease prevention and containment including the coordination of similar efforts by local health departments through surveillance, patient and partner referral counseling and testing and treatment, education, and technical consultation and assistance.
4) Comprehensive vaccine-preventable-disease-control through surveillance; outbreak control; technical and general consultation to all health care providers and school administrators; education and motivation; assessment of immunization levels in specified populations; and provision of vaccines for use in public clinics.
5) Statewide communicable disease control including the coordination of similar efforts by local health departments and other health care providers to promote reporting, investigation and control of the communicable diseases required by regulation to be reported; collection and evaluation of data to determine appropriate action needed to control reportable communicable diseases; and investigation of cases and outbreaks of infectious diseases in areas without local health departments.
6) Funding, consultation, training and planning for the provision of medical and social support services to persons living with HIV; provision of HIV-related therapeutic drugs for low income persons living with HIV; funding, training and consultation to local health departments for HIV/AIDS counseling, testing, referral and partner notification services; provision of HIV health education and risk reduction information services; and monitoring of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through case reporting requirements.
7) Conducting epidemiological investigations of communicable disease outbreaks involving food borne illness, natural disasters, transportation emergencies, fires and other unique health related emergencies.
f) Emergency Response. The Department's response and recovery activities for statewide public health emergencies are coordinated in the Office of Health Protection. Activities include development of emergency operating procedures for natural and technological disaster response and recovery activities, and representation of the Department in the State Emergency Operations Center during statewide emergency operations.
g) The following activities are administered by the Plumbing Program:
1) Examination and licensure of all Illinois plumbers and inspection of the work of licensed plumbers.
2) Identification and initiation of enforcement action against individuals conducting plumbing procedures without a license.
h) Local Health Protection Grant Program. This program provides funding to local health departments that agree to assure the provision of health protection programs, including food protection, potable water supply, private sewage disposal, and communicable disease control, in their jurisdictions. Participating local health departments are reviewed by the Department for compliance with grant requirements.
i) The Office also administers other regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities provided by the Department by law.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11622, effective July 20, 2000)
Section 1125.335 Illinois Building Commission (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed at 24 Ill. Reg. 11662, effective July 20, 2000)
Section 1125.340 Office of Epidemiology and Health Systems Development
a) The Office of Epidemiology and Health Systems Development consists of the following components: the Division of Epidemiology Studies, Division of Facilities Development, Center for Health Statistics, Center for Rural Health, and Division of Health Policy.
b) The Office of Epidemiology and Health Systems Development coordinates the Illinois Department of Public Health's activities to assess the health needs, disease occurrence, and health status of Illinois residents. The Office develops and promotes the use of sound and systematic knowledge bases in health program management, evaluation, and policy development. The Office provides leadership within the Department in translating public health data into useful information.
c) The Office leads Department policy development and strategic planning functions with other state agencies and organizations from the private and volunteer sectors to define and address health problems. The Office provides technical assistance to the Governor, General Assembly, other Department offices, local health departments, health care providers, and the general public. To improve health status, improve public health systems, and reduce costs, the Office conducts or coordinates data collection and interpretation, policy and financial analysis, community health planning, health care facilities planning, and certificate of need review. The Office also conducts epidemiologic studies to determine the patterns of illness and disease.
d) The Office produces the State's annual vital statistics report and publishes reports concerning special populations. As Illinois' agent for the Federal-State Cooperative for Populations Estimates, the Office produces population estimates that are used in defining health indicators and determining need for services and appropriate distribution of resources. To determine the pattern and characteristics of health behaviors, the Office conducts household surveys and provides technical assistance in interpreting data for planners and local health departments through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.
e) The Office developed and maintains the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substance Registry for making decisions on health and public health related to cancer incidence, adverse pregnancy outcomes, occupational diseases, and hazardous substances.
f) The Office supports the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in administering the Illinois certificate of need program to reduce unnecessary health care services and costs, in enforcing the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act [225 ILCS 47] to provide assistance, and in conducting planning activities related to health care facilities. For the certificate of need program, staff personnel review applications for construction of health care facilities, acquisition of major medical equipment, substantial changes in bed capacity, initiation of new services, and elimination of existing services. The Office then makes recommendations to the Health Facilities Planning Board for approval or denial of the certificate of need.
g) The following are mandated responsibilities contained in State statutes:
1) The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act [20 ILCS 3960] that created the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board and describes its functions, including certificate of need/permit reviews and facilities planning.
2) The Illinois Health Statistics Act [410 ILCS 520] modeled on a widely accepted state-level approach that provides for the collection of health data by the Department and provides for confidentiality of this data.
3) The Life Care Facilities Act [210 ILCS 40) sets forth the requirements for life care contracts that the Department must approve and monitor.
4) The Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act [20 ILCS 10] provides that Civil Administrative Code of Illinois agencies, including the Department of Public Health, develop a Human Services Plan to be presented to the General Assembly on April 1 of every odd numbered year.
5) The Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act [410 ILCS 525] establishes a unified statewide project to collect, compile and correlate information on public health and hazardous substances.
6) The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2310/2310-365] allows for the general supervision of the interests of the health and lives of the people of the State to require hospitals, laboratories, or other facilities in the State to report each incidence of cancer diagnosed by the hospitals, laboratories, or facilities, along with any other information the Department may require to develop a Health and Hazardous Substances Registry under the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
7) The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act [410 ILCS 45] requires immediate reporting of the existence of any person found or suspected to have a level of lead in the blood in excess of the permissible limits set forth in regulations adopted by the Department. The names, addresses, laboratory results, date of birth, and other information about the person are maintained in the Adult Blood Lead Registry.
8) The Developmental Disability Prevention Act [410 ILCS 250] declares that the policy of the State for the prevention of perinatal mortality and conditions leading to developmental disabilities and other handicapping disabilities is a high priority for attention. The Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System maintains information regarding perinatal mortality and risk conditions.
9) The Vital Records Act [410 ILCS 535] charges the Department with the responsibility of collecting and preserving records of births and deaths of Illinois residents and of preparing and publishing reports of vital statistics from these records.
10) The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act [210 ILCS 3] establishes procedures for investigating alternative methods of delivering health care services to the community.
11) The Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act [225 ILCS 47] gives the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board the authority to determine if certain investments by one or more health care workers constitutes a conflict of interest.
12) The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2310/2310-65] authorizes the Department to conduct statewide inventories for existing hospitals, health service facilities, and other facilities.
13) The Counties Code [55 ILCS 5/Art. 5, Div. 25] establishes the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Need (IPLAN) compliance requirements for the local health departments.
14) The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2310/2310-57] authorizes the Department to establish a system for the collection of data related to hospital discharge and inpatient and outpatient surgery performed at hospitals and licensed ambulatory surgical treatment centers.
h) The Office also administers other regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities provided by the Department by law.
(Source: Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 11204, effective July 9, 2002)
Section 1125.350 Office of Finance and Administration
a) The Office of Finance and Administration encompasses all administrative support activities essential to the overall operation of the Department.
b) The Office of Finance and Administration provides supportive and coordination services to all offices and regions within the Department including budget, State/Local Liaison Unit, employee services and benefits. Divisions within the Office include: Accounting Services, Information Technology, Vital Records, Human Resources, and Physical Services.
1) The Division of Vital Records is the Official Register of Vital Events in Illinois that include all births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and divorces.
2) The State/Local Liaison Unit is the liaison between the local health departments and the Department.
c) The Office also provides administrative support to the Regional Health Officers, who administer the Department's regional offices. The Regional Health Officers are responsible for coordinating various agency program activities at the regional level, including presiding over involuntary discharge and certificate of need hearings, serving as emergency liaisons, and serving as liaisons with local health agencies and community health associations.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2709, effective February 15, 2000)
Section 1125.355 Office of Women's Health
The Office of Women's Health consists of the Division of Women's Health Services and the Division of Technical Support. The Office has, without limitation, the following duties:
a) Assisting in the assessment of the health needs of women in the State.
b) Recommending treatment methods and programs that are sensitive and relevant to the unique characteristics of women.
c) Promoting awareness of women's health concerns and encouraging, promoting, and aiding in the establishment of women's services.
d) Providing adequate and effective opportunities for women to express their views on Departmental policy development and program implementation (Section 55.69 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2310/55.69]).
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2709, effective February 15, 2000)
Section 1125.360 Office Locations
a) The Department maintains 2 Co-Central Offices in order to best serve the needs of the citizens of the State of Illinois. These offices are at the locations listed in this subsection.
1) 525 and 535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
2) 100 West Randolph Street
Sixth Floor, Suite 600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
b) The Department's Divisions of Vital Records and Epidemiologic Studies are at the location listed in this subsection.
605 West Jefferson
Springfield, Illinois 62702
c) The Department operates laboratories at the locations listed in this subsection.
1) Chicago Laboratory
2121 West Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612
2) Springfield Laboratory
825 North Rutledge, P.O. Box 19435
Springfield, Illinois 62794
3) Carbondale Laboratory
Chautauqua and Oakland Streets
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
d) The Department maintains Regional Offices at the locations listed in this subsection. Each Regional Office is headed by a Regional Health Officer.
1) Region 1
Rockford Regional Office
4302 North Main Street
P.O. Box 2903
Rockford, Illinois 61105
2) Region 2
Peoria Regional Office
5415 North University Avenue
Peoria, Illinois 61614
3) Region 3
Edwardsville Regional Office
22 Kettle River Drive
Edwardsville, Illinois 62034
4) Region 4
Marion Regional Office
2309 West Main Street
Marion, Illinois 62959
5) Region 5
Champaign Regional Office
2125 South First Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
6) Region 6
West Chicago Regional Office
245 West Roosevelt Road, Building 5
West Chicago, Illinois 60185
7) Region 7 (2 offices)
Chicago Regional Offices
A) Bellwood Office
4212 West St. Charles Road
Bellwood, Illinois 60104
B) Chicago Office
100 West Randolph, Room 6-600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
e) A map indicating the jurisdictional area of each Regional Office may be found in Appendix C.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2709, effective February 15, 2000)
Section 1125.APPENDIX A Petition Before the Illinois Department of Public Health Requesting the Promulgation, Amendment, or Repeal of a Rule
A. Petitioner:
1. Name of Petitioner (if Petitioner is representing an individual on whose behalf the Petition is filed, state both names):
2. Name and mailing address of the party to which the Department will direct its response and other necessary communications:
B. Type of Request (circle one):
Promulgation Amendment Repeal
C. Interest. State the particular interest of the Petitioner (or, if relevant, the individual on whose behalf the Petition is being filed) in the action requested:
D. Request:
1. If the request is for amendment or repeal of an existing rule(s), identify the particular rule(s) in question.
2. If the request is for promulgation of a new rule(s), identify the program area or subject matter of the proposed new rule(s).
3. If the Petition is for amendment of a rule or rules, describe in as much detail as possible the nature of the amendment(s) requested. If possible, include a suggested text of the rule(s) as (it) (they) would appear if amended in accordance with the Petition. If the Petition is for promulgation of a new rule or rules, describe in as much detail as possible the content of new rule or rules. If possible, include a suggested text of the proposed rule(s).
4. Discuss in as much detail as possible the reasons for and basis of the Petition. Include any pertinent references such as documents, source materials, actual cases or events. Attach any relevant and supportive documentation.
5. Discuss, to the extent possible, the adverse or beneficial effect, if any, that you believe the amendment, repeal, or promulgation requested will or could have on the public health in Illinois (or in a broader area, if relevant).
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Send by U.S. Mail (or deliver personally) 2 completed copies of the Petition, with one copy of any accompanying documentation, to:
Office of the Director
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Ill. 62761
If, within 30 days after submission of a Petition, the Department has not initiated rule-making proceedings in accordance with Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Petition shall be deemed to have been denied. This denial does not, however, preclude the Department from later initiating rule-making proceedings according to the Petition.
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 86, effective December 15, 1999)
Section 1125.APPENDIX B Current Organizational Chart
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11622, effective July 20, 2000)
Section 1125.APPENDIX C Regions of the Illinois Department of Public Health
(Source: Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 86, effective December 15, 1999)
Section 1125.APPENDIX D Rulemaking Chart
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(Source: Added at 47 Ill. Reg. 2410, effective February 6, 2023)