Section 690.1415  Penalties

a)         Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates any false information or report concerning the existence of any dangerously contagious or infectious disease in connection with the Department or certified local health department's power of quarantine, isolation and closure or refuses to comply with a quarantine, isolation or closure order is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (Section 2(k) of the Act)

b)         A public health order issued by a certified local health department under this Subpart is equivalent to, shall be enforced as, and carries the same penalty as an order issued by the Department directly.

(Source:  Added at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)