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)