Full Text of HB5478 94th General Assembly
HB5478eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 5-25012 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
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| Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where | 8 |
| a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as
authorized in | 9 |
| this Section, each county health department shall be managed
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| a board of health consisting of
8 members appointed by the | 11 |
| president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of | 12 |
| the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first | 13 |
| appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 | 14 |
| years and the term of the member appointed
from the county | 15 |
| board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall | 16 |
| continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed. | 17 |
| Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have
one | 18 |
| additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the | 19 |
| county
board, with the approval of the county board. The | 20 |
| additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days after | 21 |
| the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term ending | 22 |
| July 1, 2002.
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| The county health department in a county having a | 24 |
| population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by | 25 |
| resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health | 26 |
| consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman | 27 |
| of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for | 28 |
| a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall | 29 |
| serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of | 30 |
| the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this | 31 |
| Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until | 32 |
| reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
counties |
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| with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of | 2 |
| health
of 8 members, the county board may, by resolution, | 3 |
| increase the size of the
board of health to 12 members, in | 4 |
| which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the | 5 |
| next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for
terms of 3 | 6 |
| years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
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| The county board in counties with a population of more than | 8 |
| 100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to | 9 |
| any county with a
metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 | 10 |
| inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the board of | 11 |
| health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the | 12 |
| board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
$200 | 13 |
| except in the case of the president of the board of health | 14 |
| whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
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| When a county board of health consisting of 8 members | 16 |
| assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of | 17 |
| public health, and both the county board and the city council | 18 |
| adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county | 19 |
| board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership | 20 |
| of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional 2 | 21 |
| members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of the | 22 |
| municipality, with the approval of the city council, each such | 23 |
| member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the | 24 |
| successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of | 25 |
| the county board, with the approval of the county board, for | 26 |
| terms of 2 years.
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| Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by | 28 |
| a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each | 29 |
| county by the president
or chairman of the county board with | 30 |
| the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that | 31 |
| of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for | 32 |
| one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
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| member appointed from the county board of each member county, | 34 |
| as
hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue | 35 |
| until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
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| The term of office of original appointees shall begin on |
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| July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all members | 2 |
| shall continue
until their successors are appointed. All | 3 |
| members shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed | 4 |
| for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of | 5 |
| their duties. At least 2 members of each county board
of health | 6 |
| shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine | 7 |
| in
all of its branches and at least one member shall be a | 8 |
| dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties with a population | 9 |
| under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen from the county board | 10 |
| or the board of county commissioners
as the case may be. In | 11 |
| counties with a population over 500,000, two members
shall be | 12 |
| chosen from the county board or the board of county | 13 |
| commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member from each | 14 |
| county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be a | 15 |
| physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of | 16 |
| its branches, one
member from each county on each | 17 |
| multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the county | 18 |
| board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, | 19 |
| and at least one member of the board of health shall be a | 20 |
| dentist
licensed in Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one | 21 |
| member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All | 22 |
| members shall be chosen for
their special fitness for | 23 |
| membership on the board.
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| Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty | 25 |
| by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the | 26 |
| approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed | 27 |
| him.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for | 29 |
| a full term.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | 31 |
| contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more | 32 |
| inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health | 33 |
| department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a | 34 |
| board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such | 35 |
| board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall | 36 |
| consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
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| chairman of the county board with the approval of the county | 2 |
| board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees | 3 |
| at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for 2 | 4 |
| years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one | 5 |
| member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed | 6 |
| in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least | 7 |
| one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a | 8 |
| nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for | 9 |
| their special fitness for membership
on the advisory committee.
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| All members of a board established under this Section must | 11 |
| be residents of the county, except that a member who is | 12 |
| required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside | 13 |
| outside the county if no physician, dentist, or nurse, as | 14 |
| applicable, who resides in the county is willing and able to | 15 |
| serve.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06.)
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