(55 ILCS 5/5-25001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25001)
Sec. 5-25001.
County and multiple-county health departments.
Any county or two or more adjacent counties may, by resolution of
the county board or county boards of the respective counties, as the case
may be, or upon approval by referendum as hereinafter provided, establish
and maintain a full-time health department; provided, that four or more
counties must obtain the approval of the State Department of Public Health
prior to establishing a multiple-county health department. The approval may
be obtained upon application by the county board of any county, containing
such information as may be required by the State Department. Approval shall
be granted if the State Department determines that the establishment of the
multiple-county health department is essential to the health requirements
of the area affected.
A "consolidated health department" shall mean a health department which
has resulted from the merging of two or more adjacent existing county or
multiple-county health departments, as provided in Section 5-25019.
A full-time health department is one whose personnel, other than
consultants and clinicians, devote their full time during regular, standard
working hours to health department duties. Reference hereinafter made to
health departments means full-time health departments unless otherwise
specified.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
|