(65 ILCS 5/11-26-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-1)
Sec. 11-26-1.
The corporate authorities of any municipality with a
population of 500,000 or more may establish, erect, and maintain maternity
or lying-in hospitals, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions
connected therewith where female inhabitants of the municipality may be
received, cared for, or treated during pregnancy or during or after
delivery, without license therefor from or regulation thereof by the State
Department of Public Health or the State Department of Public Welfare in
accordance with the Hospital Licensing Act, approved July 1, 1953, as
heretofore and hereafter amended. These hospitals, dispensaries, and
auxiliary institutions are subject to supervision by the board of health of
the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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