Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5 Counties Code. Section 5-20002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20002)

    Sec. 5-20002. Additional powers. The boards of health shall have the following powers:

    First--To do all acts, make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.

    Second--To appoint physicians as health officers and prescribe their duties.

    Third--To incur the expenses necessary for the performance of the duties and powers enjoined upon the board.

    Fourth--To provide gratuitous vaccination and disinfection.

    Fifth--To require reports of dangerously communicable diseases.

    No board of health constituted under this Division shall function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force in that county.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

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