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Public Act 91-0568
HB2330 Enrolled LRB9104810DHmg
AN ACT to amend the Counties Code by changing Section
5-25012.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 5-25012 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases
where a board of 12 members is provided for as authorized in
this Section, each county health department shall be managed
by a board of health consisting of 8 members appointed by the
president or chairman of the county board, with the approval
of the county board, for a 3 year term, except that of the
first appointees 2 shall serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, 3
for 3 years and the term of the member appointed from the
county board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year
and shall continue until reappointment or until a successor
is appointed. Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have one additional member appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county
board. The additional member shall first be appointed within
90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act for a
term ending July 1, 2002.
The county health department in a county having a
population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by
resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health
consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county
board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees
3 shall serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and
the term of the member appointed from the county board, as
provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall
continue until reappointment or until a successor is
appointed. In counties with a population of 200,000 or more
which have a board of health of 8 members, the county board
may, by resolution, increase the size of the board of health
to 12 members, in which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the next anniversary of the present
appointments, 2 for terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one
for one year.
The county board in counties with a population of more
than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and
contiguous to any county with a metropolitan area with more
than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish compensation for
the board of health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall
not exceed $200 except in the case of the president of the
board of health whose monthly compensation shall not exceed
$400.
Each multiple-county health department shall be managed
by a board of health consisting of 4 members appointed from
each county by the president or chairman of the county board
with the approval of the county board for a 3 year term,
except that of the first appointees from each county one
shall serve for one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years
and the term of the member appointed from the county board of
each member county, as hereinafter provided, shall be one
year and shall continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed.
The term of office of original appointees shall begin on
July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all
members shall continue until their successors are appointed.
All members shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each
county board of health shall be physicians licensed in
Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches and at
least one member shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois. In
counties with a population under 500,000, one member shall be
chosen from the county board or the board of county
commissioners as the case may be. In counties with a
population over 500,000, two members shall be chosen from the
county board or the board of county commissioners as the case
may be. At least one member from each county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be a physician licensed
in Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches, one
member from each county on each multiple-county board of
health shall be chosen from the county board or the board of
county commissioners, as the case may be, and at least one
member of the board of health shall be a dentist licensed in
Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All members shall
be chosen for their special fitness for membership on the
board.
Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of
duty by the chairman or president of the county board, with
the approval of the county board, of the county which
appointed him.
Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment
for a full term.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more
inhabitants that does not currently have a county health
department may, by resolution of the county board, establish
a board of health consisting of the members of such board.
Such board of health shall be advised by a committee which
shall consist of at least 5 members appointed by the
president or chairman of the county board with the approval
of the county board for terms of 3 years; except that of the
first appointees at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least
2 shall serve for 2 years and at least one shall serve for
one year. At least one member of the advisory committee
shall be a physician licensed in Illinois to practice
medicine in all its branches, at least one shall be a dentist
licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for their special
fitness for membership on the advisory committee.
(Source: P.A. 88-535.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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