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20 ILCS 2305/2 (2026)

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(20 ILCS 2305/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22)
    Sec. 2. Powers.
    (a) The State Department of Public Health has general supervision of the interests of the health and lives of the people of the State. It has supreme authority in matters of quarantine and isolation, and may declare and enforce quarantine and isolation when none exists, and may modify or relax quarantine and isolation when it has been established. The Department may adopt, promulgate, repeal and amend rules and regulations and make such sanitary investigations and inspections as it may from time to time deem necessary for the preservation and improvement of the public health, consistent with law regulating the following:
        (1) Transportation of the remains of deceased persons.
        (2) Sanitary practices relating to drinking water
    
made accessible to the public for human consumption or for lavatory or culinary purposes.
        (3) Sanitary practices relating to rest room
    
facilities made accessible to the public or to persons handling food served to the public.
        (4) Sanitary practices relating to disposal of human
    
wastes in or from all buildings and places where people live, work or assemble.
    The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Public Health under this Act, except that Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
    All local boards of health, health authorities and officers, police officers, sheriffs and all other officers and employees of the state or any locality shall enforce the rules and regulations so adopted and orders issued by the Department pursuant to this Section.
    The Department of Public Health shall conduct a public information campaign to inform Hispanic women of the high incidence of breast cancer and the importance of mammograms and where to obtain a mammogram. This requirement may be satisfied by translation into Spanish and distribution of the breast cancer summaries required by Section 2310-345 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Moore v. Lumpkin, 630 N.E.2d 982 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).
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Moore v. Lumpkin, 630 N.E.2d 982 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 10× “The complaint alleges that certain actions and inactions of defendants regarding efforts to restrict and suppress the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in Chicago violated section 2 of the Department of Public Health Act (DPHA) (20 ILCS 2305/2 (West 1992)), entitled "Powers and…”
Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(b), (c) (West 2018). Specifically, that section requires that “[e]xcept as provided *** no person or a group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated and no place may be ordered to be closed and made off limits to the public except with the…”
Graham v. Pekin Fire Dept., 2022 IL App (4th) 220270 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “The employees maintain that the court should have granted their petitions because, under section 5 of the Conscience Act (745 ILCS 70/5 (West 2020)) and section 2305 of the Department of Public Health Act (Health Act) (20 ILCS 2305/2 (West 2020)) as the employees interpret those…”
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 6× “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
Thornton v. Dep't of Corr., 2023 IL App (5th) 220300-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 3× “BACKGROUND ¶4 On April 14, 2022, plaintiffs filed their amended verified complaint requesting a declaratory judgment based on section 2 of the Department of Public Health Act (20 ILCS 2305/2 (West 2020)), against defendants, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the…”
Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(b), (c) (West 2018). Specifically, that section requires that “[e]xcept as provided *** no person or a group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated and no place may be ordered to be closed and made off limits to the public except with the…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) — 1 case
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(b) — 2 cases
Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(b), (c) (West 2018). Specifically, that section requires that “[e]xcept as provided *** no person or a group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated and no place may be ordered to be closed and made off limits to the public except with the…”
Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(b), (c) (West 2018). Specifically, that section requires that “[e]xcept as provided *** no person or a group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated and no place may be ordered to be closed and made off limits to the public except with the…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(c) — 2 cases
Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(b), (c) (West 2018). Specifically, that section requires that “[e]xcept as provided *** no person or a group of persons may be ordered to be quarantined or isolated and no place may be ordered to be closed and made off limits to the public except with the…”
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(d) — 2 cases
Graham v. Pekin Fire Dept., 2022 IL App (4th) 220270 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The employees maintain that the court should have granted their petitions because, under section 5 of the Conscience Act (745 ILCS 70/5 (West 2020)) and section 2305 of the Department of Public Health Act (Health Act) (20 ILCS 2305/2 (West 2020)) as the employees interpret those…”
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(e) — 1 case
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
— 20 ILCS 2305/2(f) — 1 case
Allen v. The Bd. of Educ. of North Mac Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No.34, 2022 IL App (4th) 220307-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 20 ILCS 2305/2(a) (West 2020). Subject to the due process requirements the General Assembly imposed on the Department if an individual does not consent, the Department may do the following: (1) “order a person or group of persons to be quarantined or isolated or *** order a…”
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