Illinois Compiled Statutes
55 ILCS 5/5-25001 (2026)
County and multiple-county health departments
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(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.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: Taylor v. Bi-Cnty. Health Dept., 956 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
Taylor v. Bi-Cnty. Health Dept., 956 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “On January 5, 2009, Bi-County Health filed a motion for a summary *990 judgment, alleging that it is a public entity created by statute (55 ILCS 5/5-25001 et seq. (West 2008)). In the motion, Bi-County Health alleged that one of its functions is to "prevent the transmission of…”
Taylor v. Bi-Cnty. Health Dep't, 2011 IL App (5th) 90475 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “On January 5, 2009, Bi-County Health filed a motion for a summary judgment, alleging that it is a public entity created by statute (55 ILCS 5/5-25001 et seq. (West 2008)). In the motion, Bi-County Health alleged that one of its functions is to “prevent the transmission of…”
Sanchez (C.D. Ill. 2026). “See generally 55 ILCS 5/5-25001 to 5-25003. Courts have found that local government subdivisions are separate legal entities when the statutes creating those subdivisions explicitly outline a capacity to sue or be sued.”
Cavanagh v. The City of Springfield (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “"[T]his [d]ivision" means division 5-25 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-25001 through 5-25025 (West 2004)).”
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