Chapter 410 — PUBLIC HEALTH

(410 ILCS 517/51) Sec. 51. Licensure records. Licensure records designated confidential and considered expunged for reporting purposes by the licensee under Section 2105-207 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois are not reportable under this Act. (Source: P.A. 98-816, eff.…

(410 ILCS 517/99) Sec. 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 91-602, eff. 8-16-99.)

(410 ILCS 520/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5601) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Health Statistics Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(410 ILCS 520/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5610) Sec. 10. Any person who intentionally, willfully or wantonly discloses identifiable health data collected pursuant to this Act, except as provided for in Section 5, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 82-215.)

(410 ILCS 520/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5611) Sec. 11. This Act takes effect July 1, 1982. (Source: P.A. 82-215.)

(410 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5602) Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in this Section have the meanings ascribed to them herein. (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. (b) "Disclosure" mean…

(410 ILCS 520/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5603) Sec. 3. The Department of Public Health is hereby designated as the Department to carry out the purposes of this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-215.)

(410 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5604) Sec. 4. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Department may: (1) Collect and maintain health data on: (i) The extent, nature, and impact of illness, including factors relating to asthma, obesity, and disability on the po…

(410 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5605) Sec. 5. (a) The Department may make no disclosure of any item, collection or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying or described in such data identifiable unless: (1) The individual described in the data has con…

(410 ILCS 520/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5606) Sec. 6. The Department shall take appropriate measures to protect the security of health data including: (a) Limiting the access to health data to authorized individuals who have received training in the handling of such data. (b) De…

(410 ILCS 520/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5607) Sec. 7. The Department may promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-215.)

(410 ILCS 520/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5608) Sec. 8. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to and govern all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder. For the purpo…

(410 ILCS 520/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5609) Sec. 9. The provisions of "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act", and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall govern all actions and procedures of the Department under this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-215.)

(410 ILCS 522/10-1) Sec. 10-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005. References in this Article to "this Law" mean this Article. (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)

(410 ILCS 522/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Law, the following terms have the following meanings: "Adverse health care event" means any event identified as a serious reportable event by the National Quality Forum and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service…

(410 ILCS 522/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Health care facility requirements to report, analyze, and correct. (a) Reports of adverse health care events required. Each health care facility shall report to the Department the occurrence of any adverse health care events no later than 30 days …

(410 ILCS 522/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Root cause analysis; corrective action plan. Following the occurrence of an adverse health care event, the health care facility must conduct a root cause analysis of the event. Following the analysis, the health care facility must (i) implement a …

(410 ILCS 522/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Confidentiality. Other than the annual report required under paragraph (4) of Section 10-35 of this Law, adverse health care event reports, findings of root cause analyses, and corrective action plans filed by a health care facility under this Law…

(410 ILCS 522/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Establishment of reporting system. (a) The Department shall establish an adverse health event reporting system that will be fully operational by January 1, 2008 and designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system through commu…

(410 ILCS 522/10-35) Sec. 10-35. Analysis of reports; communication of findings. The Department shall do the following: (1) Analyze adverse event reports, corrective action plans, and findings of the root cause analyses to determine patterns of systemic failure in the health care…

(410 ILCS 522/10-40) Sec. 10-40. Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee. The Department shall appoint a 9-person Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee with at least one member from each of the following statewide organizations: one representing hospitals; one rep…

(410 ILCS 522/10-45) Sec. 10-45. Testing period. (a) Prior to the testing period in subsection (b), the Department shall adopt rules for implementing this Law in consultation with the Health Care Event Reporting Advisory Committee and individuals who have experience and expertise…

(410 ILCS 522/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Purpose. The sole purpose of this Law is to establish an adverse health care event reporting system designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system through communication and collaboration between the Department and health care f…

(410 ILCS 522/10-50) Sec. 10-50. Validity of public reports. None of the information the Department discloses to the public may be made available in any form or fashion unless such information is shared with the health care facilities under review prior to public dissemination of…

(410 ILCS 522/90-10) Sec. 90-10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; text omitted.)

(410 ILCS 522/90-15) Sec. 90-15. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; text omitted.)

(410 ILCS 522/90-5) Sec. 90-5. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05; text omitted.)

(410 ILCS 522/90-97) Sec. 90-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)

(410 ILCS 522/90-99) Sec. 90-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)

(410 ILCS 525/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6701) Sec. 1. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1361.)

(410 ILCS 525/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6710) Sec. 10. The Department may enter into contracts with individuals, corporations, hospitals, universities, not-for-profit corporations, governmental entities or other organizations whereby such individuals, organizations or agencies …

(410 ILCS 525/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6711) Sec. 11. The University of Illinois School of Public Health shall conduct educational programs for the Department to further the dissemination of knowledge about the relationship between toxic substances and human health which will …

(410 ILCS 525/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6712) Sec. 12. All information contained in the Registry, as well as all reports issued by the Department, including the annual report, shall be made available to the public upon request; provided, however, nothing in this Act permits pub…

(410 ILCS 525/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6713) Sec. 13. (a) Violation of this Act is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any person who violates this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. (c) The Department may request the Attorney General or th…

(410 ILCS 525/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6714) Sec. 14. The Department may promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1361.)

(410 ILCS 525/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6702) Sec. 2. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (i) the dangers of hazardous substances pose a serious threat to the public health and welfare of the citizens of Illinois; (ii) there exists no unified effort to collect and analyze infor…

(410 ILCS 525/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6703) Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. (b) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. (c) (Blank).…

(410 ILCS 525/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6704) Sec. 4. (a) The University of Illinois School of Public Health shall advise the Department in the design, function and utilization of the Registry. (b) To facilitate the collection of cancer incidence information, the Department, in …

(410 ILCS 525/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6705) Sec. 5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-1361. Repealed by P.A. 103-962, eff. 1-1-25.)

(410 ILCS 525/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6706) Sec. 6. (a) No later than January 1, 1985, the Department shall commence the work necessary to compile the information which will constitute the Health and Hazardous Substances Registry. The Registry shall consist of the compilation …

(410 ILCS 525/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6707) Sec. 7. Subject to appropriation, monies in the Hazardous Waste Research Fund in the State Treasury shall be available to the Department for the administration of the Registry. In addition, the Department shall have the authority to …

(410 ILCS 525/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6708) Sec. 8. The Department shall annually report to the General Assembly beginning August 31, 1986 and every year thereafter. The annual report shall include information on the progress of the Registry, as well as descriptions of any stu…

(410 ILCS 525/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6709) Sec. 9. The Department shall utilize the Registry to conduct research on the relationships between hazardous substances, hazardous nuclear materials, and public health issues. The Director shall establish guidelines for determining t…

(410 ILCS 525/9.1) Sec. 9.1. Release of data to news media. Upon review and approval of an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or its equivalent on protection of human subjects in research, the Department shall release data not otherwise available for release under the F…

(410 ILCS 527/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Immunization Data Registry Act. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)

(410 ILCS 527/10) Sec. 10. Development of registry; purposes. (a) The Department may develop and maintain an immunization data registry to collect, store, analyze, release, and report immunization data. (b) Data in the immunization registry may be used only for the following purp…

(410 ILCS 527/15) Sec. 15. Provision of immunization data to registry; exemption forms; written information on immunization registry. (a) A health care provider, physician's designee, or pharmacist's designee may provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data …

(410 ILCS 527/17) Sec. 17. Immunization data exemption form; immunization providers. Before entering immunization data into the immunization data registry, authorized immunization providers who provide immunization data into the immunization data registry shall provide the patien…

(410 ILCS 527/20) Sec. 20. Confidentiality of information; release of information; statistics; panel on expanding access. (a) Records maintained as part of the immunization data registry are confidential. (b) The Department may release an individual's confidential information to …

(410 ILCS 527/25) Sec. 25. Immunity for providing data; penalty. (a) An entity described in subsection (c) of Section 20 of this Act, the Department, or an agent of the Department who in good faith provides or receives immunization information is immune from civil and criminal li…