Illinois Statutes Chapter 55. Counties § 5/5-20002. Additional powers

§ 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  1 is in force in that county.