2-112-230 Tuberculosis clinical services.

   The Commissioner is authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with the County of Cook for the provision of tuberculosis clinical services by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. Such agreements shall contain terms and conditions as are customary in such agreements, including, but not limited to, provisions for indemnification. The commissioner is authorized to perform any and all acts, including the expenditure of funds subject to appropriation therefor, as shall be necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of such agreements, including any renewals thereto.

(Added Coun, J, 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. IX, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-241. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-230 as current § 2-112-190.

2-112-240 Chronic disease detection and treatment programs.

   The Department is hereby authorized to establish suitable detection and treatment programs directed toward the control of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and stroke, diabetes and such other chronic diseases as may hereinafter be deemed capable of control through public screening, diagnostic or treatment programs.

(Prior code § 9-18; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-250. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-240 as current § 2-112-220.

2-112-250 Emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Liability limitations.

   Any person who has successfully completed a course of training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which has been approved by the Department and who within the City of Chicago, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation, without fee, to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency, shall not, as a result of his acts or omissions in providing such resuscitation, be liable for civil damages. This section does not apply to acts or omissions amounting to willful and wanton misconduct in providing such resuscitation.

(Prior code § 9-18.1; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-260. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-250 as current § 2-112-240.

2-112-260 Contaminated food or beverage controls.

   The Department is authorized to investigate and to take such action as may be necessary to control the sale and/or distribution of any food, beverage or other product which is found to:

   (a)   be contaminated with a pathogenic organism; or

   (b)   contains chemical substances which are capable of causing acute or chronic disease and which are deemed to be a hazard to the public health; further, the Department is authorized to take all steps necessary to protect the City from any hazard resulting from the presence of any radioactive substance in or near the City or of any dangerous or hazardous substances released into the atmosphere in the City of Chicago or within a mile of the corporate geographic boundaries of the City.

(Prior code § 9-19; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-270. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-260 as current § 2-112-250.

2-112-270 Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act.

   (a)   The City of Chicago hereby elects to administer and enforce the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act.

   (b)   The provisions of the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act, as well as all rules and regulations promulgated and amended from time to time by the Illinois Department of Public Health under authority of that Act, are hereby incorporated into this section and made a part hereof. However, unless the context requires otherwise, any reference in that Act or those rules and regulations to the Illinois Department of Public Health shall instead refer to the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago, and any reference in that Act to the Illinois Director of Public Health shall instead refer to the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago.

   (c)   The Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago shall take all actions necessary and proper to administer and enforce the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Department shall impose and collect, on behalf of the City, a license application fee, in the amount specified in Section 6 of the Act, for each application for license renewal; provided that an application submitted by a corporation organized under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act of 1986, or an application submitted by the United States, the State of Illinois, or any of their agencies or political subdivisions, shall be exempt from the fee.

   (d)   Nothing in this section shall affect the requirement for a construction permit issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health under Section 5 of the Act, and nothing in this section shall affect the enforcement of violations of the Act by the State's Attorney or the Attorney General under Sections 21 and 22 of the Act.

   (e)   If any other provision of this Code, or any provision of any other law, is inconsistent with any provision of the section, the provision of this section shall prevail.

   (f)   The City Clerk shall furnish to the Illinois Department of Public Health a copy of this ordinance and the names and qualifications of city employees required by the Act.

(Added Coun. J. 12-11-96, p. 36358; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-275. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-270 as current § 2-112-260.