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.

2-112-280 Publication of health information.

   The Department is hereby authorized to publish such statistics and information concerning the work of the Department, or relating to the health of the community, or methods and means of preventing or curing disease, as it shall deem proper for publication. Such statistics as are published shall, as soon thereafter as is practicable, be sent to the Mayor, to each alderman, and to such other persons as the Commissioner shall deem advisable.

(Prior code § 9-20; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

2-112-290 Records and forms.

   It shall be the duty of the Department to provide the necessary books for keeping a record of all transactions of the Department, and such statistical information necessary for the efficient working of the Department. The Department shall also keep on hand all necessary forms for use by physicians and midwives and shall furnish them with such forms upon application.

(Prior code § 9-21; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 11, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

2-112-300 Fees and charges.

   The Department is hereby authorized and directed to collect fees and make charges, as indicated in this section for the following services:

   Medical, Hospital and Related Services. Reasonable compensation based on actual cost, shall be charged and collected from any person who is received, cared for, or treated, and who is able to pay, for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, laboratory services or attendance in connection with services at any facility maintained and provided by the Department. Ability to pay shall include third-party payments through insurance or other sources of payment to which the person is entitled. These privileges shall be extended free of charge to residents of the City of Chicago, who are unable to pay for them.

   Laboratory Examinations. The rates prevailing in local laboratories shall be charged and collected from neighboring municipal and county authorities for examinations and analyses made in the municipal laboratories.

   Reinspections. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code, a fee of $25.00 for the second and each subsequent inspection during a license period of any place, machinery, equipment, vehicle, process or article where necessary to assure compliance with this Code or the rules of the Department.

(Prior code § 9-22; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192; Amend Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 2.5; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

2-112-310 Impersonation of Department personnel prohibited.

   No person shall falsely assume or pretend to be an officer, inspector, or employee of the Department. Nor shall any person not authorized by the Department:

   (a)   Wear in public the uniform adopted and used by the Department;

   (b)   Wear or use any badge, star or device adopted and used by the Department;

   (c)   Produce or display any badge, star or device adopted and used by the Department and thereby obtain free passage upon any public conveyance or commit by other fraudulent act by means thereof;

   (d)   Counterfeit or imitate or cause to be counterfeited or imitated any badge, star or device adopted and used by the Department;

   (e)   Wear or use any badge, star or device similar in appearance to that adopted by the Department.

(Prior code § 9-23; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)

2-112-320 Failure to report disease occurrence.

   Failure to report a disease occurrence under Section 2-112-130 shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 and no more than $200.00.

(Prior code § 9-24(a); Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61913, § 3)

2-112-330 Violation of recordkeeping provision.

   Any person violating or assisting in the violation of any provision of Section 2-112-290 shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 9-24(b))