The Board of Health:
(A) Shall develop and record in the bylaws, or in an amendment to the existing bylaws, policies establishing the scope of the Health Department programs;
(B) May request the County Board to pass an ordinance permitting the charging and collection of such fees as may be necessary to finance selected services;
(C) Shall provide for, or request, adequate financing for the Health Department programs, and shall adopt fiscal policies which shall be kept in writing;
(D) May enter into contracts with official or non-official agencies, or individuals, for the purchase, sale, or exchange of health services;
(E) Shall, whether offering one or more services, employ a staff adequately qualified to carry out the Department program and shall adopt personnel policies which shall be kept in writing and made available to employees;
(F) Shall, if the Health Department provides services sufficiently extensive, appoint a medical health officer as executive officer of the Department, or shall appoint a public health administrator as the executive officer for the Department; provided, that the Board of Health shall make available medical supervision that is considered adequate by the Director of the state’s Department of Public Health. The executive officer shall possess qualifications prescribed by the state’s Department of Public Health in the Local Health Department Certification Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 600);
(G) Shall, according to the requirements of the County Code and within the professional and technical competence of its staff and the number of staff employed, and, with the staff of the Health Department acting as its agent, enforce all state laws pertaining to the preservation of health, and all county and municipal ordinances except as otherwise provided in the County Code; also, shall enforce all rules and regulations promulgated by the state’s Department of Public Health, by the County Board, or by the governing bodies of cities and villages in the county, except as otherwise provided in the County Code; and
(H) Shall, according to the requirements of the County Code, recommend, when deemed necessary, to the County Board the enactment of such ordinances and rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the protection of health and control of disease in the jurisdiction.
(Prior Code, 2 TCC 2-1)