Illinois Code § 55 ILCS 5/5-20002

Additional powers.
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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 is in force
in that county.

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