Illinois Health Statistics Act

Illinois · Public Health · §§ 410-520-1 to 410-520-9 · 11 sections

Overview

The act governs the registration and safekeeping of vital records — births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages — as well as the events that alter them, such as adoption, legitimation, paternity determination, divorce, annulment, and a change of sex. It establishes a state office of statistical services headed by a state registrar, divides the state into registration districts served by local registrars and subregistrars, and prescribes the form, content, and timing of records, along with procedures for delayed registration, correction and amendment, permits, reproduction of records, and the fees charged for copies. It also limits disclosure of vital records and the data drawn from them, requires those who attend or handle vital events to keep records and furnish the information needed to register them, and imposes penalties for failing to comply.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

410 ILCS 520/1This Act may be cited as the Illinois Health Statistics Act
410 ILCS 520/10Any person who intentionally, willfully or wantonly discloses identifiable health data collected pursuant to this Act, except as provided for in Section 5, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
410 ILCS 520/11This Act takes effect July 1, 1982
410 ILCS 520/2As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in this Section have the meanings ascribed to them herein
410 ILCS 520/3The Department of Public Health is hereby designated as the Department to carry out the purposes of this Act
410 ILCS 520/4Public Health › 410 ILCS 520 — Illinois Health Statistics Act
410 ILCS 520/5(a) The Department may make no disclosure of any item, collection or grouping of health data which makes the individual supplying or described in such data identifiable unless: (1) The individual described in the data has consented to the disclosure
410 ILCS 520/6The Department shall take appropriate measures to protect the security of health data including: (a) Limiting the access to health data to authorized individuals who have received training in the handling of such data
410 ILCS 520/7The Department may promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
410 ILCS 520/8The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to and govern all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder
410 ILCS 520/9The provisions of "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act", and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall govern all actions and procedures of the Department under this Act

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