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Youth Camp Act

Illinois · Health Facilities and Regulation · §§ 210-100-1 to 210-100-9 · 33 sections

Overview

The Youth Camp Act regulates the operation of camps serving young people, requiring anyone who establishes or operates such a camp to hold a license from the state health department and to obtain a construction permit before building one. It authorizes the department to set health, safety, cleanliness, and sanitation standards, to collect fees, and to inspect camp premises at reasonable times, with inspection authority delegable to county, multi-county, or municipal health agencies. Enforcement runs through administrative proceedings — with subpoena power, depositions, written findings, and judicial review of final decisions — and violations carry criminal misdemeanor penalties and fines, while local governments remain free to impose standards at least as strict as the state's.

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

  • 210 ILCS 100/1This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/10Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/11It shall be the duty of the owners, operators and licensees of youth camps to give the Department and its authorized agents free access to such premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection
  • 210 ILCS 100/12Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/13Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/14Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/15The Director or Hearing Officer may compel by subpoena or subpoena duces tecum the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers and administer oaths to witnesses
  • 210 ILCS 100/16In the event of the inability of any party, or the Department, to procure the attendance of witnesses to give testimony or produce books and papers, such party or the Department may take the deposition of witnesses in accordance with the laws of this State
  • 210 ILCS 100/17The Director shall make findings of fact in such hearing, and the Director shall render his decision within 30 days after the termination of the hearing, unless additional time is required by him for a proper disposition of the matter
  • 210 ILCS 100/18The Department is not required to certify any record or file any answer or otherwise appear in any proceeding for judicial review unless the party filing the complaint deposits with the clerk of the court the sum of one dollar ($1) per page representing costs of such certification
  • 210 ILCS 100/19Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/2It is found that there exists, and may in the future exist, within the State of Illinois youth camps which are substandard in one or more important features of safety, cleanliness or sanitation
  • 210 ILCS 100/20Any person who violates this Act or any rule or regulation adopted by the Department, or who violates any determination or order of the Department under this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not less than $100
  • 210 ILCS 100/21The Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended, and the rules adopted under the Administrative Review Law apply to and govern all proceedings for judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Department under this Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/21aHealth Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/22The provisions of this Act for license and fee do not apply to any facility subject to licensure under the "Recreational Area Licensing Act"
  • 210 ILCS 100/23If any part of this Act is adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or of any other part
  • 210 ILCS 100/3As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in Sections 3.01 through 3.09 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.01Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.02"Person" means any individual, group of individuals, association, partnership or corporation
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.03"Department" means the State Department of Public Health
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.04"Day" means any portion of the 24-hour period designated by a calendar date
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.05"Applicant" means any person making application for a permit or license
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.06"Licensee" means any individual having a license under this Act, any member of a firm, partnership or association to which a license is issued under this Act and any corporation having a license under this Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.07"Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health, State of Illinois
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.08"Revocation" means to declare a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the Department invalid for an indefinite period of time
  • 210 ILCS 100/3.09"Suspension" means to declare a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the Department invalid for a temporary period of time with an expectation of reinstatement
  • 210 ILCS 100/4Health Facilities and Regulation › 210 ILCS 100 — Youth Camp Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/5It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct or operate a youth camp within this State without obtaining a license by making application to the Department on a prescribed form
  • 210 ILCS 100/6After January 1, 1974, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct any youth camp as herein defined unless he holds a valid construction permit issued by the Department
  • 210 ILCS 100/7The Department may designate county and multiple-county health departments or municipal boards of health to make inspections relating to compliance with this Act and the standards prescribed by the Department
  • 210 ILCS 100/8Any county, city or township may establish regulations including standards governing health or safety in youth camps which are at least equal to the standards and regulations promulgated under this Act
  • 210 ILCS 100/9All fees shall be submitted in the form of a check or money order

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