Polio Vaccine Act (410 ILCS 330/)

Chapter 410 — Public Health

Diseases

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Polio Vaccine Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

The Department of Public Health is authorized to acquire and distribute vaccine for the prevention of poliomyelitis for the use of persons in the State of Illinois. Such vaccine shall be distributed to hospitals, clinics, local health departments and other similar organizations and to licensed physicians so that inoculations may be made without a charge for the vaccine on the part of such persons inoculated with the vaccine.

(Source: Laws 1957, p. 37.)

Sec. 2.

The Department of Public Health may adopt such rules and regulations as may enable it to carry out the provisions of this Act. The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of such Department under this Act, except that Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion.

(Source: P.A. 88-45.)