Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 600 - CERTIFIED LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 600.110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Accreditation" means the measurement of health department
				  performance against a set of nationally recognized, practice-focused and
				  evidence-based standards that leads to the issuance of recognition of
				  achievement by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), the nonprofit
				  entity created to implement and oversee national public health department
				  accreditation.
"Certification" and "Certified" means certification granted
				  to a local health department that meets the requirements set forth in Section
				  600.210 and Subparts
				  C and D and is so designated by the Department.
"Community participation" means involvement by
				  representatives of various community interests and groups. (Agency Note:
				  Examples of such interests or groups are ethnic and racial groups, the medical
				  community, mental health and social service organizations, the cooperative
				  extension service, schools, law enforcement organizations, voluntary
				  organizations, the clergy, the business community, economic development
				  agencies, unions, disabled persons and senior citizens.)
"Contributing factor" means a scientifically established
				  factor that directly affects the level of a risk factor.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				  Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of
				  Public Health or his or her designee.
"Essential Public Health Services" means the 10 services that
				  describe the responsibilities of public health systems. A formulation of the
				  processes used in public health to prevent epidemics and injuries, protect
				  against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, respond to disasters,
				  and ensure quality and accessibility of health services, the essential public
				  health services are:
monitor health status to identify community health
				  problems;
diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards
				  in the community;
inform, educate and empower people about health
				  issues;
mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health
				  problems;
develop policies and plans that support individual and
				  community health efforts;
enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure
				  safety;
link people to needed personal health services and assure the
				  provision of health care when otherwise unavailable;
assure a competent public and personal health care
				  workforce;
evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal
				  and population-based health services; and
research for new insights and innovative solutions to health
				  problems.
"Equivalent to IPLAN" means an assessment and planning
				  process approved by the Department that meets the requirements set forth in
				  Section
				  600.410.
"Healthy People" means a program of nationwide
				  health-promotion and disease-prevention goals set by the United States
				  Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People provides science-based,
				  national goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national
				  health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of all
				  people in the United States.
"Impact objective" means a goal for the level to which a risk
				  factor should be reduced. An impact objective is intermediate in length of time
				  and measurable.
"Indirect contributing factor" means a community-specific
				  factor that directly affects the level of the direct contributing factors.
				  These factors can vary greatly from community to community.
"IPLAN" means the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of
				  Needs, a process developed by the Department to meet the requirements set forth
				  in Section 600.410. IPLAN is a series of planning activities conducted within
				  the local health department jurisdiction resulting in the development of an
				  organizational capacity assessment, a community health needs assessment, and a
				  community health plan.
"IQuery" means a web-based data query system administered by
				  the Department for the collection and dissemination of Illinois public health
				  data.
"Legally authorized representative" means the person
				  empowered to act on behalf of the local health department and board of health
				  in such matters as executing contracts, signing applications, and undertaking
				  other major administrative tasks.
"Local health department" means a local governmental agency
				  that administers and assures health-related programs and services within its
				  jurisdiction.
"Local public health jurisdiction" means the geographic area
				  over which a local board of health has legal and regulatory authority.
"Mandate" or "Mandated program" means those programs and
				  activities that are statutorily required of local health departments by a
				  legislative body, such as a city council, county board or the General
				  Assembly.
"Outcome objective" means a goal for the level to which a
				  health problem should be reduced. An outcome objective is long term and
				  measurable.
"Proven intervention strategy" means intervention strategy
				  demonstrated to be effective or used as a national model.
"Provisional certification" and "Provisionally certified"
				  means certification granted to a local health department that meets the
				  requirements for provisional certification set forth in Section
				  600.200 and
				  is so designated by the Department.
"Public health system" means the collection of public,
				  private and voluntary entities, as well as individuals and informal
				  associations, that contribute to the delivery of essential public health
				  services.
"Risk factor" means a scientifically established factor
				  (determinant) that relates directly to the level of a health problem. A health
				  problem may have any number of risk factors identified for it.
"Sentinel event" means any unanticipated event resulting in
				  death or serious physical or psychological injury that could have been
				  prevented or managed by the health care system.
"SHIP" means the State Health Improvement Plan that
				  recommends priorities and strategies to improve the health status of Illinois
				  citizens and to improve the Illinois public health system.
"Substantial compliance" means meeting the requirements set
				  forth in this Part, except for variations from the strict and literal
				  performance of those requirements that result in insignificant omissions and
				  defects, given the particular circumstances and the incidence and history of
				  the omissions and defects. Omissions and defects that have an adverse impact on
				  public health and safety shall not be considered insignificant and shall be
				  considered substantial noncompliance.