Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 600 - CERTIFIED LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT CODE › Subpart B - CERTIFICATION APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 600.200 - Provisional Certification

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A
				local health department that serves one or more counties and that is not a
				certified local health department may make application for provisional
				certification. The application shall be submitted to the Department by letter,
				memorandum or similar document signed by an authorized representative and shall
				include a written commitment to the Department to complete IPLAN or an
				equivalent to IPLAN within two years after provisional certification is
				granted.
b) Upon submission of a
				complete application, the Department shall have 60 days to review the
				application. Provisional certification shall be granted by the Department to
				any local health department that meets the requirements of subsection (a).
				Provisional certification shall expire upon certification of the local health
				department or two years after the date provisional certification was granted,
				whichever is shorter. Provisional certification may be renewed as provided in
				subsection (c).
c) A local health
				department that has been granted provisional certification may apply for
				renewal of provisional certification. The application shall be made at least 30
				days prior to expiration of the provisional certification by submitting to the
				Department a letter, memorandum or similar document signed by an authorized
				representative. The application shall describe activities that the local health
				department performed during the current term of provisional certification and
				future activities that will be undertaken during the renewal term that would be
				expected to result in the completion of IPLAN or an equivalent to IPLAN.
1) Renewal applications that are complete and
				received by the Department no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of
				provisional certification shall be considered by the Department.
2) The first renewal of provisional
				certification shall be made if the Department determines, on the basis of the
				application, that the applicant can be expected to complete IPLAN or an
				equivalent to IPLAN by conclusion of the renewal term.
3) The second renewal of provisional
				certification shall be made if the Department determines, on the basis of a
				written explanation submitted by the local health department, in addition to
				the application for renewal specified in this subsection (c), that the
				applicant can be expected to complete IPLAN or an equivalent to IPLAN by
				conclusion of the second renewal term. The explanation shall include
				documentation of the incomplete elements of IPLAN or an equivalent to IPLAN
				with their expected completion dates and the reasons why the local health
				department did not complete IPLAN or an equivalent to IPLAN within the first
				renewal term.
4) A renewal of
				provisional certification granted by the Department shall not exceed 12
				months.
5) No more than two
				renewals of provisional certification shall be granted to a local health
				department.