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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 38-93 - 7/27/1993 - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGRESOLUTION NO. 38-93 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND VILLAGE CLERK TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AND THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of Illinois as follows: Section 1: That the Village President be and is hereby authorized to sign the attached documents marked: Memorandum of Understanding between the Village of Elk Grove and the Cook County Department of Public Health a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if fully set forth and the Village Clerk is authorized to attest said documents upon the signature of the Village President. Section 2: That this Resolution shall'be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. PASSED this 27th day of July , 1993. APPROVED this 27th day of July , 1993. Dennis J. Gallitano Village President ATTEST: Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk Memorandum of Understanding between the Cook County Department of Public Health and the municipality/township of Village of Elk Grove Village in regard to the conduct of suspect food -borne illness investigation. WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Public Health (hereinafter referred to as "CCDPH") is charged with the investigation, control and follow-up of all reports of suspected or confirmed food -borne illness within suburban Cook County exclusive of the municipalities of Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie, and Burbank/Sticknay; and WHEREAS, municipal health departments may be responsible for inspection and licensing of retail food service establishments within their corporate boundaries; and WHEREAS, CCDPH and municipal health departments recognize that it is to their mutual benefit and that of the public they serve to cooperate and collaborate in activities related to complaints of possible food -borne illness and food -borne outbreaks; NOW THEREFORE, CCDPH and Village of Elk Grove Village (hereinafter referred to as °Municipality/rownship") do agree an follows: 1. That the duties and responsibilities of each party are, while not mutually exclusive, distinct. As the state recognized public health authority for suburban Cook County exclusive of the municipalities of Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie and Burbank/Stickney, CCDPH is responsible for data collection (including food and clinical histories) and analysis, determination of the possible cause and source of the food -borne Illness, and the ultimate determination and institution of control measures. The Municipality/rownship may be the, licensing agent and" subsequently is usually responsible for assuring that the retail food service establishment meets requirements of the current Food Service Sanitation Code (as amended), IDPH Retail Food Store and Sanitation Code and local ordinances by physically inspecting the establishment for deficiencies. 2. It is the duty of the Municipalityfrownship, as outlined in the IDPH Rules and Regulations for the Control of Communicable Diaesse (as amended), or any other person having knowledge of a known or suspected case of communicable disease, to report the suspected food -borne illness to the state recognized local health authority (i.e. CCDPH) by telephone within 24 hours of notification of such illness. Further, such reports shall be made to the state recognized local health authority in whose Jurisdiction the reporter is looted. The reporter may collect any information germane to the situation (e.g., number of persons involved, list of foods served). Finally, the reporter shall cooperate in any investigation conducted by health officials. 3. As CCDPH is required, as outlined in the IDPH Rules and Regulations for the Control of Communicable Diseases (as amended), to maintain the confidentiality of all individuals named in a report of communicable disease; and as data collected pursuant to investigation of a report of communicable disease shall also remain confidential; and as such data so obtained shall be held confidential in accordance with Section 8-2101 of the Code of Civil Procedure all Rev Stat. as amended, ch. 110 par 8-2101), CCDPH shall not disclose the identity of the complainant in a food -borne illness complaint to the Municipality/Township. 4. Upon receipt of a complaint of possible food -borne illness, CCDPH will attempt to contact each of the persona partaking in the suspect event to obtain epidemiologic and 2 municipal health department _,• -cam •.- ._ 021188 township and county boards of health and health departments and the responsible executive officers of such boards, or any person legally authorized to act for such health authority. any city, village .or township board of health or health department or any person legally authorized to act for such health authority responsible forthe inspection and licensingof food service establishments within their corporate boundaries. requirements and procedures established by the Illinois Department of Public Health concerning specific infectious diseases which potentially threaten the public health