Section 1125.310  Office of Health Promotion

a)         The Office of Health Promotion delivers financial and technical assistance to individuals and providers in an effort to ensure that basic preventive health care is available statewide.

b)         The Office is composed of the following units:  Bureau of Medical Programs, Division of Health Education and Prevention, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Division of Oral Health, and Division of Health Assessment and Screening.  Each of these units is responsible for administering a variety of key public health programs primarily directed toward prevention and high-risk reduction.

c)         The following preventive activities are administered by the units in the Office:

1)         Reduction in infant mortality, morbidity and developmental disabilities.

2)         Regulating dispensers of hearing instruments.

3)         Nutrition education and food supplements for women, infant and children.

4)         Reduction of infant mortality and developmental disabilities through screening for genetic problems such as PKU and Hypothyroidism.

5)         Training for providers of prenatal, maternity and newborn care.

6)         Perinatal program including medical payment for certain eligibles and education and outreach efforts.

7)         Financial and technical assistance to local health agencies and to other public and private agencies.

8)         Improved control of hypertension.

9)         School health activity.

10)         Rape crisis and prevention activities.

11)         Vision and hearing screening.

12)         Dental Sealants for Children.

13)         Organ transplantation program.

14)         Control of chronic disease programs such as Alzheimer's Disease and Hemophilia.

15)         Dental consultation and dental health education.

16)         Monitoring fluoride levels of community water supplies.

17)         Training school health personnel.

18)         Detection of childhood lead poisoning.

19)         Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

20)         Smoking Prevention and Cessation.

21)         Injury Prevention Services.

22)         Childhood Injury Control.

23)         Cancer Prevention Control.

24)         Smokeless Tobacco.

25)         Administration of Preventive Health and Health Services and Maternal and Child Health Block Grants.

d)         The Office also administers other regulatory, preventive, and enforcement activities provided by the Department by law.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11622, effective July 20, 2000)