Section 840.5  Purpose

a)         It is the purpose of the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act [410 ILCS 525] to establish a unified Statewide project to collect, compile and correlate information on public health and hazardous substances.  Such information is to be used to assist in the determination of public policy and to provide a source of information for the public.  (Section 2(b) of the Act)  The Registry shall consist of the compilation of information in the following categories:

1)         Adverse pregnancy outcomes;

2)         Cancer incidences;

3)         Occupational diseases;

4)         Location of, transportation of, and exposure to hazardous nuclear materials;

5)         Company profiles; and

6)         Hazardous substances incidents. (Section 6(a) of the Act)

b)         The following subparts of this Part 840 apply to the different components of the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry:  Subpart A:  General Registry Provisions; Subpart B:  Illinois State Cancer Registry:  Subpart C:  Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System and Subpart D:  Occupational Disease Registry.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 12207, effective August 2, 2007)