Public Health Rules in Illinois (2026)

Cicero grades food establishments on a 100-point inspection scale, subtracting weighted point values for each violation…

Rock Island County doesn't hand out A-B-C letter grades; it scores restaurants numerically. Section 117.32(C) of the…

St. Clair County does not post A-B-C letter grades on restaurant doors. Instead, Sec. 19-4-4(D) has the Health…

Arlington Heights requires every building owner to keep foundations, roofs, windows, doors and basement hatchways…

Aurora declares it a nuisance for a property to accumulate garbage or debris past seven days if it attracts rats or…

Bolingbrook's property maintenance code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation…

Champaign Municipal Code Sec. 22-308.1 requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation and…

Chicago's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to be kept free of insects, rodents, and similar pests…

Cicero requires every property owner to keep lumber, scrap metal, boxes and similar rat-harboring materials elevated at…

Cook County's Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance makes rodent extermination and rodent-proofed exterior walls…

Evanston property owners must keep structures and yards free of rodent harborage, exterminate infestations with…

Joliet has adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, and its local amendment lets the code official condemn…

Kane County treats an infestation of rodents, vermin or other pests as a declared nuisance under Code Sec. 15-2(D)(5)…

Kankakee County treats the presence of rats or other vermin, and any condition that breeds flies, rats or vermin, as a…

Property owners in unincorporated Kendall County may not let refuse, animal carcasses, tires, or abandoned vehicles…

Lake County Code § 94.08(B) makes it a public nuisance to let pests or vermin infest a structure or property, or to…

Macon County Code § 90.20 bars dumping or maintaining refuse, garbage or rubbish on any land that creates a…

In unincorporated McHenry County, keeping a garbage container that isn't vermin- and rodent-proof is a declared public…

McLean County's zoning code prohibits any property condition that breeds rodents or insects or otherwise threatens…

Naperville requires food and commercial establishments to seal, screen and disinfect their waste areas to keep out…

Oak Lawn requires every structure to stay free of rodent infestation, and rental and multi-family properties must get…

Oak Park declares any infestation of rats, mice or other vermin a nuisance under the Village Code, along with using…

Peoria requires every property to be kept free of rodent harborage under its amended Property Maintenance Code. Stored…

Rock Island County's Health Nuisances ordinance makes it unlawful to let rats, flies, or other vermin infest a…

Rockford enforces the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code's rodent harborage standard, and repeat violations…

In unincorporated Sangamon County, letting garbage pile up so it creates a nuisance or attracts flies, vermin, or other…

Letting trash pile up long enough to draw rats or vermin is a code violation in Schaumburg. Section 96.05 makes any…

Skokie enforces rodent harborage prevention under its local amendments to the International Property Maintenance Code…

Springfield's public health code, Article IX of Chapter 95, requires every building and accessory building to be…

Property Maintenance Code Section 29-3-8 requires every structure and exterior property in unincorporated St. Clair…

County code requires every dwelling's foundation, walls, and basement openings to be rodent-proof, and basement windows…

Tinley Park's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation, and…

Waukegan's Property Maintenance Code targets rodent breeding directly: § 308.1 requires every exterior and interior…

Storing debris or letting a pool go stagnant so it breeds mosquitoes, rodents or other pests is a public nuisance in…

Winnebago County requires every structure in the unincorporated county to be kept free of insect and rodent…

Landlords must hire a licensed pest control professional within 10 days of any suspected bed bug report and keep…

County landlords must eliminate bed bug infestations using a licensed pest control professional and keep three years of…

Oak Park landlords must keep rental premises free of bed bugs, hand every tenant an EPA bed bug pamphlet, and hire a…

Peoria landlords must disclose to tenants if a rental property has been treated for a bed bug infestation within the…

Peoria allows hypodermic syringe and needle exchange under state law only inside a building outside residentially zoned…

Chicago requires medical producers to seal used syringes and needles in rigid, puncture-resistant, biohazard-labeled…

In unincorporated Cook County, tossing used needles, syringes, or lancets loose is a declared public nuisance. CCDPH…

Every Chicago food establishment must have a Department of Health-certified person in charge on-site whenever…

No one may operate, and the Town of Cicero will not license, a food establishment unless the operator files proof of an…

Category 1 and Category 2 food service facilities in Lake County must operate under a certified food protection…

Macon County does not require every food worker to carry a certificate up front, but the Health Authority can order any…

McHenry County doesn't certify every food worker individually, but its Public Health Ordinance requires a certified…

McLean County requires every bed-and-breakfast operator to be a certified food protection manager, trained under an…

Oak Lawn requires anyone who handles unpackaged food at a food establishment to obtain and maintain a valid food…

Every food service establishment operating in Oak Park must keep at least one manager or supervisor certified in food…

Schaumburg requires anyone running a home-based food business to pass ANSI-approved food handler and food allergen…

Before Skokie will issue a food service establishment permit, the applicant must show the Health Department proof of…

Category 1 and 2 food establishments in unincorporated St. Clair County must hand the Health Department current Food…

Tazewell County requires every retail food service establishment to identify a certified food protection manager on its…

Tinley Park requires every food service establishment covered by the Illinois food-service-sanitation rules to have a…

Waukegan requires food vendors at a permitted special event to prove food safety training before they can sell…

Will County's health code treats a food establishment lacking a nationally recognized Certified Food Protection Manager…

Kane County does not force every food handler to get certified, but it rewards those who do. Under County Code Sec…

Madison County does not require food handlers to be certified, but it rewards facilities that keep one on staff. Under…

Rock Island County does not issue a general food handler certification card. Under County Code § 117.36, the Health…