(410 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 201)
Sec. 1.
The Department of Public Health is authorized to establish and
operate a toxicological laboratory service for the purpose of testing
specimens submitted by coroners, physicians and law
enforcement officers in their
efforts to determine whether poisonous, biologically infectious or
radioactive substances have been
involved in deaths, accidents, or illness; providing technical assistance
and advice on the safe handling of such specimens; and for the further purpose of
testing samples of water, air, and other substances to determine the
radioactive or chemical ingredients of pollutants or industrial wastes
which are or may be emptied into, or found in the streams, waters and
atmosphere of this State, and for similar purposes.
(Source: P.A. 86-853.)
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