# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 855.640: Section 855.640 Emergency Stop Work Orders for Schools

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 855.640
- **Heading:** Section 855.640 Emergency Stop Work Orders for Schools
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 77 PUBLIC HEALTH / CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH / Part 855 ASBESTOS ABATEMENT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN ILLINOIS / Section 855.640 Emergency Stop Work Orders for Schools

## Text

Section 855
Section 855.640  Emergency
Stop Work Orders for Schools
Whenever the Department finds
that an emergency exists which requires action to protect the public health, it
may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such
an emergency and then require that such action be taken as it may deem
necessary to meet the emergency, including but not limited to the issuance of a
stop work order and the immediate removal of a contractor or contractors from
the list provided for in Section 10 of the Asbestos Abatement Act
[105 ILCS
105/10].
Notwithstanding any other provision in that Act, such order shall
be effective immediately.  The State's Attorney and sheriff of the county in
which the school is located shall enforce the order after receiving notice
thereof.  Any contractor affected by such an order is entitled, upon request,
to a hearing as provided for in rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to
the Asbestos Abatement
Act.  When such conditions are abated, in the opinion
of the Department, the Department may authorize the reinstitution of the
activities and inclusion on the list of contractors of those activities and
contractors which were the subject of a stop work order.
(Section 12a of
the Asbestos Abatement Act)

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