December 7, 2000
Chickenpox vaccine mandate defeated
by 4-3 vote of the
State Board of Health members

IVAC Commends
The following members voted to defeat the mandate...

Colin McCrae, B.S.
335 N. Seymour Ave.
Mundelein, IL 60060

Ernest Ott
1721 Nathan Lane
Libertyville, IL 60048

Karen Mason, R.N.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital
626 Bethany Road
DeKalb, IL 60115

Donald S. Ross, M.D.
Springfield Surgical Associates
501 N. First St.
Springfield, IL 62702

IVAC Questions
The following members voted to approve the mandate...

Chairman James McGee, MD
Medical Director of Radiation Oncology
St. Francis Medical Center
530 N.E. Glen Oak Ave.
Peoria, IL 60537

Joseph Orthefer, D.V.M., M.P.H.
5154 Crofton Drive
Rockford, IL 61114

Karen Phelan
1010 W. Polk Street
Chicago, IL 60607

These members were not present to vote:

Virendra S. Bisla, MD
Heart Care Center of South Chicago
9011 S. Commercial
Chicago, IL 60617

Karen L. Scott, MD, M.P.H.
Director
Cook County Department of Health
1010 Lake St., Suite 300
Oak Park, IL 60301

Jane Ann Parker, President
Southgate Health Care Center
900 E. Ninth St.
Metropolis, IL 62960