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LICENSE: The license issued to each operator/licensee not less than six months nor more than 18 months for facilities with annual licenses
shall designate the licensee's name, the facility name and and not less than 18 months nor more than 30 months for facilities with two-year
address, the classification by level of service authorized licenses. The Department will set the period of the license based on the license
for that facility, the number of beds authorized for each expiration dates of the facilities in the geographical area surrounding the facility in
level, the date the license was issued and the expiration order to distribute the expiration dates as evenly as possible throughout the
date. Licenses will be issued for a period of: calendar year.
A skilled nursing facility may use in its title or "Nursing Home", "Intermediate Care", "Rehabilitation Center", or "Skilled Nursing
advertisement the words or description: Facility".
An intermediate care facility shall not use in its title or any other word or description in its title or advertisements that indicates that a
description "Hospital", "Sanitarium", "Sanatorium", "Skilled type of service is provided by the facility for which the facility is not licensed to
Nursing Facility", or provide or does not provide.
The administrator of a facility licensed under the Act and give 60 days' notice
this Part shall _________________________ prior to voluntarily
closing a facility or prior to closing any part of a facility if
closing the part will require the transfer or discharge of
more than 10% of the residents. Notice shall be given to
the Department, to the Office of State Long-Term Care
Ombudsman, to any resident who must be transferred or
discharged, to the resident's representative, and to a
member of the resident's family, when practicable.
,A facility may be licensed for more than one level of care. Each nursing unit may have up to two levels of care and must meet the
Bedrooms of like-licensed levels of care must be construction standards for the highest licensed level of care in the nursing unit.
contiguous to each other within each "nursing unit." How
many levels of care may exist on one unit?
If a facility wishes to license a portion of its beds as an be located in a distinct part of the facility
Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled,
Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled, or
assisted living, licensed under the ID/DD Community
Care Act, the MC/DD Act, and the Assisted Living and
Shared Housing Act, respectively, the beds must:
Each facility shall notify the Department via e-mail at 24 hours
within ____________ after
receiving a notice of impending strike of staff providing
direct care.
The facility shall submit a __________________ to the Department strike contingency plan
no later than three calendar days prior to the impending
strike
A facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act may he agency is licensed under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing
not refer a patient or the family of a patient to a home Agency Licensing Act. (Section 3.8 of the Home Health, Home Services, and
health agency, home nursing agency, or home services Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act) A facility shall request a copy of an agency's
agency unless license prior to making a referral to that agency.
In regard to dementia care A facility shall comply with the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act and the Alzheimer's
Disease and Related Dementias Services Code.
Any person acting individually or jointly with other submit application information on forms provided by the Department. The
persons who proposes to build, own, establish, or applicant shall provide a written description of the proposed program, and other
operate an intermediate care facility or skilled nursing such information as the Department may require in order to determine the
facility shall appropriate level of care for which the facility should be licensed. Application
forms and other required information shall be submitted and approved prior to
surveys of the physical plant or review of building plans and specifications.
An application for a new facility shall be accompanied by a permit as required by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act [20 ILCS 3960].
Application for a license to establish or operate an the Department, with other such information as the Department may require, on
intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility shall be forms furnished by the Department. (Section 3-103(1) of the Act)
made in writing and submitted to
All license applications shall be accompanied with an application fee of $1,990. The fee for a 2-year license shall be double the fee
for the annual license. (Section 3-103(2) of the Act)
, The application shall be under oath and the submission of The name and address of the applicant if an individual, and if a firm, partnership,
false or misleading information shall be a Class A or association, of every member thereof, and in the case of a corporation, the
misdemeanor. The application shall contain the following name and address thereof and of its officers and its registered agent, and in the
information: case of a unit of local government, the name and address of its chief executive
officer;
2) The name and location of the facility for which a license is sought;
3) The name of the person or persons under whose management or supervision
the facility will be conducted;
4) The number and type of residents for which maintenance, personal care, or
nursing is to be provided; and
5) Such information relating to the number, experience, and training of the
employees of the facility, any management agreements for the operation of the
facility, and of the moral character of the applicant and employees as the
Department may deem necessary. (Section 3-103(2) of the Act)
Ownership Change or Discontinuation The license is not transferable. It is issued to a specific licensee and for a specific
location. The license and the valid current renewal certificate immediately
become void and shall be returned to the Department when the facility is sold or
leased; when operation is discontinued; when operation is moved to a new
location; when the licensee (if an individual) dies; when the licensee (if a
corporation or partnership) dissolves or terminates; or when the licensee
(whatever the entity) ceases to be.
2) A license issued to a corporation shall become null, void and of no further
effect upon the dissolution of the corporation. The license shall not be revived if
the corporation is subsequently reinstated. A new license shall be obtained in
such cases.
Each initial application shall be accompanied by a financial statement setting forth the financial condition of the applicant and by a
statement from the unit of local government having zoning jurisdiction over the
facility's location stating that the location of the facility is not in violation of a
zoning ordinance.
An initial application for a new facility shall be a permit as required by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. After the
accompanied by application is approved, the applicant shall advise the Department every six
months of any changes in the information originally provided in the application.
The Department may issue licenses or renewals for not less than six months nor more than 18 months for facilities with annual licenses
periods of and not less than 18 months nor more than 30 months for facilities with 2-year
licenses in order to distribute the expiration dates of such licenses throughout the
calendar year. The fees for such licenses shall be pro-rated on the basis of the
portion of the year for which they are issued. (Section 3-110 of the Act)