Section 690.30  Licensure

a)         Regardless of whether its office is located within or outside Illinois, a nurse agency seeking to assign or refer nurses or certified nurse aides to health care facilities in Illinois shall not be established, operated, maintained, or advertised in the State of Illinois until such agency has been issued a license by the Department.

b)         A separate license must be issued for each location from which a nurse agency will be operated unless the nurse agency is owned and managed by the same individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity. [225 ILCS 510/5]

c)         An agency that is licensed as a home health care agency must also be licensed as a nurse agency if it is referring or assigning nurses or certified nurse aides to health care facilities unless the referral or assignment is as a private duty nurse or certified nurse aide for the benefit of a particular individual with payment for the services made by, or on behalf of, that individual.

d)         An agency that is licensed as a private employment agency under the Private Employment Agency Act [225 ILCS 515] must also be licensed as a nurse agency if it refers nurses or certified nurse aides to health care facilities unless that referral is only for purposes of full-time employment by the health care facility.

e)         An agency that is registered under the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act must also be licensed as a nurse agency if the agency is in the business of assigning, referring, or employing nurses or certified nurse aides to health care facilities. 

f)         Application fees are non-refundable.

(Source:  Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 6180, effective April 25, 2025)