(210 ILCS 49/4-101)
    Sec. 4-101. Licensure system. The Department shall be the sole agency responsible for licensure and shall establish a comprehensive system of licensure for facilities in accordance with this Act for the purpose of:
        (1) protecting the health, welfare, and safety of
    
consumers; and
        (2) ensuring the accountability for reimbursed
    
care provided in facilities.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)