210 ILCS 49/4-102
No person may establish, operate, maintain, offer, or advertise a facility within this State unless and until he or she obtains a valid license therefor as hereinafter provided, which license remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. No public official or employee may place any person in, or recommend that any person be in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any facility that is being operated without a valid license. All licenses and licensing procedures established under Article III of the Nursing Home Care Act, except those contained in Section 3-202, shall be deemed valid under this Act until the Department establishes licensure. The Department is granted the authority under this Act to establish provisional licensure and licensing procedures under this Act by emergency rule and shall do so within 120 days of the effective date of this Act. The Department shall not grant a provisional license to any facility that does not possess a provisional license on November 30, 2018 and is licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on or before November 30, 2018. The Department shall not grant a license to any facility that has not first received a provisional license. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly do not apply to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 1-101.5 concerning facility closure and relocation.
210 ILCS 49/4-102