(210 ILCS 9/25)
Sec. 25.
License requirement.
No person may establish, operate, maintain, or
offer an establishment as an assisted living establishment or shared housing
establishment as defined by the Act within this State unless and until he or
she obtains a valid license, which remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and
unexpired. No public official, agent, or employee may place any person in, or
recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any
person to be placed in any establishment that meets the definition under this
Act that is being operated without a valid license. No public official, agent,
or employee may place the name of an unlicensed establishment that is required
to be licensed under this Act on a list of programs. An entity that operates
as an assisted living or shared housing establishment as defined by this Act
without a license shall be subject to the provisions, including penalties, of
the Nursing Home Care Act. No entity shall use in its
name or advertise
"assisted living" unless licensed as an assisted living establishment under
this Act or as a shelter care facility under the Nursing Home Care Act that
also meets the definition of an assisted living establishment under this Act,
except a shared housing establishment licensed under this Act may advertise
assisted living services.
(Source: P.A. 93-141, eff. 7-10-03.)
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