Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 690 - NURSE AGENCY LICENSING ACT
Section 690.90 - Prerequisites for Employment, Assignment, or Referral
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Every licensee shall verify:
b) No licensee shall employ, assign or refer any applicant until the licensee has checked the applicant's references.
c) A licensee may conditionally employ, assign, or refer a RN or LPN if the licensee has requested such verification (see subsection (a)(1)) of the current license of an applicant RN and LPN in writing from the Department of Professional Regulation; a licensee may conditionally employ, assign, or refer an applicant CNA if the licensee has requested such verification (see subsection (a)(2)) in writing from the Department of Public Health that the applicant is registered as having completed a course as approved by the Department of Public Health (77 Ill. Adm. Code U.C. 395). The length of conditional employment, referral, or assignment of the applicant is subject to approval by the Department of Labor if written verification has not been received by the Nurse Agency within 20 working days. The length of conditional employment shall be extended to more than 20 working days only if the delay in response from the Department of Professional Regulation or the Department of Public Health was as a result of a staffing problem or clerical error.
d) No nurse agency shall assign or refer an applicant to a health care facility unless the health care facility has provided the clinical area of skills required for job assignment.