210 ILCS 46/3-109

Upon receipt and review of an application for a license made under this Article and inspection of the applicant facility under this Article, the Director shall issue a license if he or she finds: (1) That the individual applicant, or the corporation, partnership or other entity if the applicant is not an individual, is a person responsible and suitable to operate or to direct or participate in the operation of a facility by virtue of financial capacity, appropriate business or professional experience, a record of compliance with lawful orders of the Department and lack of revocation of a license during the previous 5 years and is not the owner of a facility designated pursuant to Section 3-304.2 as a distressed facility; (2) That the facility is under the supervision of an administrator who is licensed, if required, under the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act, as now or hereafter amended; and (3) That the facility is in substantial compliance with this Act, and such other requirements for a license as the Department by rule may establish under this Act.