Nurse Agency Licensing Act

Protects the public's right to high quality health care by licensing and mandating standards of operation for nurse agencies which refer, employ, or assign registered nurses, licensed practical nurses or certified nurse aides to Illinois health care facilities.

​Contact Number

•  ​Nurse Agency Licensing Information: (312) 793-1804

​Forms/Links

Effective October 1^st, 2017 IDOL will accept only the Application form that is currently posted in the website  which was revised on 03/24/2016.

• If you are experiencing problems accessing the Application, please try using Internet Explorer or if you use Chrome, right click on the link, download the Application, and select "Save link As", it will save the pdf to your computer, then open it up with Adobe Reader..
• Once you have saved the document to a local hard drive, re-open and fill out all of the application, save, and Print and submit to the Department of Labor.

• See the law, 225 ILCS 510/1-15 (Legislative Website)
• Administrative Rules, 68 Ill. Adm. Code 690 (Legislative Website)
• Application for Nurse Agency License Form​ | Instructions​
• Renewal Instructions​
• Instruct​ions for Accessing the Nurse Aide Registry​​

Additional Resources​

• IL Department of Professional Regulation (RN/LPN) License Verification​​

Online Payment Information:​

• New Application
• Penalty Application
• Renewal Application