Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Cheat Sheet for Illinois
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Provider supervision requirements in Illinois
Updated 2026-09-03
Provided for educational and research purposes only — this is not legal advice. Laws and regulations change frequently, and this content may contain errors or omissions. Always confirm current requirements with a licensed attorney before relying on this for compliance decisions.
The 2017 Nurse Practice Act reform (P.A. 100-0513) lets NP/CNM/CNS attest to full practice authority after 4,000 hours under a written collaborative agreement plus 250 hours of CE — CRNAs are not included in that attestation pathway. The Medical Corporation Act (805 ILCS 15) restricts clinical-entity ownership to physicians; APRNs/PAs may still use a professional service corporation or PLLC of their own licensees.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Independent practice requires: ≥4,000 hours of clinical practice under a written collaborative agreement after first attaining national certification; ≥250 hours of continuing education/training; a notarized full-practice-authority attestation filed with IDFPR
Illinois's 2017 full-practice-authority reform (P.A. 100-0513) applies to the same NP/CNM/CNS certification categories, including the psychiatric-mental-health population focus — no separate PMHNP threshold was found; this entry exists for its own page/URL/calculator weight.
Proximity
below full-practice-authority attestation: Available remotely (no on-site requirement)
Same standard as general NPs — no codified mile/minute radius.Chart review
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Prescriptive authority
below full-practice-authority attestation: Separate prescribing terms required · controlled substances permitted
Same statutory framework as general NPs; psychiatric prescribing in practice skews toward Schedule II stimulants and Schedule IV benzodiazepines more heavily — not a different legal limit, reflected in calculatorWeights rather than this rule.Practice ownership (CPOM)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — professional service corporation (805 ILCS 10) or PLLC (805 ILCS 185) held by nursing licensees; excluded from the physician-only Medical Corporation Act.
Supervision ratio
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Written agreement
Required
Legal sources
225 ILCS 65/65-43 — Full Practice Authority (Nurse Practice Act)
$700–$1,000/mo
Estimated PMHNP supervision cost in Illinois
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