Registered Nurse 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.
Registered Nurse
RNs (general licensure, not an APRN) are not subject to physician-supervision or collaborative-agreement requirements in Illinois (225 ILCS 65).
Proximity
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Chart review
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Prescriptive authority
Covered by practice agreement · no controlled-substance authority
RNs do not have independent prescriptive authority in Illinois.Practice ownership (CPOM)
Licensee-only ownership required — Professional service corporation (805 ILCS 10) or PLLC (805 ILCS 185) for nursing services; non-clinical businesses an RN might own fall outside that regime and carry no ownership restriction.
For medical-aesthetics (med-spa) businesses performing delegated medical procedures, Illinois delegation rules (Medical Practice Act, Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1285.336) allow delegation to LPNs/RNs/APRNs, but ownership of the clinical entity itself remains a Medical Corporation Act question, not this general nursing-corporation rule.Supervision ratio
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the practice agreement
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional — general RN licensure is never subject to physician supervision or a collaborative agreement in Illinois.Legal sources
225 ILCS 65 — Nurse Practice Act
805 ILCS 15 — Medical Corporation Act
$400–$600/mo
Estimated RN supervision cost in Illinois
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