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Signing for a Pharmacist in Illinois: what the physician takes on

The agreement is mandatory for the clinician, which makes its duties mandatory for you. Illinois does not name a specific instrument.

Practice authoritySupervision required
Written agreementAgreement required
What Illinois calls itNo named instrument
Governing boardIllinois Board of Pharmacy
Research date2026-09-03 · clauses 2026-09-03

Represents Illinois's collaborative pharmacy practice tier under the Pharmacy Practice Act (225 ILCS 85), not ordinary licensure — base dispensing needs no agreement and is out of scope here. Precise current statutory mechanics of Illinois's collaborative-practice framework (post the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force created by P.A. 100-0497) were not fully confirmed in this research pass.

What you take on as the physician

The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.

Proximity

Not codified — left to the agreement

Supervision ratio

Not codified — no cap on file

Chart review

Not codified — left to the agreement

Meeting cadence

Not codified — left to the agreement

Prescriptive authority

Covered by the practice agreement · no controlled-substance authority

Illinois's collaborative pharmacy practice framework and any controlled-substance authority within it were not confirmed with primary-source specificity in this research pass — treat as uncertain rather than assuming a specific scope.

Written agreement

Required

Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)

Non-licensee ownership permitted — Illinois pharmacy licensure does not require pharmacist ownership of the licensed pharmacy business; a licensed pharmacist-in-charge retains professional control over dispensing (225 ILCS 85).

Legal sources for these rules (2)

What physicians charge for this role

Typical monthly compensation in Illinois

$500$600

Estimate for one Pharmacist. Standard-tier state.

About Illinois's rules

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.

Other clinicians in Illinois: see the state overview.