Physician duties · PMHNP · Illinois
Signing for a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 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.
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.
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.
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
below full-practice-authority attestation: Available remotely (no on-site requirement)
Same standard as general NPs — no codified mile/minute radius.
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
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.
Written agreement
Required
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
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.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
- 225 ILCS 65/65-43 — Full Practice Authority (Nurse Practice Act)
- Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1300.465 — Full Practice Authoritysecondary
What physicians charge for this role
Typical monthly compensation in Illinois
$500 – $650
Estimate for one Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. This state's proximity rules add a small premium.
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.