Illinois Board Actions (2022-2023)
Illinois medical-board action counts from the IDFPR public annual report (2023). Rates use this board's own licensee denominator (not NPPES). FSMB national rollups are cited only for scale.
Last updated: May 2026
Illinois's disciplinary counts come from the IDFPR annual report published at idfpr.illinois.gov: 106 actions across 103 cases in 2023, against 42,000 active MD/DO licensees (2.52 per 1,000).
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) medical board report is the source; Illinois uses a compact action taxonomy in the annual file cited here. IDFPR license lookup is the person-level check; PlainDoctor does not scrape Illinois accusation dockets into this page.
Where this state board sits among covered peers
Illinois ranks 9th of 10 covered state boards by actions per 1,000 licensees (2.52 in 2023), with probation the largest share at 36% of board actions. In the NPPES directory, developmental therapist is the most over-indexed specialty at 4.8× the national share (2,755 providers).
- 2.52
- actions / 1,000 licensees (2023)
- 9th
- of 10 covered boards by rate
- 106
- board actions in 2023
- 4.4%
- of covered-state action volume
This comparison uses the 2023 report only; 2022 rows do not carry the same action-type coverage, so no year-over-year claim is made.
Illinois's 2.52 actions / 1,000 is below the covered-board median of 3.06; the next higher board is Washington at 2.59, the next lower is Massachusetts at 2.11. In 2023, probation accounted for 38 of 106Illinois board actions (36%).
What the IDFPR report categorizes
Illinois's 2023 IDFPR report publishes 4 action categories (Probation, License suspension, Voluntary surrender, License revocation). Not broken out on this IDFPR report: practice restriction (see California's 2023 breakout); public reprimand (see California's 2023 breakout); monetary fine (see Florida's 2023 breakout).
Illinois NPPES mix: Developmental Therapist
Among NPPES providers in Illinois, Developmental Therapist is the most over-indexed specialty at 4.8× the national share (2,755 providers) ; next are Professional Counselor (2.12×, 8,589), Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist (1.82×, 538), Clinical Psychologist (1.72×, 3,593), Podiatrist (1.69×, 590), Speech-Language Pathologist (1.58×, 9,939). Most under-indexed: Case Manager/Care Coordinator at 0.21×, Licensed Practical Nurse at 0.36×, Marriage & Family Therapist at 0.41× . This is directory composition, not a board-action rate.
- Developmental Therapist - 2,755 providers (4.8× national share)
- Professional Counselor - 8,589 providers (2.12× national share)
- Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist - 538 providers (1.82× national share)
- Clinical Psychologist - 3,593 providers (1.72× national share)
- Podiatrist - 590 providers (1.69× national share)
- Speech-Language Pathologist - 9,939 providers (1.58× national share)
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician - 702 providers (1.54× national share)
- Dentist - 4,588 providers (1.47× national share)
- Hospitalist Physician - 827 providers (1.47× national share)
- Internal Medicine Physician - 8,383 providers (1.46× national share)
Illinois 2023 published counts: probation 38; license suspension 29; voluntary surrender 24; license revocation 15 (total 106).
Aggregate Illinois counts only, not an individual determination. Verify a clinician via the IDFPR public record or methodology for category definitions (Probation, License suspension, Voluntary surrender, License revocation).
Source: IDFPR - State Medical Board Annual Report Illinois Medical Board Disciplinary Action Statistics, 2023 · 2023 Aggregate counts only. To verify any individual provider's current license status, query the state board's public license lookup directly.
More Illinois context on PlainDoctor
Illinois counts from IDFPR (2023); national context from FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends. Aggregate only - methodology · board lookup.