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LPN/LVN work list: Illinois
What an LPN/LVN has to do to work in Illinois. Pick where you live and the page shows your route.
Illinois is not a compact state, so a multistate licence does not cover work here. You need a Illinois licence; the steps are below.
Illinois: Not a Nurse Licensure Compact state
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 8 Oct 2026
Home and work in Illinois
If you already hold a licence Illinois issued, there is no state line to cross. Renewal and continuing-education rules are on the Illinois licensing page.
Moved here from another state? Illinois does not honour multistate licences yet, so you need a Illinois licence to work here. The endorsement steps are below.
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 8 Oct 2026
Route B: get a Illinois licence by endorsement
For everyone else. Each step comes from Illinois’s own licensing sources; tick it off as you go.
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Our Illinois record covers RN licensing only, so nothing here is sourced for LPN/LVNs yet. Start with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation site: idfpr.illinois.gov.
State Board of Nursing · idfpr.illinois.gov · checked 8 Oct 2026
Built from the Illinois nursing licensing record and the compact status table. A step appears only when the record has a sourced answer for it; anything else points to the board. Informational only: confirm with the board of nursing before you apply.