Verify a Illinois Physician (MD) license
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How Illinois Physician (MD) license verification works
A Physician (MD) in Illinois is licensed by the IL Medical Board. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.
Fields returned for this board: status expires issued effective license_type discipline_actions data_as_of degree.
Board note: IDFPR license file on data.illinois.gov (weekly; rowsUpdatedAt 2026-11-02), queried live over SODA; interactive lookup online-dfpr.micropact.com/lookup/licenselookup.aspx is FormShield image-CAPTCHA gated (not used); captured 2026-11-03; Medical Board: physician and surgeon 036 (MD/DO by suffix), PA 085; ~16k deceased physician rows carry no number
What a Physician (MD) license check returns
| Field check | Passes when |
|---|---|
license_number | Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros |
name | Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname |
license_type | The record is a Physician (MD) license, strictly (no near-miss types) |
status | The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag |
expires | Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it |
disciplinary_actions | Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped |
Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and multistate Physician (MD) licenses
Physician (MD) licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. When the Illinois record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.
Verify a Illinois Physician (MD) license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "IL", "profession": "md", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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