Verify a Illinois Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license

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How Illinois Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license verification works

A Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) in Illinois is licensed by the IL Board of Nursing. 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.

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; Board of Nursing: RN 041, LPN 043, APRN 209/277 (crna/cnm are APRN rows, no subtype)

What a Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) 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 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) 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.

Verify a Illinois Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "IL", "profession": "aprn", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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