Reactivate Your License

This webpage is only for professionals looking to reinstate or restore Illinois professional licenses. Any other inquiries submitted via this page will NOT receive a response.

For select professions listed below only, please click here

• Architect
• Barber
• Clinical or Prescribing Psychologist 
• Clinical or Licensed Professional Counselor
• Clinical or Licensed Social Worker
• Cosmetologist
• Marriage & Family Therapist
• Nail Technician
• Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC)
• Salon Shop
• Pharmacist
• Pharmacy Technician
• Physician
• Professional Engineer
• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Practical Nurse

If your profession is NOT outlined above, please complete and submit the request form below and we will email you an application and instructions on how to reinstate or restore your license in the next 5 business days.

For all other inquiries, please visit the Division of Professional Regulation’s FAQ page here.

NOTE: If your license is regulated by the Division of Real Estate (Real Estate Broker, Auctioneer, Appraiser, etc.), please visit the Division of Real Estate’s website for reinstatement or restoration information. The website can be accessed here. Once there, click on the appropriate profession’s link to visit their webpage, where the late renewal (reinstatement) and restoration applications are located.