LICENSING GUIDE
Illinois
— Esthetician
Illinois esthetics is limited to cosmetic services that do not affect the living layers of the skin. Estheticians may provide authorized skin-care and beautification services, but procedures such as Botox, microneedling, radio frequency, collagen injections, and more than superficial chemical peels are outside the license scope.
Renewal Period:
24 months
Last Verified:
September 17, 2026
PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE
School Pathway
Training Hours:
750
Complete a 750-hour approved esthetics course and pass the required Illinois licensing examination. Renewal requires 10 hours of continuing education: one hour of sexual-harassment prevention training and nine hours in approved esthetics subject areas; profession-specific CE is waived for the first renewal after original licensure.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
License Sources
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
No treatment scope rules have been published for this license type yet.