# Where does one report horrible doctoring in Illinois?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-report-horrible-doctoring-in-illinois/566661>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-report-horrible-doctoring-in-illinois/566661 "2011-01-06T21:21:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-report-horrible-doctoring-in-illinois/566661/1 "2011-01-06T21:21:00Z")

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I don’t want to go into detail, and it’s not my place to - this is a person in my life who got horrible (according to another doctor, potentially fatal) advice about a prescription med.

Googling gave me pages of malpractice lawsuit links.

Right now I’m looking for a state entity (medical review board?) that one can contact. Probably an easy, dumb question, but I can’t find what state agency would be interested.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-report-horrible-doctoring-in-illinois/566661/2 "2011-01-06T21:29:31Z")

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In Illinois, the Division of Professional Regulation handles licensing of physicians and other professionals. They have a complaints link on their website.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-one-report-horrible-doctoring-in-illinois/566661/3 "2011-01-06T21:36:26Z")

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Thanks.