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The docs cannot take the license away. Rehab driving evaluations can, on the spot. I learned that the hard way after many efforts to get the doc to do something. Sometimes a member of the public calls the police but that happens in extreme situations. Our doc wrote my mother a letter telling her she should not be driving and of course that had no effect.
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Thank you, California. I've written before re this issue. A diagnosis of ALZ is an immediate ending of driving for a patient in CA. The DMV is advised by the neurologist. In retrospect, my husband drove longer than he should have. I was the "navigator" and told him where to go, his own personal Siri. He began his sundowning escapades while still driving and went off in the car for 6 hours. This is before he had tracers on his keys or phone. I finally found him in a grocery store parking lot listening to music. He didn't remember how to start the car and he didn't want to go into the hotel (grocery store.) Terrifying experience. As much as I don't like to drive, I am thankful he is off the road for his own safety and the safety of others.
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The neurologist we had in North Carolina said she would notify the DMV when I told her it was time for my husband to stop driving. Not sure about Illinois as the neurologist here hasn’t offered to do that. Perhaps laws are different. I do know the driver evaluation can be expensive here.