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Finding & checking care

Check the record

# Look up the person’s licence

Match the person to the record.

Have your treating person’s complete name and job title ready. Search the state board’s licence records, then ask about anything that does not match what you were told.

The care check

NAME.

CHECK.

Bring the open question.

On this page

- [Find the board, then search the name](#find) 

- [For online care, check where you will be](#location) 

- [Know what the result settles](#limits) 

## Find the board, then search the name

Find links to state boards that license doctors through the Federation of State Medical Boards.

A state may license MD doctors and DO doctors through different boards; searching just one board can miss a doctor’s record.

- Match the full name and professional role.

- Check whether the licence is current. Look for penalties or formal charges published by the board. Ask the board to explain any restriction or result you do not understand.

- Keep the result with the date you checked it.

### Read the record

- [Find a state medical board](https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/) 

Start here, then use the board’s own licence search.

Terms behind the care check

**MD and DO**

Different medical degrees; their doctors may appear in separate board searches.

## For online care, check where you will be

As of September 2026, HHS said your treating person needed legal permission both in your state and in the state where they were.

State rules and exceptions decide how that permission works.

Give the service your planned location for the visit, including any travel. Ask which record confirms the person treating you can practise there.

Terms behind the care check

**Patient’s state**

The state you are physically in at the time of your online visit.

**HHS**

The US Department of Health and Human Services gives guidance on permission to provide online care.

## Know what the result settles

A clear public record shows no public penalties or formal charges; it does not guarantee good care.

If a nurse practitioner or physician assistant will treat you, ask which state board holds that person’s record. The medical board directory linked here covers doctors, not every health profession.

Return to the assessment questions after the record check. Both belong in the decision.

[Check the pharmacy](/pharmacy/) 

Use this guide to check care; it provides information and does not operate a clinic or sell medicine.

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- [Cost](/cost/) 

- [Sources](/sources/)