Licensee Search
**THE LICENSEE SEARCH MAY EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT UNAVAILABILITY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.**
Search For Licensees
- How to use the licensee search
- What information is provided?
- What information is not provided?
- Is the information provided through the licensee search considered primary source verification?
- Key to License Numbers/Types
How to use the licensee search
- Enter last name and first name OR license number only. Partial entries are accepted.
- Check “I’m not a robot."
- To filter results, begin typing in “Filters” section under each column heading.
- Click the printer icon in the “Details” column to view/print license information.
What information is provided
- Name, license number, license issue date, license expiration date, medical school, medical school attendance dates.
- ACSC/QACSC (controlled substances certificate) number, date issued, date of expiration.
- Practice type and location (provided by the licensee).
- CRNPs/CNMs in collaborative practice with and PAs/AAs registered to physicians.
- Disciplinary actions are indicated by a “yes” next to “Public file” and downloadable. Actions against physicians are a permanent record.
What information is not provided
- Some information is confidential pursuant to state law:
- Patient complaints.
- Malpractice case information.
- Investigations.
- Full addresses and birth dates are not provided for security reasons.
Is the information provided through the licensee search considered primary source verification?
- The information provided through the licensee search is primary source verified with the exception of practice specialty and location of practice.
- Information provided through the licensee search is updated on a current basis in real time.
- If you have additional questions, use one of the methods listed on the contact information page.
Key to License Numbers/Types
- Full physician license:
MD##### (medical doctor)
DO#### (doctor of osteopathy) - Assistant to physician license:
PA#### (physician assistant)
AA#### (anesthesiologist assistant) - Limited physician license (limited to the confines of the postgraduate training program, medical school or state institution):
L####+suffix
(suffixes: R=resident; F=fellow; SP=specialty professor; DP=distinguished professor; VP=visiting professor; SI=state institution) - Physician practicing across state lines:
SP### (special purpose license) - Retired senior volunteer license:
RSV### - Controlled substances certificates:
ACSC##### (physicians)
QACSC#### (physician assistants) - Limited Purpose Schedule II Permit (LPSP):
LPSP###-####