The records behind the names
Find the clinician’s board record
A state medical board’s public records show whether a doctor holds a licence and any public disciplinary action.
Follow the medical-board directory to the board that covers your state.
- Choose the board that covers your location during care.
- Compare the record with the clinician’s supplied licence details.
- Ask which board holds your doctor’s licence record. Some states have different boards for different medical degrees.
- Ask which licensing board applies if the clinician is not a doctor.
Use the pharmacy’s own name
FDA means the US medicines agency.
Use FDA’s pharmacy search page to reach the licensing records kept by each state.
A matching licence entry confirms a licence, not the appropriateness of every prescription.
- Request the name of the pharmacy that actually prepares and sends the medicine.
- Match it with the state record rather than a badge in an advert.
- Ask the state board about any mismatch before treating the check as complete.
Ask what a badge actually means
A facility can be listed with FDA without its products being approved by FDA; this distinction was checked on September 26, 2026.
- A record check answers a narrow question.
- Return to the evidence, product status and follow-up plan as separate questions.
- Keep the names and records with the written quote.
Sources for this page
Sources checked through September 26, 2026.