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American Osteopathic Association

AOA verification

Osteopathic board certification status and specialty.

Every 7 days Primary source — no aggregator Authority site
Issuing authority: American Osteopathic Association — Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists

What we verify

AOA board certification status
Osteopathic specialty and subspecialty
Initial and recertification dates
OCC (Osteopathic Continuous Certification) participation
Verification rules

How we decide pass / flag / block

  1. 01
    Used when the provider holds a DO degree or a dual MD/DO record.
  2. 02
    Status must be 'Currently Certified' for the specialty being claimed.
  3. 03
    OCC lapses on time-limited certifications surface as Material.
Example evidence

Example AOA certification record

Stored alongside the credential with source URL, raw payload hash, and timestamp. Names and IDs below are illustrative.

Verified payload (excerpt)
board
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine
specialty
Internal Medicine
status
Currently Certified
initial_certification
2015-06-10
valid_through
2035-06-10
Refresh cadence

Every 7 days

Every 7 days, aligned with the ABMS cadence.

Source-down handling

When the authority is unreachable

If AOA is unreachable, the credential remains valid based on the last successful check, marked stale with the last-good timestamp.

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