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All 50 state boards + DC, PR, USVI, Guam

State Medical Boards verification

License status, issue/expiration dates, disciplinary actions, restrictions.

Every 24h Primary source — no aggregator Authority site
Issuing authority: Each U.S. state and territory medical board (54 authorities total)

What we verify

License status (Active, Inactive, Lapsed, Revoked, Suspended)
License number, issue and expiration dates
Disciplinary actions and effective dates
Practice restrictions or conditions
Endorsement and compact privileges (IMLC)
Verification rules

How we decide pass / flag / block

  1. 01
    Status must be 'Active' in every state where the provider claims to practice.
  2. 02
    Disciplinary actions are surfaced verbatim with the issuing board's citation.
  3. 03
    Interstate Medical Licensure Compact privileges are validated against the IMLC roster.
  4. 04
    Expiration within 90 days surfaces as Material.
Example evidence

Example state license verification

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

Verified payload (excerpt)
state
Massachusetts
license_number
275432
status
Active in good standing
issue_date
2015-09-01
expiration
2027-08-31
disciplinary_actions
None on file
Refresh cadence

Every 24h

Every 24h per state. Boards that publish change feeds (CA, TX, FL, NY among others) trigger immediate re-verification on update.

Source-down handling

When the authority is unreachable

If a specific state board is offline, that state's license is marked stale with the last-good timestamp; other states remain current.

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