How to check an injector's license yourself
Seven steps, a few minutes, and the state licensing board's own public search. Start with the clinician's full name and the credential the clinic says they hold.
Where Verified Injector holds a register, these are the same records it checks, and the boards below say which those are. The board’s own answer outranks ours, so if the two ever disagree, the board is right.
Find the clinician's full name
Ask the clinic who will treat you, or read its website, for the person's first and last name as it would appear on a license. A first name and a credential, such as "Liz, RN", cannot be checked against any register.
Identify the credential they claim
Note the credential the clinic states, such as RN, APRN, NP, PA, MD or DO. It tells you which board to search: nurses and nurse practitioners are licensed by the state board of nursing, and physicians by the state medical board. Physician assistants have their own board in some states.
Search the state licensing board
Use the public license search of the board in the state where the clinic is. The boards for the states we cover are listed below. For any other state, search for that state's board of nursing or medical board and use its official government site.
- Florida
- Florida Department of Health license verification: Nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians and physician assistants
- Colorado
- Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations: Nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians and physician assistants
- Arizona
- Arizona State Board of Nursing: Nurses and nurse practitioners
- Arizona Medical Board: Physicians (MD)
- Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners: Physicians (DO). We do not hold this register, so we do not check it.
- Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants: Physician assistants
- Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board: Naturopathic physicians (NMD). We do not hold this register, so we do not check it.
Check the status and the expiry date
Read the status the board shows and the date the license expires. Each board uses its own words: Florida shows "Clear" for a license in good standing, and Texas shows "Active". If the license is expired or inactive, or the record shows a restriction or a disciplinary note, ask the clinic about it before you book.
Compare the identity details
Make sure the record is the same person: the full name, the license type, and the city where the board shows one. Two people can share a name, so a name alone is not a match.
Check whether a physician is named and licensed
Many med spas treat under the supervision of a physician, often called the medical director. Ask the clinic who that physician is, and look them up on the state medical board in the same way. If the clinic cannot tell you, ask why before you book.
Treat an NPI as supporting information only
An NPI from the federal NPI Registry can help confirm who someone is, but it is not a license, and holding one does not show that a person is licensed. Not all registered nurses obtain an individual NPI, so a missing NPI does not affect the state-license check.
What a license check cannot tell you
A current license shows that a board has not withdrawn permission to practise. It says nothing about skill or outcomes, and it cannot tell you who will actually treat you on the day, so asking the clinic directly is still part of the check.
How Verified Injector runs this check, and what each status on a listing means, is in the methodology. Why most nurse injectors have no NPI is explained here, and what an NPI does and does not show is in what is an NPI number.
Step-by-step guides to one state’s search, with what each status word means there: Florida.