Start with names you can match to a public record. Get the full name, professional role and licence number for whoever would assess you. Ask for the pharmacy’s name too.
Open the licence record.
The state’s free licence search includes doctors, nurses, pharmacists and registered pharmacies, as of September 2026.
- Choose the matching profession or pharmacy category.
- Match the full name and any licence number you were given.
- Read whether the licence is current. Open the “Enforcement Actions” tab to see any listed action over professional conduct.
- Ask the service to explain a name or record that does not match.
An action over conduct may mean an official warning, a fine, or loss of permission to work, as of September 2026.
For a doctor, look at the separate conduct record.
New York’s Health Department keeps a separate record of action taken over misconduct by doctors and physician assistants, as of September 2026.
A physician assistant treats patients under a doctor’s supervision in New York, as of September 2026.
A licence marked “good standing” can still belong to someone punished for misconduct, as of September 2026. Here, a licence in “good standing” has neither been put on hold (suspended) nor taken away (revoked), as of September 2026.
Check the pharmacy separately.
Use the same New York lookup for the pharmacy name. Keep that result beside the name on the proposed prescription or label. Ask who prepares the medicine and who sends it.
As of September 2026, online patients may not know who actually prepared their made-to-order medicine, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).