Raleigh care guide · Check a licence
Check the name behind the offer
If an ad gives a name and a string of letters, get the full name and role. Then open the board record that matches that role.
Doctors and physician assistants
The North Carolina Medical Board provides a free public search for doctors and physician assistants.
The board licenses physician assistants as well as doctors.
Ask for the person’s full name and use the Medical Board search.
The record shows whether the person’s licence is current and where they trained. It also lists any board certification: recognition from a board for a field of medicine. Any public board actions are published decisions about the person’s licence or conduct.
Open the board’s search tool and enter the full name. Match the name and role. Confirm that the licence remains current. Read any board decisions listed, and ask the board to explain an entry you do not understand.
Find the doctor or assistant lookupNurse practitioners
North Carolina’s nursing board has a free licence search that includes nurse practitioners.
Use the nursing search for a nurse practitioner’s name.
As of September 2026, nurse practitioners in North Carolina were jointly overseen by the nursing and medical boards and needed approval from both.
Their prescribing was governed by a written agreement with a supervising doctor.
Open the nursing licence searchThe pharmacy is a separate check
North Carolina’s pharmacy board keeps a free search for pharmacies and pharmacists.
Get the pharmacy’s name before comparing its record with the name on a label or receipt.
Before shipping prescription medicine to North Carolina, a pharmacy located in another state needed a North Carolina permit, as of September 2026.
Find the pharmacy board’s licence toolIf the name does not match
Ask for the full name and the type of licence. A business name and a person’s name may be different. Keep searching for the person who will actually assess you.