PRIMER QUESTIONS · CHECK THE NAMES
Get the names first. Then check the records.
A polished page is not a licence search. The public record starts with a person or pharmacy name.
Read this chapterCheck the prescriber
Each state’s medical board provides public records on physician licences and public disciplinary action.
A clean public record does not rate bedside manner or fit. It answers narrower questions: is the licence active, and has the board listed any discipline or formal charges?
Check the pharmacy
Pharmacies use a separate state board, and the FDA links to each state’s pharmacy licence search.
Look up the pharmacy named on the label in the state record. If care is remote, also ask whether it is allowed to send medicine into the patient’s state.
Do not mistake an FDA-looking badge for approval
As of September 2026, registration with the FDA does not mean FDA approval of a facility or its products.
A badge or seal on a sales page can be a clue, but it is not proof of approval. A government licence record is the stronger starting point.
CHAPTER RECAP
Keep this: a full name unlocks a public record. No name means there is nothing solid to check.
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