Look up the name behind the care.

Start with a full name and a role

Before paying for care, ask who will assess your health, who may write your prescription, and which pharmacy will supply it.

• Write down the treating person’s full name and licence number, if given.
• Ask which role that person holds: physician assistant, doctor, or nurse practitioner.
• Ask for the pharmacy’s full name, including the location that will prepare or send the medicine.

Match the role to the board

The links to these Texas licence searches were checked on September 26, 2026. That date is about the searches, not a check of anyone’s current licence.

• Use the Texas Medical Board’s search for a doctor or physician assistant. A record may include board decisions about their practice, such as restrictions or steps they must take to correct a problem.
• Nurses and nurse practitioners have a separate search through the Texas Board of Nursing.
• Pharmacies and pharmacists have their own searches at the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
• These board searches are free to use.

Read the record, then ask what is missing

Open the search to check the licence now. Look for a matching name, licence type, and current status. If the entry does not match the service’s description, ask the board or the service to explain.

• A board “order” is a formal decision about the person’s practice, not a medicine order. Ask the board what any listed decision means for the care you are considering.
• The absence of public discipline is not a measure of how good someone’s care is.
• A polished seal or logo can be copied; the Federal Trade Commission warns that these are not proof of a real pharmacy.