Care chapter
Check the person and the place
Ask for a full name and care role. Use the board that covers that role.
Scottsdale care checks use Arizona records
The board and license facts here are dated October 2026.
Match the title to the search
Medical doctor · MD
The Arizona Medical Board has MD license records and public board orders. Board orders are written decisions the board makes about a doctor.
Some board actions concern discipline, meaning action over broken professional rules.
Read any order and ask the board what it means for the doctor’s permission to practise.
Search the MD recordDoctor · DO
A DO is also a doctor. Arizona licenses DOs through a different board from the one for MDs.
Search the DO recordNurse practitioner
A nurse practitioner has added training beyond being a nurse.
The Nursing Board links to nurse license checks and records of approval for advanced nursing roles.
Go to the Nursing BoardPhysician assistant · PA
The PA board has links to its own license search and record checks.
Go to the PA boardA professional title is only the start
A nurse practitioner needs board permission to prescribe and must stay within the patient group covered by that training.
Ask how the person’s role fits the care being proposed.
A missing facility listing is not a verdict
Some private care offices do not need a license for the place itself.
That depends on the kind of care and whether there are overnight stays.
A record for the care site does not replace a check of the person’s license.
The board website does not show every past record.
What is public depends on the kind of record; extra public records can be requested.
Ask the board about a record that is unclear. An empty result is not a care rating.