Check the medical professional
Get the full name, professional title and licence type.
Use the medical or professional board for the state where you will be during care.
Find the licence status and a section called “discipline” or “board actions”; labels vary by state. If an entry is unclear, ask the board instead of guessing.
Make sure the name on the record matches the person making the decision.
Every state medical board keeps public information about physician licence status and discipline. A clean public record is not a quality score. It only means no public action appears there.
Check the pharmacy
Ask which pharmacy will make and send the exact medicine.
Search that name with the state board of pharmacy.
Check whether an out-of-state pharmacy has the authority needed to ship to your state.
Compare the legal name and address with the label when the package arrives.
The FDA’s pharmacy lookup sends readers to each state’s online licence search. If a pharmacy is not listed, FDA guidance says not to use it.
Check a batch-making claim
A site called an FDA-registered outsourcing facility may make batches of sterile medicine without a separate prescription for each named patient. If a service makes this claim, check the FDA’s public list. As of September 2026, being on the list means the facility filed as an outsourcing facility. It is not FDA approval, and some entries say the site has not yet been inspected.
Understand private badges
Accreditation is an outside organisation checking a business against its standards. It can be useful, but it is not a state licence and not FDA approval. A badge image can be copied, so find the outside organisation’s name on the badge and use the search on its official website.
Search for warnings with care
The FDA publishes warning letters in a searchable online record. A letter records what the FDA said at one point in time, not a final court finding. No letter does not mean a business was checked and cleared.