Check the people who will treat you
As of September 26, 2026, Texas Medical Board records can be searched free for doctors and physician assistants.
The records can include the board’s written decisions about a person’s work, such as plans to correct problems or orders to stop practising.
A physician assistant provides medical care under a doctor’s supervision in Texas, as of September 26, 2026.
Compare the full name and licence details with the person assigned to your visit. Read any written decisions about their work, too.
Open the medical licence searchNurses and nurse practitioners
A nurse practitioner has a nursing licence that covers a broader role in medical care.
As of September 26, 2026, the Texas Board of Nursing offers a separate free search for nursing licences.
Under Texas rules as of September 26, 2026, nurse practitioners and physician assistants prescribe through a written agreement with a doctor.
Which doctor has the written agreement with the nurse practitioner or physician assistant who will write my prescription?
Open the nursing licence searchThe pharmacy preparing or sending your medicine
Request the pharmacy’s own name for the prescription it prepares and sends. The name on a service’s website may differ from the pharmacy that made the medicine.
A medicine made for a patient’s needs may be prepared by a pharmacy or another facility.
As of September 26, 2026, the Texas pharmacy board’s free search includes pharmacies outside Texas that hold a Texas licence.
An out-of-state pharmacy generally needs that licence to ship prescriptions into Texas, as of September 26, 2026.
Only the Texas pharmacy board can grant an exception for a pharmacy whose Texas business is limited to occasional, separate prescriptions.
If a pharmacy says it has that exception, ask the board to confirm it. A single shipment does not give you that answer.
Open the pharmacy licence searchWhat a record can and cannot answer
If no written decision about problems is shown, no such decision is publicly recorded.
That alone does not show how well this person cares for patients.
Keep your questions beside the names and licence details. Ask the service about any mismatch and get an explanation before paying.
Which pharmacy will appear on the medicine label?
Keep this thought
Check the person and the pharmacy separately. Keep the full names so a later question has somewhere clear to go.
Work through the cost