Verify a Iowa Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license

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How Iowa Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license verification works

A Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Iowa is licensed by the IA Behavioral Health / Counseling & Social Work Boards. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: license_number board license_type status previous_status expires issued disciplinary_action city.

Board note: DIAL Professional Licensure portal (ibplrest): Social Work (lcsw = Independent Level, lmsw = Masters Level), Behavioral Science (lpc = Mental Health Counselor, lmft, bcba = Behavior Analyst), Psychology. lada (alcohol & drug counselor) is a certification outside DIAL — not covered.

What a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Iowa Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "IA", "profession": "lada", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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