Verify a Massachusetts Physician (MD) license
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How Massachusetts Physician (MD) license verification works
A Physician (MD) in Massachusetts is licensed by the MA Medical Board. 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: status issued last_renewed expires license_type actions education associated_licenses city_state.
Board note: PA live via BHPL API (connector covers pa only). MD/DO: BORIM physician profiles app findmydoctor.mass.gov (same ArcHealth vendor) is broken 2026-11-03: api.medboard.mass.gov/api-public/meta/available-license-boards answers 404 and /search 400 (Arc Nest Validation Error), so the search page never renders; two attempts, recheck later
What a Physician (MD) 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 Physician (MD) 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.
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and multistate Physician (MD) licenses
Physician (MD) licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. When the Massachusetts record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.
Verify a Massachusetts Physician (MD) license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "MA", "profession": "md", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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Physician (MD) license verification in nearby states
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- Rhode Island Physician (MD) license verificationlive
- Alabama Physician (MD) license verificationlive
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All 51 jurisdictions: license verification coverage.