Check a license
Check the name behind the care.
Find out the full name of whoever will examine you and make the decision about medicine. If someone else will give the treatment, get their name too. A service name or logo will not identify either person.
Minnesota board information as of October 1, 2026.
Find and read the right license record
The Medical Practice Board’s public search covers doctors, physician assistants and doctors registered for online care from another state.
A physician assistant can identify health problems and prescribe under a written agreement reviewed by a doctor.
Use the Board of Nursing’s license check for a nurse practitioner, a nurse who can identify health problems and prescribe medicine.
The Board of Pharmacy has its own search for pharmacies and pharmacists.
Open that board’s page and follow its license-check link.
Read the record, not just the search result
These Minnesota license checks are free to use.
The Medical Practice Board posts public plans to correct problems, called corrective actions, and formal penalties, called disciplinary orders.
A corrective action is a plan agreed with the board; it is not a disciplinary penalty.
The absence of a public action in a license record cannot tell you the quality of someone’s care.
Match the name and role to the person you were given. Read each document to find out what the person must do and whether they may still work. Ask the board to explain anything unclear.
Know where a concern belongs
Concerns about a Minnesota doctor or physician assistant go to the Board of Medical Practice.
Concerns about a nurse practitioner go to the Board of Nursing, while pharmacy concerns go to the Board of Pharmacy.
The medical board cannot decide how much a doctor may charge.
The Attorney General’s consumer complaint service can help with misleading advertising or the way a business treats customers.
Keep the name, date, receipt and the wording that concerns you. Describe what happened in your own words.