Find the source for your next check

Doctors with MD after their names and those with DO answer to separate Arizona licence boards, as of October 3, 2026.

A board is the state office that checks licences. Ask which letters follow your doctor’s name to choose the right search below.

• Doctors with MD after their names: Arizona Doctor Search

  Use the person’s name to check the licence record and public decisions about that licence.

• Doctors with DO after their names: Find your DO

  Choose this search when DO follows the doctor’s name. Enter the full name to check the licence.

• Nurses: Arizona Nursing Board

  Follow the licence-check links that match the nurse’s licence.

• Physician assistants: Arizona PA Board

  Start with PA Search or licence verification; PA means physician assistant.

• Arizona law on public board records

  Use this law to ask the board for records it can share about earlier complaints or decisions about a licence.

As of October 6, 2026, online Arizona licence records may leave out earlier complaints or board decisions; records the board can share may be requested.

As of October 3, 2026, Arizona lets some health professionals licensed in another state treat Arizona patients online after registering with the Arizona board.

Their licence must be free of restrictions; they must also satisfy rules on past board penalties and hold insurance for claims about their care.

As of October 3, 2026, this registration allows care online but grants no permission for in-person care in Arizona.

Ask for their Arizona registration record, licence or other permission to treat you. Ask the board how to check it.

A pharmacy sending medicine from another state must hold both an Arizona permit and a permit or similar licence from its home state, as of October 3, 2026.

• Arizona’s out-of-state telehealth rule

  A video visit is one way to receive care from a distance, called telehealth. Use this law to ask which Arizona licence or registration lets the person treat you online.

• Arizona’s rule on choosing an online or in-person visit

  Look for what the person treating you must consider when deciding whether you need an in-person visit, such as an exam or your symptoms.

• FDA links to state pharmacy boards

  Choose Arizona to find its pharmacy board. Look up the pharmacy’s name and permit. For a pharmacy in another state, also check its home state’s board.

The letters FDA stand for Food and Drug Administration.

Custom-made medicines do not have FDA approval or its pre-sale checks for safety, quality and results, as of September 26, 2026.

• FDA questions on custom-made medicines

  Use for the difference between an approved finished product and a medicine made to order.

• FDA drug approval records: a computer file

  This link opens medicine records written for computers. It may be hard to read. Ask the pharmacist to find the approval record for the exact medicine you were offered.

• FDA rules for made-to-order medicines when drugs are in short supply

  Use this when a pharmacy offers a made-to-order version of a medicine because the ready-made drug is in short supply. This is called compounding.

• FDA concerns about weight-drug copies

  Use for questions about research labels, false pharmacy names and problems with compounded products.

• FDA guidance on compounded-drug claims

  Use this source to check claims that a custom medicine is identical to an approved drug. A generic copies a brand medicine and has FDA approval.

• MedlinePlus on severe allergic reactions

  Use for signs that call for urgent help.

For symptoms of a severe allergic reaction, MedlinePlus points people to emergency help or the nearest emergency room.

• Government cash-offer pages

  Check whether the price is for shots or pills. Ask whether a lower price is only for your first prescription supply and when to get a refill to keep the discount.

• Medicare’s temporary weight-medicine program

  Read who qualifies and what they pay; ask whoever writes your prescription to check the exact product.

The cash-price examples here come from checks dated September 26, 2026; offer terms can change.

Keep the full quote, not just the headline. Put visit and test costs beside the medicine price.