In contrast to many States that maintain disparate medical license verification tools that vary by profession, New York maintains a comprehensive Medical License Lookup resource for verifying licensure information for more than two dozen health professions. License verification information about physicians, dentists, pharmacists, registered nurses, practical nurses, physician assistants and various other technical health professions can be found with this reference tool, which is accessed at NEW YORK MEDICAL LICENSE SEARCH. A separate online tool to confirm the status of nurse assistants is found at New York Nursing Aide Registry.
Although the aforementioned online tool permits license verification of pharmacy establishments and some health profession business entities, the State provides alternate lookup tools to find
to find authorized institutional providers such as hospitals:
New York State Adult Care Facility Listings
New York Hospital Profiles
New York Nursing Home Profiles
New York Home Care Agency Profiles
New York Hospice Provider Profiles