Verify Any Healthcare License. Instantly.
API-Cert checks RN, LPN, NP, PA, MD, and DO licenses across all 50 states in under 100ms — using official government data sources, updated daily.
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How It Works
Three simple steps to verify any healthcare license
Send a Request
POST to our API with name, license type, and state. One simple JSON payload.
We Query Everything
Our system checks all 50 state boards plus federal exclusion lists in parallel.
Get Results Fast
Receive verified status, expiration, and disciplinary flags in under 100ms.
Everything You Need
Built for healthcare compliance teams who need accurate, fast license verification
All 50 States
Every state nursing and provider board covered. Plus DC, Puerto Rico, and US territories.
Sub-100ms
Queries cached locally, not scraped live. Lightning-fast responses for real-time workflows.
Exclusion Checks
OIG LEIE, SAM.gov, and CMS Preclusion List checked automatically with every query.
Bulk Verification
Upload a CSV or send up to 100 licenses in a single API call. Perfect for onboarding.
Daily Updates
Fresh data from official government sources every 24 hours. Never work with stale data.
Simple Auth
One API key, standard REST, JSON responses. Integrate in minutes, not days.
Simple Integration
Start verifying licenses with just a few lines of code
curl -X POST https://api.api-cert.com/v1/verify \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"first_name": "Sarah",
"last_name": "Chen",
"license_type": "RN",
"state": "MA"
}'Request
{
"verified": true,
"license_type": "RN",
"state": "MA",
"full_name": "SARAH J. CHEN",
"license_number": "RN298741",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"expiration_date": "2027-06-30",
"oig_excluded": false,
"sam_excluded": false,
"disciplinary_flag": false,
"latency_ms": 4
}JSON Response
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Start with a free trial. No credit card required.
Starter
For small agencies
- 500 verifications/month
- 60 requests/minute
- Email support
- Standard SLA
Growth
Most Popular
- 2,000 verifications/month
- 120 requests/minute
- Priority email support
- Bulk CSV upload
- 99.9% uptime SLA
Agency
For large staffing firms
- 10,000 verifications/month
- 300 requests/minute
- Phone & email support
- Bulk CSV upload
- Webhook notifications
- 99.95% uptime SLA
Enterprise
Unlimited verifications, custom SLA, and white-glove onboarding
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about API-Cert
We verify RN (Registered Nurse), LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse), NP (Nurse Practitioner), PA (Physician Assistant), MD (Medical Doctor), and DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) licenses. Additional license types are being added regularly.
Our database is updated daily through automated ingestion from official state board registries and federal databases. This ensures you always have access to the most current license status information.
Yes. We cover all 50 US states, plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, and other US territories. Every state nursing and provider board is included.
We verify publicly available license information only. No Protected Health Information (PHI) is transmitted or stored. License verification data is public record and does not fall under HIPAA regulations.
Yes. You can upload a CSV file through our dashboard or send up to 100 license verification requests in a single API call. This is perfect for onboarding multiple providers or periodic re-verification.
If we cannot find a match in the state registry, we return a "not_found" status along with the query latency. We also attempt a secondary lookup through NPPES as a fallback for provider identification.
Still have questions?
Contact our team