Medical Board
Doctors and physician assistants.
Colorado check
Check the person prescribing and the pharmacy
A polished website is not a licence record. Get the exact names, then compare them with the state’s online licence records.
Match the role
Different boards cover different people
Nursing Board
Nurses, including nurse practitioners.
Pharmacy Board
Pharmacists and pharmacies.
The umbrella
All sit within Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies, usually called DORA.
As of September 2026, the Colorado Medical Board licenses doctors and physician assistants, the Nursing Board licenses nurses, and the Pharmacy Board licenses pharmacists and pharmacies.
Claim sources: Colorado Revised Statutes and DORA board pages, summarized in GEO-CO-01, GEO-CO-02 and GEO-CO-03.
Use the state record
Search the person’s full name first
Colorado’s free state lookup covers medical, nursing and pharmacy licences, and it recommends starting with only the person’s first and last name.
Claim source: DORA licence lookup, summarized in GEO-CO-04.
- Copy the full name from the care website.
- Search that name in the Colorado tool.
- Match the profession and status.
- Open any discipline record and read what the board did and why.
Check the pharmacy too
Check the pharmacy name on the label
Before any money changes hands, find out which pharmacy is preparing or shipping the medicine. If the answer changes later, check the new name too.
As of September 2026, a pharmacy outside Colorado must hold a Colorado registration before mailing prescription medicine to a Colorado patient.
Claim source: Colorado Revised Statutes, summarized in GEO-CO-17.
A match in the state records shows that the licence or registration exists. It does not tell you that a particular offer is right for you.
Read, then compare
A clean check has matching details
- The name matches the person or pharmacy shown to you.
- The profession matches the role they claim.
- The licence or registration is active in Colorado.
- You have read any board action in full: what happened, when, and whether it still limits the person’s work.
If you find no match, stop there. Ask for the exact name the state has on record, and whether the person is a doctor, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.