Check Nevada licences for people and pharmacies
MD and DO are different medical degrees; both groups are doctors.
In Nevada, doctors with an MD degree get their licence from the Board of Medical Examiners.
In Nevada, doctors with a DO degree use a separate licensing board, with its own licence search.
If a name is absent from a search, check that the board matches the person's degree.
Nurses and assistants have their own checks
Nevada's nursing board licenses nurses, including nurse practitioners.
A nurse practitioner is a nurse with further training for medical care.
As of September 2026, a physician assistant is a medical professional who works under a supervising doctor in Nevada.
If a physician assistant's supervising doctor has an MD degree, check the assistant's licence with the medical board.
If the supervising doctor has a DO degree, check the assistant's licence with the DO board.
An assistant may hold licences from both boards.
Ask for the assistant's name and the supervising doctor's degree. Ask which board issued the assistant's licence, then use that board's search.
Public licence records can reveal whether a doctor holds a licence and any board action against that person.
A clear record does not grade the care.
Keep asking how the treatment decision would be made.
Check the medicine's source too
Nevada's Board of Pharmacy licenses pharmacies and offers an online licence check.
Sending prescriptions to Nevada patients requires a Nevada pharmacy licence even for an out-of-state pharmacy, as of September 2026.
Match the pharmacy name on the plan or label to the record. If the names do not line up, ask for an explanation.
If you need to raise a concern
Nevada's medical board accepts complaints about its doctors and physician assistants.
Nevada's DO board handles complaints about the people it licenses.
The Nevada nursing board has an online route for complaints about nurses.
The Nevada pharmacy board accepts complaints about pharmacies and pharmacists.
Its complaint process does not cover price, billing or customer-service disputes.
Keep the medicine label, dates and written messages. They can help you explain what happened.