License Verification

Welcome to the Medical Board of California Licensee Profile search page. Here you will find profiles for all physicians and other allied health care providers who are licensed/registered in the state of California.

Temporary License Lookup

Business and Professions Code (BPC) section 115.6 authorizes the Board to issue a temporary license to an applicant that meets the following requirements:

  1. Be married to, in a domestic partnership with, or in other legal union with, an active-duty member of the United States Armed Forces who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active-duty military orders.
  2. Hold a current, active, and unrestricted license that grants the applicant the authority to practice medicine in another state, district, or territory of the United States.
  3. Have not committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have constituted grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of the license under this code at the time the act was committed. A violation of this paragraph may be grounds for the denial or revocation of a temporary license issued by the board.
  4. Have not been disciplined by a licensing entity in another jurisdiction and shall not be the subject of an unresolved complaint, review procedure, or disciplinary proceeding conducted by a licensing entity in another jurisdiction.

A temporary license is valid for a period of 12 months, or until the full Physician's & Surgeon's (P&S) license is issued, whichever occurs first, allowing an applicant to work on completing the application process for the full P&S license.

The Board may terminate a temporary license upon finding that the temporary license holder failed to meet any of the requirements listed above or provided substantively inaccurate information that would affect the person's eligibility for a temporary license. Upon termination of the temporary license, the board shall issue a notice of termination that shall require the temporary license holder to cease all clinical services immediately.

The following list includes all temporary licenses issued by the Board per BPC section 115.6 and is updated weekly:

Visit the License Verification page to verify if a permanent P&S License has been issued. If the temporary license is expired, the physician may have been issued a permanent license.