Skip to the chapter telehealth peptide care A little room for better questions. Open the chapter index Introduction Before choosing care Chapter one The word “peptide” Chapter two An online visit Chapter three People and pharmacies Chapter four Questions to bring Chapter five The whole cost Chapter six Insurance and payment Chapter seven Reasons to pause Chapter eight Follow a source Introduction People and pharmacies Chapter three · The reading path # Whose name can you check? Ask separately about the person assessing you and the pharmacy filling a prescription. ## Check a name against the right record Ask who will assess your concern, including their role, full name and licence details. Separately, request the dispensing pharmacy’s full name. State medical boards publish physician licence records and public disciplinary information. Use the state-board directory to choose your state and open the board’s own website. It is published by the group of boards that give doctors permission to practise. Open the board for the state relevant to your visit. Match the full name and the licence record. If the role is not a physician, ask which professional board holds that person’s record. A word beside the page State medical board This body licenses physicians and can take public disciplinary action. For a physician Find the state medical board For a pharmacy Open FDA’s state licence links ## Find the pharmacy’s own record Pharmacy licensing has a separate state board and a separate public lookup. FDA’s state search links let you look for the pharmacy named on a label. Rules checked September 26, 2026 say most states require a pharmacy shipping medicine there to hold that state’s licence or permit. Ask the pharmacy which record applies to shipping to your state. If the names do not match, leave the question open until someone explains the difference. A word beside the page Non-resident licence This is a receiving state’s permission for a pharmacy based elsewhere to supply people there. ## What is the record able to confirm? Finding no public record of action against a doctor tells you only that no such action is recorded; it is no rating of the doctor’s skill. A pharmacy licence gives no guarantee that each prescription is filled correctly. Under FDA rules checked September 26, 2026, appearing on its register does not mean a facility or its medicines have FDA approval. You can still ask about the medicine, the assessment and how questions are handled after it arrives. A word beside the page Registration A listing or filing. Read what that particular register checks before treating it as an endorsement. Open the lookup sources and their limits The state board’s record is the place to check the licence. A directory helps you find that record. State medical boards’ group — what public records show State medical boards’ group — state board directory FDA — pharmacy licence searches Federal rule — the limits of registration How to read these sources Read on · Chapter four Questions to bring ← Back to an online visit Keep this guide beside your questions; these pages offer neither clinic services nor medicines. Read this chapter as text Text index Back to the chapter top ↑