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Licence chapter · Follow the names

# Put the names through the state check

Get the full name of your clinician, along with the pharmacy’s name. Keep them beside you while using the state search.

These Colorado lookup facts are from September 26, 2026.

## Use the official name search

Licence record

The state’s entry for a professional or business. It is a place to check the details you were given.

As of September 26, 2026, Colorado’s public search includes licence records for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and pharmacies.

The state advises starting with the person’s first and last name.

Match the spelling and profession to what you were given. Check the actual record; a website badge is not enough.

If no clear match appears, ask the board to help confirm the person’s licence. Ask the board to check a claimed online-care registration too.

Source information checked: September 26, 2026.

### Search here

Use this state page to look up a name. It is the record source, rather than an advertisement for care.

[Search Colorado’s licence records](https://apps2.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx)

## Pick the board for the person’s role

Board

The state body that oversees a licensed profession.

Doctors and physician assistants receive licences from the Colorado Medical Board as of September 26, 2026.

Physician assistants provide care under a written agreement with a doctor.

Nurses come under the State Board of Nursing; this includes nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners have more training in assessing and treating patients.

The State Board of Pharmacy handles pharmacists and pharmacies.

These boards sit within Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies, often called DORA.

Source information checked: September 26, 2026.

### Choose the official board

[Medical Board](https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical)

[Board of Nursing](https://dpo.colorado.gov/Nursing)

[Board of Pharmacy](https://dpo.colorado.gov/Pharmacy)

## Check the pharmacy as well as the clinician

Compounder

The pharmacy, doctor or facility that prepares a made-to-order medicine.

As of September 26, 2026, a pharmacy outside Colorado needs state registration before sending prescription medicines into Colorado.

The state search includes licence records for pharmacists and pharmacies.

Ask which business actually prepares and sends the medicine. The US medicine agency, the Food and Drug Administration, points out that a patient receiving care online may be unsure who made the medicine.

A public licence record with no problems listed cannot show the quality of someone’s care.

Ask it this way

Which pharmacy will make or send my medicine? Please give me its name.

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