Get the name. Check the record.

Physician assistants are health professionals who treat patients with supervision from a doctor.

The Texas Medical Board's free lookup covers doctors and physician assistants and shows applicable public board actions.

Physician assistants have a separate Texas board, but their licence search is in the same place as the doctor's search.

Match the full name and licence number with what the service gives you. If the result is unclear, ask the board about that record.

A nurse practitioner has extra training as a nurse to assess patients and plan their treatment.

The Texas Board of Nursing issues licences to nurses, including nurse practitioners, and provides a free search for checking those licences.

As of September 2026, a Texas nurse practitioner needs a signed agreement with a supervising doctor to prescribe under that doctor's authority.

Ask the clinician to explain their prescribing role and the doctor involved in that agreement. There is no need to guess from a job title.

A record of no public discipline reports no public board action; it does not grade the care a clinician gives.

Use the result alongside your conversation about the proposed treatment, follow-up and charges. Keep a note of the name you searched and what you still want to ask.

Pharmacy licensing in Texas sits with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; its own search covers pharmacies and pharmacists.

Ask which pharmacy will fill the order before treating the clinician's licence check as complete.