California Medical License Verification
Verify and monitor physician (MD/DO) and physician assistant (PA) licenses issued by the California medical board. Licensy AI tracks 337,647 active licenses in California and refreshes them daily from authoritative sources.
How do I verify a medical license in California?
There are two ways to verify a California medical license. The official method is to query the California Medical Board's public license lookup tool directly:
For ongoing monitoring across multiple licenses and states, Licensy AI automates this verification through an API and dashboard. We scrape the California board daily, normalize the results, and push status changes to your system as they happen.
What Licensy AI covers in California
Physician licenses
MD and DO licenses from the California Medical Board. 337,647 records tracked, refreshed daily.
Physician assistant licenses
PA licenses from the California Medical Board, including status, issue and expiration dates, and disciplinary history where available.
Continuous monitoring
Webhook alerts on status changes, expiration warnings 60 days out, discipline/final-orders history with board-order documents where available.
California license verification — frequently asked
Is the California board's license lookup free?
Yes. The California medical board publishes a free license verification tool. Manual lookups are appropriate for one-off checks; Licensy AI is for organizations that need continuous verification at scale.
How often does Licensy AI refresh California data?
Physician and physician assistant licenses are refreshed every 24 hours via the California board's public lookup, plus a daily full-refresh job at 03:00 ET.
Can I get an API for California license verification?
Yes. Our REST API accepts NPI or license number and returns normalized license data for California and the other 49 states + DC. See the API documentation.