Virginia medical license lookup and API
Virginia's Department of Health Professions (DHP), which includes the Board of Medicine, publishes license information through a free lookup and through paid data download subscriptions.
How to look up a Virginia medical license (official sources)
- Per-license lookup: DHP's free license lookup: dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index.
- Data downloads: DHP offers paid download subscriptions, updated each business day, including a commercial-use option: download info; commercial use. Subscriber access is logged and governed by the provider's terms and conditions.
- API: no public Virginia license-verification API was found as of October 2026.
What this means if you verify licenses in many states
Virginia refreshes its downloads every business day but charges for them under subscriber terms. Other states offer free open data, monthly rosters or account-gated APIs. A multi-state program has to weigh cost, freshness and terms separately for each board.
Virginia license status through Licensy
- One format: Virginia results come back in the same normalized schema as the other 50 states + DC.
- Daily monitoring: webhooks fire on status changes, you get 60-day expiry warnings, and license history is kept.
- Two ways in: a REST API and an MCP server.
- Coverage: physicians (MD and DO). Other professions are not covered.
FAQ
How do I verify a Virginia medical license?
Use DHP's free online license lookup.
Does Virginia offer license data downloads?
Yes. DHP offers paid download subscriptions, updated each business day, including a commercial-use option, under subscriber terms and conditions.
Does Virginia have a license API?
We did not find a public Virginia license-verification API as of October 2026.
Can I monitor Virginia licenses for changes?
Yes. Licensy checks monitored licenses daily and sends a webhook when a status changes.
Does Licensy cover Virginia nurses?
Not today. Licensy covers physicians (MD/DO).
Get Virginia license status
Licensy is not affiliated with the Virginia Department of Health Professions. Official license records are maintained by the issuing board.