Check the person giving care
MD is short for medical doctor.
Arizona’s Medical Board search shows MD licence details.
Public written decisions by the board about a doctor’s work also appear there; they are called board orders.
An osteopathic doctor, another kind of medical doctor, uses the letters DO.
Arizona lists DOs through a separate board.
For a nurse trained to do extra care tasks, check the nursing licence and the record for that extra work.
That extra record is called an advanced-practice certificate. Use the Nursing Board’s links to check it.
Nurses with nurse-practitioner training can assess your health and decide what care is needed.
On October 3, 2026, Arizona rules required Nursing Board permission for a nurse practitioner to prescribe.
Their prescribing had to stay within their training.
Ask the nurse for the full name of that certificate. Ask the Nursing Board: “Do these records allow this nurse to prescribe the medicine?”
PA means physician assistant, a licensed type of health worker.
Arizona has a PA board with its own licence search.
PA prescribing depended on training and ability under Arizona rules checked October 3, 2026.
The PA board checked how many hours a PA had worked in medical care.
Those hours set whether the PA needed a doctor’s written agreement to oversee their work.
Ask the PA board whether the person may assess you and prescribe the medicine, and whether a doctor must oversee their work.
Match the full name and job title. Read the board’s written decisions and ask it to explain anything unclear.