How to Reach the Editorial Team
Got a correction, a dial-test failure, a question, a press request, or a privacy inquiry? You’re in the right place. This page sets out the right channel for each kind of message and the right places to go for medical emergencies, complaints about a specific physician, NPDB credentialing, and FCRA-permissible-purpose use cases — none of which we can handle.
state-medical-board.org/ is editorial only. We do not respond, dispatch, or treat. For an active emergency, contact the right authority directly:
- 911 — any active medical emergency or threat to life
- Poison Control — 1-800-222-1222 (24/7)
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-7233
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline — 1-800-656-4673
- Hospital Patient Safety Officer / Risk Manager — for incidents in a hospital setting
- FDA MedWatch — fda.gov/safety/medwatch for adverse drug or device events
state-medical-board.org/ is not a consumer reporting agency and is not the National Practitioner Data Bank. You may not use information from this site for employment, tenant screening, credit, insurance, or educational decisions (use a licensed FCRA-compliant CRA), or as a substitute for an NPDB query in hospital credentialing or medical-staff privileging (query NPDB directly at npdb.hrsa.gov). Misuse exposes you to civil liability under federal law.
Pick the Right Subject Line
All inquiries go through one inbox: info@state-medical-board.org. The right subject line gets your message to the right person fastest.
Dial-test failure / broken contact
You called a phone number on our site and it didn’t work, or the address is wrong. Expedited 48-hour path because patients miss verification windows and physicians miss application deadlines.
Subject: Dial-test failure 48-hour expedited updateCorrection
Wrong board URL, outdated complaint procedure, redesigned interface that no longer matches our walkthrough, wrong CME hours, wrong IMLC participation status, wrong executive director name.
Subject: Correction Response within 7 business daysGeneral editorial
Suggestions for new content, missing states or topics, requests to expand a section.
Subject: Editorial feedback Response within 14 business daysSealed / expungement notice
If you believe a disciplinary record we link to was sealed or expunged by the originating board. We will hold the page and refer you to the originating board, which is the only body that can update the underlying record.
Subject: Sealed-record notice 5 business days; page held immediatelyPress & media
Reporters, policy researchers, and broadcasters wanting to discuss our methodology, comment on a national medical-board story, or interview our editorial team.
Subject: Press inquiry Same-day or next-business-day responsePrivacy & data
State-privacy rights — access, correction, deletion, opt-out of sale/sharing, portability — under CCPA/CPRA, TDPSA, FDBR, and similar state laws.
Subject: Privacy request Within 45 days where required by state lawDMCA & copyright
Copyright complaints, DMCA notice and counter-notice submissions, trademark concerns. See our DMCA Policy first.
Subject: Legal — DMCA Acknowledgment within 5 business daysAccessibility
If something on the site doesn’t work for you with a screen reader, keyboard navigation, magnification, or another assistive technology.
Subject: Accessibility issue Priority — usually 1–3 business daysWhat to Include in Your Message
- The page URL on state-medical-board.org/ you're referring to
- The state your question relates to
- What you expected to find or what you think is wrong
- For a dial-test failure: the number you called and what happened (no answer, disconnected, wrong agency, voicemail full)
- If possible, the link from the official state board page that supports the correction
- A contact email so we can reply (we don’t share your email — see our Privacy Policy)
Please don’t include patient identifiers, clinical details, mental-health information, Social Security numbers, financial information, photos of confidential medical or peer-review documents, or other sensitive data in messages to us. We are not a HIPAA covered entity, we don’t need this data, and we cannot act on it.
What We Cannot Help With — Routing Table
| If you need… | Go to… |
|---|---|
| Verify a physician’s license in a specific state | The state medical board’s license-verification portal — every state page links to it. Or use FSMB’s DocInfo at docinfo.org for a multi-state search. |
| File a complaint about a physician | The state medical board where the physician is licensed and where the encounter occurred. Every state page links to the complaint form. |
| Hospital credentialing or medical-staff privileging | National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) at npdb.hrsa.gov — federally mandated channel |
| Self-query NPDB | NPDB self-query at npdb.hrsa.gov |
| Check Medicare/Medicaid exclusion | HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities at exclusions.oig.hhs.gov |
| Look up an NPI | CMS NPI Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov |
| Check or apply for DEA registration | DEA Diversion Control at deadiversion.usdoj.gov |
| USMLE / COMLEX score reporting | USMLE at usmle.org · NBOME at nbome.org |
| ECFMG certification (international medical graduates) | ECFMG at ecfmg.org |
| IMLC Compact application | IMLC Commission at imlcc.org |
| ABMS specialty board certification | The relevant member board (e.g. ABIM, ABFM, ABS) listed at abms.org |
| Medical malpractice claim | State court — retain a medical malpractice attorney. State bar lawyer-referral panel. |
| Federal Medicare/Medicaid fraud report | HHS-OIG Hotline at oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud · 1-800-HHS-TIPS |
| Adverse drug or medical device event | FDA MedWatch at fda.gov/safety/medwatch |
| Background check for employment / tenant / credit | A licensed FCRA-compliant CRA (we are not one) |
| Medical advice or symptom evaluation | A licensed physician — not us. For emergencies, 911 or Poison Control 1-800-222-1222. |
| Crisis or mental-health support | 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline · 1-800-799-7233 Domestic Violence · 1-800-656-4673 RAINN |
How We Operate
state-medical-board.org/ is a digital-only publication. We don't have a physical office open to the public, do not accept walk-in visitors, and do not publish a postal address for general correspondence. Email is the way to reach us. We do not monitor email 24/7 — for emergencies, use the resources at the top of this page.
What We Won’t Engage With
- Abusive, threatening, or harassing messages — these are not acted on and may be reported to authorities
- “Disciplinary record removal” demands tied to payment — we do not host disciplinary records, and pay-to-remove operations are predatory
- Bulk SEO outreach, link-insertion requests, “guest post” pitches not relevant to our editorial focus
- Requests to remove factual statements about a state board, federal agency, or commercial vendor that are accurate and properly sourced
- Specific patient-care complaints — those go to the state board, not to us
- FCRA-permissible-purpose background-check requests — those go to a licensed CRA
- Hospital credentialing queries — those go to NPDB
- Requests to provide medical advice, second opinions, or treatment recommendations
- Generic marketing emails, sales pitches, and unsolicited proposals not specific to our work
Ready to Send Us a Message?
Pick the right subject line, include the page URL and any supporting documentation, and we’ll respond within the time stated for that channel. For medical emergencies — see the resources at the top of this page.
📧 info@state-medical-board.org