Weighing an Atlanta care offer

Look up the person, then read the record.

Request the person’s full name, their role in care and the details of their professional licence. Use the Georgia board for that role.

A search can feel awkward the first time. It helps to have the name in writing. When the record and the service’s details differ, request an explanation from the service.

Doctors and physician assistants

Physician assistants work in health care with a doctor providing supervision.

You can check doctors’ and physician assistants’ licences at no charge through Georgia’s medical board, as recorded on September 28, 2026.

That record includes licence status and public board orders, as recorded on September 28, 2026.

A public order is a formal action the board has made public. Read any linked record rather than guessing what a short label means.

The absence of public board action in a record cannot tell you whether someone provides good care.

Open Georgia’s medical licence lookup

Nurses and nurse practitioners

The Georgia nursing board links to the state’s free licence search, as recorded on September 28, 2026.

A Georgia nurse practitioner’s authority to prescribe also depends, as of September 28, 2026, on a written agreement with a doctor that the medical board has reviewed.

Ask who the supervising doctor is and how the prescribing agreement can be checked. This is a separate question from the nurse’s licence.

Open Georgia’s nursing board page