Details, Instructions and Tips on Searching for a Disciplined Physician

Fraud Alert

Please be cautious of fraud related to the New York State Department of Health’s OPMC oversight process

The Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) has oversight of complaints about physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants and monitors practitioners who are subject to orders of the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct. Some physicians have reported being contacted by scammers.

These individuals pretend they are from the DOH, identify a threat to their professional license such as a suspension and then place pressure to act immediately to resolve the threat with monetary compensation.

We encourage you to proceed with extreme caution and here are some suggestions:

  1. DOH never asks for credit card payment over the telephone or a wire transfer from a retail establishment such as Western Union.
  2. Please secure all personal and financial information in response to unexpected requests and reach out to someone you trust to discuss further.
  3. A legitimate contact from DOH will include contact information so you can respond to phone calls or letters; contact information for the DOH; a complete return mailing address; a specific explanation for why it was sent and an explanation of your rights.
  4. Contact information for the Office of Professional Medical Conduct can be located on the DOH website at OPMC Contact Us.
  5. If you have been contacted by a spammer, please report to your local law enforcement or the Federal Trade Commission.

Your search may give you the following information

Statements of Charges

Effective November 3, 2008, in certain conditions, charges in future professional discipline matters may be made public. Please Note: that in some instances these charges are only allegations which may be contested by the licensee in an administrative hearing. In other cases, the licensee did not contest the charges.

Hearing Committee Decision

Decision by the Hearing Committee of the Board for Professional Medical Conduct. The Hearing Committee determines whether or not the physician or physician assistant engaged in misconduct, and, if so, the penalty to be imposed.

Appeals Board Decision

If either party appeals the decision of the Hearing Committee, it is reviewed by the Administrative Review Board of the Board for Professional Medical Conduct. This is the final decision of the Board and supersedes the Hearing Committee. The licensee may appeal either decision in the court system and that decision will be shown as well.

Search Instructions

This website contains public documents pertaining to physician and physician assistant disciplinary actions. If you are checking on your physician, physician assistant or specialist assistant, press the "PHYSICIAN SEARCH" button located on the Physician Search site.

Other Views:

To the left, under List By there are other options for viewing information. If you click on one of those options, the entire list of disciplinary actions will be sorted in various ways:

Physician

Alpha list of all disciplinary actions by physician or PA last name

License #

All disciplinary actions in order by license number

License Type

All disciplinary actions by type of license (physician or PA)

Effective Date

All disciplinary actions and statements of charges by effective date

Tips

  • Searching for a physician by name requires an entry in the "Last Name" field. The "First Name" field is optional

Searching Tip

  • Unsure of the spelling of the last name? Simply enter the first few letters of the last name followed by an asterisk and the search will return all physicians or PAs with names beginning with those letters.

Advanced Searching Tips

  • Feel free to use wild cards in either of these fields. A "?" represents exactly one character, while "*" represents any number of characters - including none. For example, A?r can represent Air or Aer. A*r will also return Air and Aer, but will also give you Adler, Alexander, and At.
  • You can also combine both types of wild cards, increasing the flexibility of your search. A?t*l can mean Actual, Artoll, and Actuarial, but not Atoll