Written License Verification
The Division of Professional Regulation offers online license verification at no charge. To verify licenses online, click here. The online information comes directly from the division’s licensure database and is current to within a few minutes.
If a written license verification is required, please follow the instructions below. Allow 10 business days for processing your request. Written license verifications include name of licensee, type of license, license status, date of licensure, date of expiration and any disciplinary history.
Nursing
The Division of Professional Regulation provides written license verifications for Nurses only if the verification is for a(n):
- visa screen
- Advanced Practice Nurse license
- Veterans Administration healthcare facility or regional office
If the verification is for one of the purposes listed above, follow the instructions for submitting a written verification request below. For all other situations, please do not submit a written verification request. Instead, print out an online verification or go to www.nursys.com.
Physicians
The Division of Professional Regulation provides written license verifications for Physicians only if the verification is for a Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare facility or regional office. This is because the Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline participates in the verification service provided by VeriDoc, Inc. If you need a verification of your Delaware medical license sent to another state, please click VeriDoc. Verification requests submitted to the Division of Professional Regulation, other than those for the VA, will be rejected.
Submitting Written Verification Request
- Complete a License Verification Request Form for each licensee for whom you are requesting verification.
- Enclose the correct fee payable by check or money order to “State of Delaware”. Cash and credit cards not accepted.
- $20 per license verification requested unless you are requesting a special verification
- $30 per special verification:
- Pharmacy Internship Hours
- Cosmetology and Barbering Exam Scores or School Hours
- Real Estate Licensure History
- Accountancy CPA Exam Scores—for Delaware CPA Certificate or Permit holders only
- Architect Exam Scores
NOTE: If you do not hold a Delaware CPA Certificate or Permit, submit a score verification request to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). For more information, contact NASBA by email at mshin@nasba.org or call (615) 880-4263.
- Mail your form and fee as follows:
[Enter Name of Board or Profession]
Division of Professional Regulation
Cannon Building
861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 203
Dover, DE 19904
Note that we cannot accept:
- faxed or emailed requests
- requests without the required fee!
