At a glance
• To check the status of a licensed professional in Indiana, go to https://mylicense.in.gov and click on “license search.” Fill in as much information as you have, including the person’s name and type of license, then click on “search.”
Indiana’s medical board has the second-worst website compared with its peers nationwide, failing to provide consumers with easily accessible information about disciplined doctors, a new Consumer Reports review found.
A local doctor on Friday promised to address the lack of transparency at the state level.
On a scale of 1 to 100, the Hoosier State scored a 20. Only Mississippi fared worse with a 6.
Indiana licensing officials said they don’t keep track of much of the information sought by the study. Convictions are kept by the criminal justice system, for example, and malpractice payouts are recorded by the Indiana Department of Insurance but not listed on the licensing website.
Consumer Reports worked with the Informed Patient Institute, a nonprofit patient safety organization, to review and rate websites of 65 state medical boards. Some states keep separate listings for medical doctors and osteopaths, who are trained in traditional medicine and to use hands-on techniques to alleviate patient pain.
The top five websites were, in order: California, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and North Carolina.
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