For osteopathic doctors, call 800 621-1773, ext. Disciplinary Actions For negative information about a doctor, you'll have to look elsewhere. The primary sources are the state medical boards, which investigate patients' complaints and may discipline doctors by suspending or revoking their licenses. You can learn whether a doctor had problems with licensing and disciplinary actions by calling or writing your state's medical board. If you call, be prepared to wait on hold for several minutes or more.
Some states also charge for copies of files.
It compiles discipline reports from medical boards in all 50 states. Information in the most recent edition is now nearly two years old. You can check both your doctor's AMA listing and state disciplinary records at one time by purchasing a report from Medi-Net, a new California company that promises information on every licensed U.S. doctor. Medi-Net has licensed the AMA database and supplements it with disciplinary records from all the states as well as several Federal agencies. That can take some time.