Checkr’s Professional License Verifications offer pre- and post-hire screenings that deliver comprehensive visibility into the status of a current license holder. In order to get a licensed professional on the job, customers need peace of mind that they are meeting required regulatory minimums. Checkr provides comprehensive screening abilities that enable compliant pre-hire processes for licensed professionals. Checkr also offers continuous monitoring for ongoing post-hire compliance visibility, which provides customers with peace of mind that their employees maintain compliance and licensure does not lapse during their terms of employment.

Automated, ongoing monitoring by Checkr provides historical records with screenshots and proactive alerts of license expirations, disciplinary events or other adverse actions to ensure accurate and timely compliance.

Customers can rely on Checkr and our partners to accurately, effectively, and efficiently verify and monitor critical and represented licenses across a wide variety of certifying organizations, including nursing, IT certifications, therapists, engineers, architects, accountants and other licensing agencies.

Checkr supports professional license verifications across a broad range of states and certifying organizations.

Supported license types include:

• Coast Guard
• Contractors
• Financial
• Freelancers
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Pharmaceutical
• Professional Services
• Technology
• Transportation

Please work with your Checkr Customer Success manager for a complete list of available certifying organizations and the states in which they are supported.

Verification status returns

Checkr returns the following status values for Professional License Verifications.

If your candidate provides license information, the screening will complete as one of the following:

• Clear: The provided licensing information was verified.
• Consider: The provided licensing information was not found, expired, suspended, or revoked.

If your candidate indicates that they do not have a professional license, the screening will complete, and will display a status of Consider.

If your candidate enters a license which isn't supported by Checkr, Checkr will post a message to them during the Checkr Hosted Apply Flow. The screening will be Suspended, and Checkr will contact you to understand why the candidate's license wasn't supported.

Candidate Experience

Professional License Verifications may be run as a standalone Check.

Candidates will be asked to select the state in which they are licensed, whether the license is held by their business or in their own name, and the certifying organization from a customer-defined list of organizations. They are then asked to enter their license number.

They will then be presented and asked to acknowledge receipt of applicable forms and notifications, including Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and an Acknowledgement and Authorization for Background Check.

After the candidate consents, Checkr will initiate the verification process.

If you've applied for a job and are looking for more information on your background check’s status or progress, please log into the Checkr Candidate Portal.