Ohio Licensing Board Guides
Every professional license we verify traces back to one of 24 Ohio licensing boards and state programs. Each guide below explains who the board licenses, who should be verifying those licenses, and what to watch for — written by us specifically for Ohio.
Healthcare & Medical
Ohio Board of Nursing
The Ohio Board of Nursing regulates the largest licensed workforce in the state — well over 300,000 nurses and related credential holders. If you hire…
Read the guide →State Medical Board of Ohio
The State Medical Board of Ohio licenses physicians (MD and DO), physician assistants, and several allied professions. Its public records are the auth…
Read the guide →Ohio Board of Pharmacy
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy licenses pharmacists and pharmacy interns and — uniquely among Ohio boards — also licenses the facilities that handle dange…
Read the guide →Ohio State Dental Board
The Ohio State Dental Board licenses dentists, dental hygienists, and expanded-function dental assistants, and regulates everything from anesthesia pe…
Read the guide →Ohio State Chiropractic Board
The Ohio State Chiropractic Board licenses doctors of chiropractic and registers chiropractic assistants. Verification is a routine step for insurers,…
Read the guide →Ohio OTPTAT Board (OT, PT & Athletic Trainers)
The Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers (OTPTAT) Board licenses three distinct rehabilitation professions plus their as…
Read the guide →Ohio Vision Professionals Board
The Ohio Vision Professionals Board licenses optometrists and dispensing opticians. It covers the full spectrum of routine eye care outside of surgica…
Read the guide →Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board
The Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board licenses speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing-aid fitters. Schools, hospitals, and …
Read the guide →Behavioral & Mental Health
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board
The CSWMFT Board licenses Ohio’s talk-therapy professions: professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, each with inde…
Read the guide →Ohio Board of Psychology
The Ohio Board of Psychology licenses psychologists and independently practicing school psychologists. Psychologist verification is routine in forensi…
Read the guide →Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board
The Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board credentials the addiction-treatment workforce: chemical dependency counselors at several tiers, plus …
Read the guide →Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) certifies behavioral-health programs and credentials certain workforce roles th…
Read the guide →Design, Construction & Engineering
Ohio Architects Board
The Ohio Architects Board licenses architects, and the associated Landscape Architects Board licenses landscape architects. If a set of building plans…
Read the guide →Ohio Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
This Board registers Ohio’s professional engineers and professional surveyors — the credentials behind every sealed engineering drawing and boundary s…
Read the guide →Ohio Division of Industrial Compliance — Elevator Licensing
Ohio’s Division of Industrial Compliance licenses the people and companies who install, maintain, and inspect elevators and related conveyances. Build…
Read the guide →Ohio Department of Commerce — Manufactured Homes Program
Ohio’s Manufactured Homes Program, under the Department of Commerce, licenses the dealers who sell manufactured homes and the installers who set them.…
Read the guide →Personal & Consumer Services
Ohio State Cosmetology and Barber Board
The Ohio State Cosmetology and Barber Board licenses the beauty and grooming professions — cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and nail technicians…
Read the guide →Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
The Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors licenses funeral professionals and the funeral homes, embalming facilities, and crematories they ope…
Read the guide →Ohio Motor Vehicle Repair Board
The Ohio Motor Vehicle Repair Board oversees registration of collision-repair operators and related motor-vehicle businesses. Consumers and insurers u…
Read the guide →Business, Finance & Trade
Accountancy Board of Ohio
The Accountancy Board of Ohio licenses certified public accountants and registers public accounting firms. The CPA credential carries legal authority …
Read the guide →Ohio Casino Control Commission
The Ohio Casino Control Commission licenses the people who work in Ohio’s casinos — from dealers to executives — and regulates the gaming industry, in…
Read the guide →Ohio Department of Agriculture — Auctioneer Program
Ohio licenses auctioneers, apprentice auctioneers, and auction companies through a program administered by the Department of Agriculture. Anyone consi…
Read the guide →Agriculture, Environment & Public Safety
Ohio Department of Health — Environmental Health Specialists
Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHS, historically "registered sanitarians") are the professionals behind restaurant inspections, water-s…
Read the guide →Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board
The Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board licenses veterinarians and registers veterinary technicians. Pet owners, farmers, and the practices themse…
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