Provider Credential or Facility Search

March Freeze: All licensing and credentialing systems will be frozen and upgraded between March 18 and March 24. Renew today to avoid delays.
In March 2026, the Department of Health will be updating the Provider Credential Search, Facility Search, and Construction Review Search tools as part of the HELMS Project. The searches will all be available on a single page, receive a new visual look and feel, and include user enhancements. Public access to the data in these searches will not change. More information on these upgrades is available below the links.

If you would like high-volume or frequent provider credential information, please consider using Washington’s Open Data Portal. The Open Data Portal uses the same source information as Provider Credential Search, but it also supports searching, categorizing, and downloading of data from public datasets daily. Please do not use tools to scrape or mine data from Provider Credential Search or other DOH search tools; this slows the system and can cause outages.

You may search using a credential number, individual name or business name.

The Washington State Department of Health presents this information as a service to the public. This site provides true and correct copies of legal disciplinary actions taken after July 1998, unless prohibited by law. These records are considered certified by the Department of Health.

HELMS Release 3 Public Search Upgrades 

The searches will be available during the credentialing freeze that precedes the final launch of the HELMS Project in March (March 19-24). Information from searches conducted during the freeze will not be updated until the systems come back online on the day of the launch, March 24, 2026. 

The upgrades to the searches will include:  

  • Fewer required fields for broad searches, more options to narrow your search  
  • Multiple searches available on one page  
  • Provider details pages will include credential-specific information like endorsements and their open and closed enforcement case count.  
  • Educational Programs (TRNG credentials) will now be searchable.  

What will not be impacted in these upgrades:  

  • The source data remains the same  
  • The public will have the same level of access   
  • Users searching for nursing credentials (ARNP, RN, LPN) should still refer to NURSYS as their primary tool  
  • Users searching for Home Care Aide (HMCC) credentials still need to use the exact match tool in accordance with RCW 42.56.640.  
  • Searching will still require CAPTCHA to prevent automated software from mining the data  
  • High-volume searching is available through the Open Data Portal and will not be impacted  

The website addresses will be redirected to the updated searches; there is no need to update your saved links or bookmarks at this time. 

For more information about these updates, we invite you to attend one of our HELMS R3 Open Information Sessions. Please register at the link below. Registration is required and attendance is limited to 500 people per session. 

  • Thursday, March 5 from 12 - 12:45 p.m. PT 
  • Wednesday, March 11 from 8 - 8:45 p.m. PT 
  • Tuesday, March 17 from 4 - 4:45 p.m. PT 

Please contact our Customer Service Center at 360-236-4700 for information about actions before July 1998.

The information on this site comes directly from our database and is updated daily.

This site is a primary source for verification of credentials.

News releases about disciplinary actions taken against Washington State healthcare providers, agencies or facilities are on the agency's Newsroom webpage.

Disclaimer

The absence of information in the Provider Credential Search system doesn't imply any recommendation, endorsement or guarantee of competence of any healthcare professional. The presence of information in this system doesn't imply a provider isn't competent or qualified to practice. The reader is encouraged to carefully evaluate any information found on this site.

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