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Prosecutors (Federal, State and Local)
Federal, state and local prosecutors are required to register for and report to the NPDB under federal law. Their NPDB reporting requirements are described on the linked pages below. Registered federal, state, and local prosecutors have the ability to access information from the NPDB in certain circumstances.
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If you or your office is not already registered to query and report to the NPDB, you may begin the registration process by going to the Register Your Organization page and selecting Start a New Registration.
Refer to our Reporting Health Care Related Criminal Convictions and Civil Judgments infographics for a visual guide to what information attorneys must report to the NPDB. Our Judgment or Conviction Reporting information page contains details about your responsibilities for reporting state health care-related prosecutions and civil judgments to the NPDB. You may also expand and collapse summaries of when to report criminal convictions and civil judgment, below.
Federal or State Prosecutors in Criminal Cases
A criminal conviction against a health care practitioner, provider, or supplier is reportable to the NPDB when it is related to the delivery of a health care item or service and includes:
- A conviction entered against the individual or entity in a Federal, state, or local court, regardless of whether there is an appeal pending or whether the conviction or other record relating to criminal conduct has been expunged.
- A finding of guilt against the individual or entity in a federal, state, or local court.
- A plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the individual or entity accepted by a federal, state, or local court.
- A case when the individual or entity has entered into participation in a first offender, deferred adjudication, or other arrangement or program where judgment or conviction has been withheld.
- Health care-related injunctions also must be reported.
Federal or State Attorneys in Civil Cases
A civil judgment against a health care practitioner, provider, or supplier is reportable to the NPDB regardless of whether the judgment is on appeal, when it is related to the delivery of a health care item or service. For multi-party suits:
- A government agency in a multi-party suit must report the entire action, including all amounts awarded to all claimants, both public and private.
- If a government agency is not a party, but there are multiple health plan claimants, the health plan with the largest award must report the total action for all parties.
Reports in the National Practitioner Data Bank are records of actions taken by authorized organizations regarding health care practitioners, entities, providers, and suppliers who do not meet professional standards. Reports are permanently stored in the NPDB unless modified or removed by the organization that submitted the report. For more information, please visit our Reporting to the NPDB page.
The NPDB makes available step-by-step instructions on How to Submit Reports related to both criminal convictions and health care-related civil judgments. Generally, reporting to the NPDB by federal prosecutors is handled through the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA). State and local prosecutors are responsible for submitting their respective reports to the NPDB, pursuant to federal regulations.
