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Self-Query Basics
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Watch the Video (4:07)A Self-Query generates a certified PDF response file listing any reports within the NPDB that match the profile you created. The response details the reports found or states that no matching reports were found based on your own information submitted. Certified Self-Query responses are only available through an annual $3.00 subscription.
To get started, create a personal account and complete your profile. The NPDB will search for reports that match your profile and show you the results for free. The reports include medical malpractice payments, adverse licensure or privileges actions, or judgments and convictions. If you have a report, you can view and respond to it without a subscription.
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How to get a Self-Query response
To complete an Individual Self-Query:
- Select Sign in on the personal account page.
- Sign in with ID.me and complete identity verification.
- Activate your personal account by reviewing and accepting the terms in the Rules of Behavior and Subscriber Agreement.
- Complete profile for your personal account. Be ready to provide:
- State health care license information (if you are licensed)
- Professional schools attended
- Personal Identifiers such as NPI, DEA, FEIN, or UPIN
- Subscribe. For an annual subscription is $3.00 you can access a current certified Self-Query PDF at any time.
- View and download your certified Self-Query PDF. The PDF response file is your personal file to do with as you wish.
The NPDB does not email Self-Query responses and does not send responses to third parties, such as state licensing boards.
After activating your subscription, we provide you with the certified Self-Query response. The Self-Query response can be downloaded to your device and is your personal file to do with as you wish.
Although we encourage all organizations to accept the certified Self-Query response PDF, mailed paper copies are available for an additional fee.
If an organization (e.g., a state licensing board) or employer requests a sealed paper copy of your Self-Query response, do not open the envelope. Include the unopened envelope with the correspondence you send to the organization or employer. You will receive each copy in a separate envelope from the NPDB sent by U.S. Certified First-Class Mail. A signature is required upon delivery. The NPDB will not email Self-Query responses nor mail responses directly to third parties, such as state licensing boards.
The NPDB receives and discloses reports on health care practitioners submitted by authorized organizations as mandated by federal law. These laws determine the types of actions that can or must be reported to the NPDB. A detailed list of reportable actions is available in the NPDB Guidebook.
Self-Query for the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
The NPDB and Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) merged into a single Data Bank in May 2013. All NPDB and HIPDB reports are now consolidated within the NPDB. Your Self-Query response incorporates both HIPDB and NPDB information. A separate HIPDB response is no longer available.
