Verify a District of Columbia Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license

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How District of Columbia Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license verification works

A Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) in District of Columbia is licensed by the DC Dental Board. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: license_number name license_type status issued expires temp_issued temp_expires city from_state actions.

Board note: DC Board of Dentistry on the DC Health portal: DENTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, DENTAL ASSISTANT levels I-III (teaching licences DENTIST/HYGIENIST - TEACH - CODA/NON CODA do not satisfy a full-licence claim).

What a Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a District of Columbia Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "DC", "profession": "dental_assistant", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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