Verify a Iowa Psychologist license
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How Iowa Psychologist license verification works
A Psychologist in Iowa is licensed by the IA Behavioral Health / Counseling & Social Work Boards. 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 board license_type status previous_status expires issued disciplinary_action city.
Board note: DIAL Professional Licensure portal (ibplrest): Social Work (lcsw = Independent Level, lmsw = Masters Level), Behavioral Science (lpc = Mental Health Counselor, lmft, bcba = Behavior Analyst), Psychology. lada (alcohol & drug counselor) is a certification outside DIAL — not covered.
What a Psychologist 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 Psychologist 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.
PSYPACT and multistate Psychologist licenses
Psychologist licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the PSYPACT. When the Iowa record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.
Verify a Iowa Psychologist license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "IA", "profession": "psychologist", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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