# New York Professional License Scraper (OP) (`scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper`) Actor
Verify New York licensed professionals from the NYS Office of the Professions. Search 90+ professions (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, engineers, accountants) by name or license number. Get name, profession, license number, status, registration dates, city and state.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/ny-professions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $6.15 / 1,000 results
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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# README
## New York Professional License Scraper (OP)
> Verify and extract New York State licensed professional records by name or license number, across more than 90 licensed professions including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, engineers, accountants and dentists
**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples)**
90+ professions covered
Live status and registration dates
JSON / CSV / Excel output formats
### Who is it for
| Use case | Who benefits |
|---|---|
| Confirm a professional holds an active New York license before hiring or contracting | Employers, hospitals and staffing agencies |
| Build targeted outreach lists by profession, status and city | Sales and lead generation teams |
| Verify licenses and registration dates in bulk for onboarding | Credentialing, compliance and HR teams |
| Enrich CRM and vendor records with a clean profession, status and location | Health-tech, insurance and B2B data teams |
| Map professional supply by profession and location across New York | Market researchers and workforce analysts |
### Frequently Asked Questions
**Which professions are covered?**\
More than 90 licensed professions regulated by the New York State Office of the Professions, including doctors and physician assistants, registered and practical nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, dentists and dental hygienists, engineers and land surveyors, architects, certified public accountants, psychologists, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, veterinarians and many more. Pick one profession, or search across all of them.
**Can I search by license number?**\
Yes. Enter the license number as the query and pick the matching profession, and the actor resolves the exact licensee with full status and registration details.
**How do I search for a common last name?**\
Choose a specific profession for common names. A single profession returns fast and reliably. Searching every profession at once works best for less common names.
**What does the status field tell me?**\
It reports the current registration status of the license, such as Registered, Inactive or Not Registered, together with the date the current registration runs through, so you can confirm whether a professional is currently registered to practice.
**What happens when a field has no value?**\
Fields that do not apply are returned as null and are never invented. Details such as school or additional qualifications are included only when they are published for that licensee.
### Example use cases
Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:
- [New York Licensed Doctors (Physicians) Named Patel](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-licensed-doctors-named-patel): Look up New York State licensed physicians with the surname Patel, including license number, city, registration status and dates.
- [New York Registered Nurses (RN) Named Smith](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-registered-nurses-named-smith): Find New York State registered nurses named Smith with license number, city, registration status and registered-through date.
- [New York Licensed Pharmacists Named Patel](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-licensed-pharmacists-named-patel): Search New York State licensed pharmacists with the surname Patel, including license number, city and registration status.
- [New York Licensed Dentists Named Kim](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-licensed-dentists-named-kim): Look up New York State licensed dentists named Kim with license number, city, registration status and dates.
- [New York Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) Named Williams](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-practical-nurses-lpn-named-williams): Find New York State licensed practical nurses (LPN) named Williams with license number, city and registration status.
- [New York Licensed Physician Assistants Named Nguyen](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-physician-assistants-named-nguyen): Search New York State licensed physician assistants named Nguyen with license number, city and registration details.
- [New York Licensed Physical Therapists Named Brown](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-physical-therapists-named-brown): Look up New York State licensed physical therapists named Brown, including license number, city and registration status.
- [New York Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Named Cohen](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-certified-public-accountants-named-cohen): Find New York State certified public accountants named Cohen with license number, city and registration status.
- [New York Licensed Professional Engineers Named Singh](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-professional-engineers-named-singh): Search New York State licensed professional engineers named Singh with license number, city and registration status.
- [New York Licensed Psychologists Named Miller](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper/examples/ny-licensed-psychologists-named-miller): Look up New York State licensed psychologists named Miller, including license number, city, status and registration dates.
### Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)
Export the scraped data to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, pull it as a **dataset** through the Apify **API**, or wire it into your app with **no code**. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.
For AI agents: this Actor is available on **x402**, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an **MCP** tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about [x402 agentic payments on Apify](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402).
### Related scrapers
Need data from the same space? Here are other scrapers we build and maintain:
- [NPPES NPI Healthcare Provider Data Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/nppes-npi-scraper): Extract US healthcare provider records from the official NPPES NPI Registry, with names, specialty, license and practice contact details.
- [New York Business Entity Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/ny-dos-business-scraper): Search and extract New York business entity records (corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships) with filing details.
- [California State Bar Attorney License Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/california-state-bar-scraper): Verify and extract California attorney records with license status, admission date and contact details.
### More scrapers at scrapers.lat
This actor is built and maintained by [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat), where we publish scrapers for Latin American and US public platforms: real estate, jobs, e-commerce, company registries and government data. Browse the full catalog, see live sample output for each one, or ask us for a custom scraper at [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat).
***
> This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with the New York State Education Department or its Office of the Professions. It accesses only the license verification information that the Office of the Professions publishes as public record. That information concerns real people: use it lawfully and responsibly, respect the source's terms of use and applicable privacy and anti-spam laws, and do not use it to harass any licensee or for any purpose prohibited by law.
# Actor input Schema
## `maxLicensees` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of licensee records to collect. Optional.
## `query` (type: `string`):
A licensee last name (for example smith), a full name (for example smith john), or a license number (digits only, for example 099740). When you enter a license number, also pick a specific profession below so the exact license can be resolved.
## `profession` (type: `string`):
Restrict the search to one licensed profession. Leave as All Professions to search across every profession (best for less common names). A specific profession is required to look up a license number, and makes name searches for common names faster.
## `status` (type: `string`):
Optional. Keep only records whose status contains this text, case-insensitive (for example Registered). Leave empty to keep every status.
## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):
When on (recommended), each matched licensee is enriched with the registration status, the registered-through date, qualifications and school. Turn off for a faster, lighter run that returns only the name, profession, license number, city, state and licensure date from the results list.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"maxLicensees": 10,
"query": "smith",
"profession": "ALL",
"withDetails": true
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
No description
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"maxLicensees": 10,
"query": "smith"
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"maxLicensees": 10,
"query": "smith",
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"maxLicensees": 10,
"query": "smith"
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapers_lat/ny-professions-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/G5sUDDaICU1dR4IAh/builds/mhSba25ebzlMB0dn3/openapi.json