Authority and scope
Check the professional and concern
The Board expressly regulates MDs, DOs, resident physicians, and physician assistants. Its complaint route also covers genetic counselors and naturopathic doctors. Nurses and healthcare facilities have different regulators.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗
How the official source says to file
- Use the complaint form linked at the bottom of the official Filing a Complaint page. Identify the specific conduct and its dates; include each practitioner involved. A legal citation is helpful if known, but the page asks foremost for the facts.
- The Board says complaints must be written and cannot be filed by telephone. Anyone may report concerns, including on someone else’s behalf.
- Complete the linked Release of Information and email it to the Board using the address supplied on the complaint page. The Board may need relevant medical records. The release and downstream intake fields were not independently inspected.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗NDBOM: public FAQs ↗
What this route may not provide
The Board can restrict, suspend, or revoke a license and require retraining or treatment. It cannot award damages, mandate reimbursement, resolve insurance or contract disputes, represent you in a lawsuit, or require a clinician to provide different treatment.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗NDBOM: public FAQs ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
The FAQ strongly discourages anonymous complaints and says a complainant’s name is required in most cases. Complaints and investigation materials remain confidential; formal charges and final discipline may become public. The Board obtains the licensee’s response, so do not interpret confidentiality as a promise that the clinician cannot identify the patient.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗NDBOM: public FAQs ↗
Board FAQ states no filing time limit; prompt reporting encouraged
The Board’s public FAQ says there is no complaint filing time limit, but older incidents can be difficult to investigate. A guaranteed processing period was not established. This Board guidance does not determine deadlines for court claims.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: public FAQs ↗
What may happen after filing
Staff acknowledge receipt and investigate for an Investigative Panel, obtaining the licensee’s response, records, and expert opinion when appropriate. The panel may seek more information, dismiss, issue a confidential concern letter, or bring formal disciplinary proceedings. The complainant and licensee are informed of the decision.
Supporting guidance: NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, then add a short chronology, best supporting records, factual consequences, and a specific request for review.
Read the linked authority and process information ↗
Sources and scope
NDBOM: Filing a Complaint ↗
Read through a public HTTP request: current MD/DO/PA jurisdiction, filing and release instructions, remedies and panel process.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
NDBOM: public FAQs ↗
Written reports, anonymity limitations, filing timing and confidentiality.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Source check: September 19, 2026. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.