The verification of a professional's license can be emailed or mailed to a requestor using the
A license number is needed for this request. There is no charge for this service. Simply fill in all required fields and select whether you want the verification emailed or mailed.
This site is a primary source for verification of license credentials.
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Business Standards Division, presents Licensee Lookup information as a service to the public. The Division relies upon information provided by licensees to be true and correct, as required by statute. It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a licensee knowingly to provide erroneous information to the Division.
The Department of Labor and Industry makes no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content of this website. Assessing the accuracy and reliability of information obtained from this website is solely the responsibility of the user. If you have questions regarding information found within this Licensee Lookup website, please contact the specific licensing board directly.
Please note that some disciplinary actions against licensees may not appear immediately on the website. Appeals, effective dates of orders and other administrative processes may delay posting on the website. Please contact the specific licensing board directly if you require discipline information that occurred prior to July 1, 1996.
A mailing list of licensees by license type may be downloaded and purchased through the Business Standards Division Licensee Lookup Portal Please note: There are not email or phone numbers in the list. There is a cost for the list.
This website tab was previously listed as the Professional Licensees List. It was renamed to help end users.
Per page | $0.35. (Staff time spent on copying is included in the per-page charge.) |
Records recalled from offsite storage | Actual cost |
Staff time to prepare materials for copying | $17.83 per hour1 |
If the request is for an extraordinarily large volume of printed material, the Department may have copies made by Print and Mail Services. | Actual cost |
1Based on mid-point 2016 salary survey for Band 3 Administrative Assistant
Staff time for copying electronic files | $17.83 per hour after first half hour1 |
Electronic media | Actual cost |
Mainframe and mid-tier processing charges, including processing time, transmission time, and report writing charges | Actual cost |
1Based on mid-point 2016 salary survey for Band 3 Administrative Assistant
Legal review and/or redaction of information | $66.26 per hour after first half hour2 |
2Based on mid-point 2016 salary survey for Band 8 Attorney
Custom computer programming by non-SITSD employee | $31.95 per hour after first half hour3 |
Research and/or analysis whether involving paper or electronic records | $30.38 per hour after first half hour4 |
E-mail export | $127.78/hour |
Other State Information Technology Services Division services | At cost per rate schedule. See http://sitsdservicecatalog.mt.gov/Services |
3Based on mid-point 2016 salary survey for Band 6 Computer Programmer
4Based on mid-point 2016 salary survey for Band 6 Management Analyst
Our services are available through remote delivery. We are available to assist customers through our online public portal at EBIZ.MT.GOV/POL (Professional and Occupational Licenses) and EBIZ.MT.GOV (for Permits). For other services, please contact us via email at DLIBSDWEBHELP@MT.GOV or by phone (406) 841-2300.
Be aware that there are scams that specifically target licensees.
Fraudsters may pretend to be government employees, claiming that there is a problem with your professional license or that they have questions about your practice.
In some cases they find publicly available license information, such as your name, and then call your place of business pretending to be licensing board staff, attempting to elicit personally identifiable information.
Department of Labor and Industry employees will never threaten you for information or promise a benefit in exchange for personal information or money.
We may call you in some situations, but will never do the following over the phone:
The following scenarios should raise suspicion:
Learn more about fraud prevention and reporting at https://dojmt.gov/consumer/identity-theft/
HB 210 (2021) sponsored by the Montana Speech-Language Hearing Association (MSHA) was passed by the Legislature during the 2021 Session. Under this bill there is no longer registration for unlicensed speech-language pathology or audiology aides. To be clear, there will be no aide registration this year or in any subsequent years since the board no longer has authority to require registration of unlicensed aides under this new statute that takes effect on 10/1/21.
The other main piece of HB 210 is the creation of speech-language pathology and audiology assistant licenses. The board is currently working on rules to implement these new license types. The original timeline would have allowed individuals to begin applying for assistant licenses toward the end of the December 2021. However, as was recently discovered and discussed by the board at its meeting the morning of 9/13/21, there is in fact no appropriate assistant licensing exam available for all potential applicants to the requirements of Montana's new statutes under HB 210. Therefore, the board will need to go out for bid in order to find a contractor to write and administer an appropriate licensing exam which likely means the assistant licenses will not be available until Fall 2022.
One final note with regard to billing practices and regulations. Laws pertaining to billing, including private insurance and Medicare and Medicaid are still outside the board's jurisdiction and regulatory authority just as they were prior to the passage of HB 210. As a licensee you are expected to comply with other state and federal laws that pertain to your scope of practice. However, it is not this board that regulates those specific areas so if you have questions regarding billing and unlicensed individuals working under the supervisor of a licensee you could trying contacting the Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for more information. You could also try contacting your state and/or national professional association(s) to see if they have any recommendations regarding resources.
If you would like to stay current on the board's progress to implement assistant licenses you can request to be added to the board's interested parties list. Those on the interested parties list receive all board meeting agendas and notices of all proposed rulemaking. E-mail questions and/or your request to be added to the list to dlibsdhelp@mt.gov. You can also check the board's website at https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/speech-language-pathologists/. Recordings of board meetings, including the 9/13/21 meeting, can also be found on the website.