Verify a credential
Enter the credential number exactly as it appears on the document. The register answers for that one number.
What a verification does and does not establish
A confirmed result means the number matches a credential record and reports its current status, term and program. It confirms the record.
It does not confirm the person. Anyone can quote a number that belongs to someone else. If identity matters to your decision, check it separately — a credential number is not an identity document.
It also does not describe competence beyond the scope shown. A credential attests that its holder met a certifying body’s requirements at a point in time, within a defined scope. Read the scope before relying on it.
Why “no match” is not proof of anything
Publication is optional and off by default. A credential holder chooses whether their record appears in the public register, and many decline for ordinary privacy reasons.
So an unmatched number has at least three explanations the register deliberately cannot tell apart: it was mistyped, it was never issued, or its holder did not consent to public listing. Distinguishing them would leak whether someone holds a credential they chose to keep private, which would make the privacy choice worthless.
Treat an unmatched number as not confirmed here. If you need certainty, ask the holder to obtain confirmation from the certifying body directly.
One number at a time, by design
There is no name search and no browsable list of credential holders. A register that answers “who is certified?” is a directory of people, and publishing one would expose every holder to anyone curious enough to page through it.
This register answers a narrower question: is the number I was given valid? That is the question a verifier actually has, and answering only that keeps the register useful without turning it into a lookup service.