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How we verify doctors
No black box. Here is the exact process every doctor passes before they can see a patient on GeraClinic — a registry check, an identity check, and a cryptographically signed attestation — and an honest account of what it does and doesn’t prove.
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Application & document submission
The doctor applies and submits their medical-council registration number, the country they are registered in, their qualifications, claimed specialties, and government-issued photo ID. At this point the doctor is marked internally as pending — never shown to patients.
Status: verification pending
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Medical-council registry check
Our compliance team checks the submitted registration against the official register of the doctor’s national medical council or licensing board — for example the GMC (UK), BMDC (Bangladesh), PMC (Pakistan), NMC (Nepal), PRC (Philippines) or KMPDC (Kenya). We confirm the registration is current, valid, and not lapsed, suspended, or withdrawn.
Source: the relevant national medical-council register
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Identity verification
We match the registered name to the doctor’s government-issued identity documents, confirming the person who will consult is the person on the registration. This closes the gap a registration number alone leaves open — that someone could borrow a real doctor’s credentials.
Confirms: person = registration
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Credential & specialty review
We review qualifications and the specialty the doctor lists so that what patients see on a profile reflects a real, registered scope of practice rather than a self-declared title.
Confirms: claimed specialty is real
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Signed Gera Vouch attestation
Once the checks pass, the result is recorded by Gera Vouch — Gera’s attestation layer — which produces an Ed25519-signed receipt of what was verified and when. The signature can be checked independently against Gera’s public key. Only now does the doctor move to verified and become visible to patients.
Status: verified · cryptographically attested
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Ongoing re-checks
Verification is re-checked periodically. If a registration lapses, is suspended, or is withdrawn, the doctor automatically loses verified status until it is restored — so the badge reflects current standing, not a one-time event.
Verified status is continuous, not permanent
Honest about scope
Verification is only useful if it’s truthful about its own limits. Here is exactly what our process does and does not establish:
- We confirm a doctor is registered and is who they say they are — at the time of verification and on re-check.
- We do not adjudicate clinical quality, predict outcomes, or endorse individual treatment decisions.
- We are not a medical regulator and we do not replace one — the national council remains the authority.
- A Gera Vouch receipt is proof that the diligence was done; it is not insurance, indemnity, or a clinical guarantee.
- If we cannot confirm a registration, the doctor is not verified — we never guess or assume.
Ready to consult a verified doctor?
Every doctor you can see on GeraClinic has been through every step above.