Panama — Health Worker & Medical Professional Verification (MINSA / Consejo Técnico de Salud)

Validates and retrieves registration details for physicians, specialists, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and medical technologists in Panama. Queries can be executed by Cédula (documentNumber or cedula) or by Full Name (fullName).

The verification checks official registries maintained by the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud — MINSA) and the Technical Health Council (Consejo Técnico de Salud), returning professional standing, category, position, institution, and start date.

• National Coverage: Covers public health institutions, medical personnel, and licensed professionals throughout the Republic of Panama.
• Multi-Profession Identification: Identifies general practitioners, medical specialists, odontologists, registered nurses, and pharmacy personnel.
• Identity Consistency: Validates official Panamanian Cédula formats (standard X-XXX-XXXX and padded X-XXXX-XXXXX).

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API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/pa/health-worker

(Also available via alias https://api.verifik.co/v2/pa/medical-professional)

Headers

Name	Value
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
cedula	string	Conditional	Panamanian Cédula (e.g. 8-224-2444 or 8-0224-02444). Required if fullName is omitted.
documentNumber	string	Conditional	Alias for cedula. Standard document number parameter.
documentType	string	No	Document type: CEDULA (default) or CCPA.
fullName	string	Conditional	Full name of the health professional (minimum 3 characters). Required if document number is omitted.
force	boolean	No	Bypass recent lookup cache and trigger fresh verification.

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Request

Node.js / JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  url: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/pa/health-worker",
  params: {
    documentNumber: "8-224-2444",
    documentType: "CEDULA"
  },
  headers: {
    Accept: "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
  }
};

const response = await axios.request(options);
console.log(response.data);

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.verifik.co/v2/pa/health-worker"
params = {
    "documentNumber": "8-224-2444",
    "documentType": "CEDULA"
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

Response

200 (Success)

{
  "data": {
    "cedula": "8-224-2444",
    "cedulaPadded": "8-0224-02444",
    "documentType": "CEDULA",
    "documentNumber": "8-224-2444",
    "fullName": "LOURDES N SUAREZ",
    "position": "MEDICO ESPECIALISTA I",
    "professionCategory": "MÉDICO ESPECIALISTA",
    "entity": "MINISTERIO DE SALUD DE PANAMÁ (MINSA)",
    "startDate": "14-01-1993",
    "contractStatus": "PERMANENTE",
    "isHealthWorker": true,
    "isActive": true,
    "totalRegistrations": 1,
    "registrations": [
      {
        "cedula": "8-224-2444",
        "cedulaPadded": "8-0224-02444",
        "fullName": "LOURDES N SUAREZ",
        "position": "MEDICO ESPECIALISTA I",
        "professionCategory": "MÉDICO ESPECIALISTA",
        "entity": "MINISTERIO DE SALUD DE PANAMÁ (MINSA)",
        "employeeNumber": "42080",
        "startDate": "14-01-1993",
        "contractStatus": "PERMANENTE",
        "status": "ACTIVO",
        "source": "Ministerio de Salud de Panamá (MINSA) - Registro Oficial de Personal de Salud"
      }
    ],
    "checkedSources": [
      "MINSA_PANAMA_REGISTRO_PERSONAL_SALUD",
      "CONSEJO_TECNICO_SALUD_PANAMA"
    ],
    "valid": true
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "November 4, 2026 8:00 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

404 (Not Found)

{
  "code": "NotFound",
  "message": "Health worker record not found for the provided identifier."
}

409 (Missing Parameter)

{
  "code": "MissingParameter",
  "message": "Either cedula (documentNumber) or fullName is required."
}

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Notes

• Use either cedula / documentNumber or fullName per query.
• Panamanian cédula numbers are accepted in hyphenated (8-224-2444), zero-padded (8-0224-02444), or raw digit format.
• In sandbox mode (isSandbox), use test cédulas 8-224-2444 (Médico Especialista) or 8-222-1461 (Odontólogo).