Account Administration
The NPDB's account administration tools help Data Bank administrators and users create and maintain a practitioner (subject) database, maintain credit cards, update profile information, manage notification preferences, and manage user IDs and passwords.
The Role of the Data Bank Administrator
A Data Bank administrator for an organization is responsible for creating and maintaining user accounts for all individuals in the organization who are querying or reporting.
The Role of the NPDB User
The main role of NPDB users is to query and report; however, they also perform some administrative functions in maintaining and managing their own accounts.
Administrator Tools
User Tools
Administrator vs. User Privileges
Privilege | Data Bank Administrators | NPDB Users |
---|---|---|
Query, Report, and View Query/Report Responses | Yes* |
Yes See: About Querying, About Reporting |
Maintain Electronic Notice of Action Preferences (State Boards Only) | Yes See: Update Profile Information |
No |
Create User Accounts | Yes | No |
Edit and Delete User Accounts | Yes See: Update Profile Information |
No |
Update (Your Own) User Account | Yes See: Update Profile Information |
Yes |
Create, Edit, and Delete Passwords | Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords |
No |
Reset Active or Expired Passwords | Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords |
Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords |
Reset Forgotten Passwords | Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords |
Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords |
View NPDB Correspondence | Yes | Yes |
Maintain IQRS Credit Cards | Yes See: Maintain Credit Cards |
No |
Authorize Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) | Yes | No |
Maintain Agent Information and Relationships | Yes See: About Authorized Agents, Designate an Authorized Agent, Find an Authorized Agent, Deactivate an Authorized Agent |
No |
Maintain Notification Preferences | Yes See: About Notification Preferences |
Yes See: About Notification Preferences |
View Historical Queries and Reports | Yes* | Yes |
Enroll and manage practitioners in Continuous Query | Yes* | Yes See: Renew a Continuous Query Enrollment, Update a Practitioner Profile in Continuous Query, Cancel a Continuous Query Enrollment |
Activate Continuous Query | Yes See: Activate Continuous Query |
No |
View Billing History | Yes* | Yes See: View Billing History |
Create and Maintain Practitioner Database | Yes* | Yes See: About Practitioner Database, Create and Maintain a Practitioner Database |
Renew Registration | Yes See: Renew Registration |
No |
* Data Bank administrators that have not undergone identity-proofing will not have these capabilities.