Florida MQA Provider License Scraper

Florida MQA Provider License Scraper

Scrape Florida health care provider licenses from the MQA public lookup by name or city, up to a million per run. Every record includes license number, status, profession, and optional expiration and issue dates. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

The Florida Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) services portal holds the license records for every health care practitioner in the state, but the public search returns one page of results at a time with no bulk export. This Actor reads the MQA lookup directly, runs through every matching provider, and returns a clean dataset you can filter and analyze offline. No API key, no browser extension, no manual copy and paste.

Who uses it	What they scrape Florida MQA for
Medical recruiters	Build a list of active Florida practitioners by specialty and city for outreach.
Compliance officers	Verify that every provider in a practice or network holds a current, unencumbered Florida license.
Healthcare data analysts	Assemble a statewide census of licensed professionals for workforce planning and market research.
Legal and credentialing teams	Check license issue and expiration dates across a large roster before a deadline.

What it does

This Actor collects Florida health care provider license records from the MQA public lookup by last name, first name, or city, and returns each practitioner as a flat row.

• 🔍 Name search: supply a last name, or a last name and first name, to return every matching practitioner.
• 🏙️ City filter: narrow results to a single Florida city so you only see providers in one market.
• 📋 Detail pages: toggle Fetch detail pages on to pull license expiration dates, issue dates, and other fields from each provider's verification page.
• ⏱️ Rate-limited crawling: the Actor respects the MQA site's response times so your run completes without blocks.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Florida MQA data

📋 Credential a new hire class.

A hospital credentialing team runs the Actor with the last names of fifty incoming residents, toggles detail pages on, and confirms every license is active before orientation.

📍 Map providers in a metro area.

A health plan analyst scrapes all practitioners in Miami, filters by profession, and builds a network adequacy report for a state filing.

🔄 Monitor license renewals.

A compliance officer runs the Actor weekly for a fixed list of last names, compares expiration dates to the prior run, and flags any provider whose license lapsed.

📊 Size a Florida market.

A healthcare consultant scrapes every licensed dentist in the state, groups by county, and estimates the addressable market for a new practice management product.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No manual searching	One run replaces hours of clicking through the MQA public portal page by page.
Fixed schema	Every record lands in the same columns, ready for Excel, a database, or a BI tool.
Detail-page enrichment	Flip one switch to add license issue and expiration dates that the search results page hides.
Runs at scale	Collect up to a million practitioners in a single run, limited only by what the MQA search returns.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Florida MQA the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Florida MQA Provider License Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Florida MQA changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from a last name, optional first name, and optional city, alone or together, and the detail-page toggle runs as each provider is read so only the fields you need reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.008 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.80
1,000 results	$8.00
10,000 results	$80.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Florida MQA Provider License Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Florida MQA through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/florida-mqa-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

The MQA search is exact on last name. Try a shorter or more common last name, remove the first name and city filters, and run again. If the name is uncommon, check the spelling against a known license record.

Why are some fields empty in my output?

Fields like license issue date and expiration date only populate when Fetch detail pages is enabled. If it is on and fields are still empty, the MQA record itself may not have those dates filled in.

The run stopped before collecting all practitioners.

Check the Maximum practitioners setting. If it is lower than the number of matches, the Actor stops when it hits that cap. Raise the limit and rerun.

Why does the run take so long with detail pages on?

Each detail page is a separate HTTP request with a polite delay. For large searches, consider running without detail pages first, then re-running only the subset you need with detail pages enabled.

I searched a city but got practitioners from other places.

The MQA search returns practitioners whose mailing address or practice location matches the city. Some providers list a city that differs from where they practice. Filter the output by the address fields after the run if you need stricter geography.

FAQ

Question	Answer
What is the Florida MQA?	The Florida Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) division of the Department of Health maintains the official license records for health care practitioners in the state. Its public lookup is the authoritative source for license status, number, and expiration.
Which professions does this Actor cover?	It returns any practitioner the MQA public search returns: physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, therapists, and dozens of other licensed professions. The profession name appears in the output so you can filter after the run.
Do I need a Florida IP address to run this?	No. The Actor runs on Apify's infrastructure and accesses the public MQA site like any browser. No Florida residency or VPN is required.
Can I search by license number instead of name?	The MQA public lookup is driven by name and city. If you have a list of license numbers, you can cross-reference them against the output after the run, but the Actor itself searches by last name, first name, and city.
How long does a run take?	It depends on how many practitioners match your search and whether you enable detail pages. A small city search with detail pages off finishes in seconds; a statewide last-name search with detail pages on can take longer because the Actor visits each verification page politely.
What does the Fetch detail pages toggle do?	When enabled, the Actor clicks into each practitioner's license verification page and extracts additional fields such as license issue date and expiration date. When disabled, it collects only the fields visible on the search results page, which is faster.
Is this Actor affiliated with the Florida Department of Health?	No. This is an independent tool that reads publicly available data from the MQA website. It is not endorsed by or connected to the Florida Department of Health.
Can I schedule this Actor to run automatically?	Yes. Use Apify's scheduler to run it daily, weekly, or on any cron schedule. A common pattern is a weekly run for a fixed last-name list to catch license expirations early.
What output formats are supported?	The dataset exports to CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, and several other formats from the Apify platform. You can also push results directly to a webhook or cloud storage.
Does the Actor handle CAPTCHAs or blocks?	The MQA public lookup does not typically present CAPTCHAs. The Actor uses reasonable delays between requests to avoid triggering any rate limits.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Florida Department of Health. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.