The Division of Professional Regulation provides administrative and investigative support for 35 boards and commissions that regulate 53 professions, trades, and events.
This website provides comprehensive information about licensure for each profession, trade and event that the Division regulates. This information includes requirements, forms, fees, license law, Rules and Regulations, meetings, and frequently asked questions (FAQs). To go to the home page for a profession, trade or event, click on its link below.
New Legislation: House Bill 238, as amended, simplifies the process for a military spouse to reinstate a Delaware professional license or to apply for a provisional license to practice for up to six months while his or her license application is pending (29 Del. C. §8735 (q) and (r)). For information on qualifying for reinstated or provisional licensure as a military spouse, click Professional License Services for Military Personnel.
- - Accountancy
- - Acupuncture
- - Acupuncture Detoxification
- - Adult Entertainment
Establishments - - Aesthetician
- - Architects
- - Athletic Trainers
- - Audiology
- - Barbering
- - Boxing
- - Chemical Dependency
Professionals - - Chiropractic
- - Combative Sports
- - Controlled Substances
- - Cosmetology
- - Deadly Weapons Dealers
- - Dental
- - Dietitians
- - Electrician
- - Funeral Services
- - Gaming
- - Genetic Counselor
- - Geology
- - Hearing Aid Dispensers
- - Home Inspectors
- - Homeowner Permits
- - HVACR
- - Land Surveyors
- - Landscape Architect
- - Magistrate Screening (Justice of the
Peace) - - Manufactured Home Installation
- - Marriage and Family Therapy
- - Massage and Bodywork
- - Medical Practice
- - Mixed Martial Arts
- - Nail Technician
- - Nursing
- - Nursing Home Administrators
- - Nutritionist
- - Occupational Therapy
- - Optometry
- - Paramedic
- - Pharmacy
- - Physical Therapy
- - Physician
- - Physician Assistant
- - Plumbers
- - Podiatry
- - Professional Counselors
of Mental Health - - Psychology
- - Real Estate
- - Real Estate Appraisers
- - Respiratory Care
- - River Pilots
- - Salons & Shops
- - Social Workers
- - Speech Pathology
- - Tamper-Resistant Prescriptions
- - Veterinary Medicine
Other Professions and Businesses
If you did not find the profession you were searching for, it may be an area that the Division of Professional Regulation does not regulate. Check our Related Links for links to agencies for which we often receive inquiries.
Certain professionals may be required to have a state business license in addition to a professional license. To find out, visit the Division of Revenue.
