How it works

How we verify clinics

Most directories take a clinic at its word. We would rather check, and then tell you exactly what we checked. This page lists every level of verification we use, which public register each one is checked against, how often we look again, and, just as importantly, what each level does not claim.

Two rules run through all of it. Every badge names the authority behind it and the date it was checked. And we only use the word verified when something was checked against an outside register, never for information a clinic simply gave us.

What none of this means

  • No badge on this site is a judgment about the quality of anyone's medical care.
  • A badge is not a recommendation, and it is not medical advice. Whether a treatment is appropriate for you is a conversation for you and a clinician.
  • An unbadged clinic is not a bad clinic. Most often it simply has not claimed its listing or given us anything to check yet.

The levels

Levels are cumulative in strength, not in sequence. A clinic can sit at any level, and the level shown on its listing is the strongest one it currently holds.

  1. L1

    Owner-provided

    In use today

    The clinic answered our questions itself: who administers its IVs, who prescribes, what it offers. Nobody has checked those answers against an outside source.

    What it claims
    The clinic told us this.
    How often we check
    We ask the clinic to confirm its answers are still current every 12 months.
    What it does not claim
    This is not verification, and we never label it as such. It is shown as owner-provided so you know exactly where the information came from.
  2. L2

    Credentials Verified

    In use today

    The clinic names the person who prescribes and oversees its IV protocols, along with their college registration number. We look that registration up on the relevant public register and confirm it is real, current, and unrestricted. For an Ontario clinic where a naturopathic doctor prescribes, we also check the College of Naturopaths IVIT premises register.

    What it claims
    We confirmed this prescriber holds an active registration in good standing with the college named, on the date shown.
    How often we check
    Re-checked quarterly. The badge expires automatically after 12 months without a fresh check. If a register shows a registration has lapsed or been restricted, the badge comes off.
    What it does not claim
    It does not mean the clinic is safe, that we inspected the premises, or that we assessed anyone’s quality of care. It is a credential check, nothing more.
  3. L3

    Documents Verified

    Planned

    The clinic supplies a current certificate of insurance and evidence of where its IV bags are sourced or compounded. We review those documents.

    What it claims
    We reviewed documents the clinic provided, and recorded when they expire.
    How often we check
    The badge expires when the document expires. No document, no badge.
    What it does not claim
    We do not audit clinical operations, and we cannot confirm a document reflects day-to-day practice.
  4. L4

    Site-Assessed

    Planned

    Someone from TheDripMap visits the clinic and works through a published checklist: the premises matches its register listing, a consent process exists, the person inserting the IV holds the credential the clinic claims, emergency equipment is present, consumables are single-use.

    What it claims
    An assessor visited and confirmed the items on our published checklist, on the date shown.
    How often we check
    Valid 24 months, and withdrawn immediately if a safety complaint is substantiated.
    What it does not claim
    This is not a regulatory inspection and it does not evaluate medical care. Only a college or health authority can do that.
  5. L5

    Regulator-Inspected

    Planned

    Some IV clinics are inspected by their regulator, which publishes the outcome. In Ontario, every premises where a naturopathic doctor performs intravenous infusion therapy must be registered and inspected by the College of Naturopaths of Ontario, and the result is posted publicly. Where such an outcome exists, we show it and link to the regulator’s own register.

    What it claims
    This premises passed inspection according to the regulator’s public register, on the date shown.
    How often we check
    We re-check the register quarterly and show only the most recent outcome.
    What it does not claim
    We did not conduct the inspection. The college did, and their register is the authority. We are repeating what it says and pointing you to it.

Check any clinic yourself

Everything we check is public. You can look up any practitioner or premises without us, and we think you should feel free to. These are the registers we use.

Registers are run by the colleges, not by us, and they are the authority if anything we show disagrees with them. Links checked August 2026.

If something looks wrong

If a badge on this site does not match what a register says, tell us and we will re-check it and correct or remove it. If your concern is about the care a clinic provided, the college that regulates the practitioner is the right place to raise it, and every register above links to that college's complaints process.

Email info@thedripmap.com. Corrections are free, and they apply to claimed and unclaimed listings alike.

Own an IV therapy clinic?

Claiming your free listing lets you tell patients who prescribes and who administers your IVs. Give us a registration number and we will check it against the public register.

Claim your listing

Our full verification standard, including the exact evidence we require and how badges expire, is documented internally and reviewed whenever the rules change. This page is kept in step with it.