State Telemedicine Rules
Almost all of the state medical boards require a physician to hold a full unrestricted medical license in order to practice any type of medicine including telemedicine or teleradiology in their state. There are a few exceptions
States with Special Telemedicine Options
- Alabama Medical Board offers a Special Purpose license to practice telemedicine only.
- Louisiana Medical Board offers a Telemedicine License. An applicant must be licensed in another state and provide medical care via 2 way audio/video transmission.
- Minnesota Medical Board offers a Telemedicine License. An applicant must be licensed in another state.
- Montana Medical Board offers a Telemedicine License. An applicant must be licensed in another state, board certified or eligible, proof of $1,000,000 insurance, must be connected to healthcare entity in Montana, no discipline or pending investigations and no more than 3 malpractice claims within the past 5 years.
- Nevada Medical Board requires a Special Purpose License. An applicant must be licensed in another state, board certified, with no discipline or pending investigations. Process no different than a full unrestricted license.
- New Mexico Medical Board has a Telemedicine/Teleradiology License available. An applicant must be licensed in another state.
- Ohio Medical Board offers a Telemedicine/Teleradiology License but it’s no different than a full unrestricted license.
- Oregon Medical Board does not require a license to practice telemedicine. There is a Teleradiology License available to radiologists who read films for an Oregon licensed doctor.
- Tennessee Osteopathic Board offers a Telemedicine License. An applicant must be licensed in another state, board certified or eligible and a citizen or authorized to work in US.
- Texas Medical Board Telemedicine/Teleradiology License available but it’s the same process as a full license.
What is Telemedicine?
Most state medical boards define telemedicine as; “(1) A physician and surgeon practices medicine in this state across state lines when that person is located outside of this state but, through the use of any medium, including an electronic medium, practices or attempts to practice, or advertises or holds himself or herself out as practicing, any system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted in this state, or diagnoses, treats, operates for, or prescribes for any ailment, blemish, deformity, disease, disfigurement, disorder, injury, or other physical or mental condition of any person in this state. 2038. Whenever the words “”diagnose”” or “”diagnosis”” are used in this chapter, they include any undertaking by any method, device, or procedure whatsoever, and whether gratuitous or not, to ascertain or establish whether a person is suffering from any physical or mental disorder. Such terms shall also include the taking of a person’s blood pressure and the use of mechanical devices or machines for the purpose of making a diagnosis and representing to such person any conclusion regarding his or her physical or mental condition. Machines or mechanical devices for measuring or ascertaining height or weight are excluded from this section.”