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Telehealth Licensure Planning for Physicians
Building and maintaining a license portfolio that follows your patients.
Patient location drives the portfolio
Telehealth practice authority is generally tied to where the patient is located. That is why telehealth physicians often hold many licenses — and why portfolio maintenance becomes the real work.
Watch for separate registration pathways
Some states maintain telehealth-specific registrations or special-purpose pathways distinct from full licensure. Confirm what applies with each state's official resources.
Maintenance is the hard part
Ten licenses means ten renewal cycles, ten sets of attestations, and ten places your practice information must stay current. Track it centrally from the start.
Where this leaves you
Every state medical board sets its own requirements, fees, forms, and timelines, and those can change without notice. Treat this article as general educational information, not legal advice or a checklist of universal requirements, and confirm everything with the applicable state medical board.