Is an exam required before a patient can be treated in Arizona?

Short answer
Yes — treatment needs a valid order from an authorized prescriber acting within the standard of care, but the assessment may be done by telehealth with documented informed consent; no prior in-person exam can be required for Botox or fillers.

Arizona states a condition: a prescription-drug injectable needs an order from an authorized prescriber acting within the standard of care. The telehealth statute lets the relationship be established and the drug prescribed remotely on documented informed consent — with Schedule II drugs the one situation where a board may still require a prior in-person examination. The consent requirement is a precondition and it is explicit: except as subsection G provides, BEFORE a health care provider delivers health care through telehealth the treating provider must obtain verbal or written informed consent, including by electronic means, from the patient or the patient’s health care decision maker — and must DOCUMENT it on the medical record if it was given verbally. All medical reports resulting from a telehealth consultation are part of the patient’s medical record.