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Can the pre-treatment exam be done by telehealth in Georgia?

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The cited rules do not settle this — Georgia's telemedicine rule lets a Georgia-licensed physician, PA or APRN treat remotely with history available and technology equal to an in-person exam, but the cosmetic-laser exam rule says nothing about mode.

Georgia allows the remote encounter but names four ways to earn it, and one of them is the technology. a physician, physician assistant or APRN providing treatment or consultation by electronic means must be Georgia licensed, must have the patient’s history available, and must EITHER have “personally seen and examined the patient” and be providing ongoing or intermittent care, OR be acting at the request of a Georgia licensed practitioner who has, OR be acting at the request of certain public health and child-protection referrers, OR be “able to examine the patient using technology or peripherals that are equal or superior to an examination done personally by a provider within that provider’s standard of care.” That last route is what makes a first remote visit possible; it is a standard about the equipment, not a waiver.

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-3-.07(a)(1)-(3) (Practice through electronic or other such means) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice

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  • And the duties that follow are concrete, including an annual in-person examination. The practitioner must keep records documenting the evaluation and treatment and the identity of everyone providing it; the patient or their agent must be given “the name, credentials and emergency contact information” for the treating practitioner, and for a PA or APRN “credentials” must include the name of the delegating or supervising physician; the patient must get clear follow-up instructions for emergent care; and the practitioner “must make diligent efforts to have the patient seen and examined in person by a Georgia licensed physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner at least annually.” To delegate telemedicine to an NP or supervise a PA doing it, the physician must document to the board that telemedicine is within his or her own scope and that the NP or PA “has demonstrated competence in the provision of care by telemedicine.”

    Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-3-.07(a)(4)-(8) (records, disclosure, annual in-person examination) · verified Sep 8, 2026

  • Patients treated by an assistant laser practitioner must be examined before the service by a consulting physician, or by a physician assistant who is a licensed cosmetic laser practitioner, or by an advanced practice registered nurse who is a licensed cosmetic laser practitioner.

    Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 360-35-.05(1)(b) · verified Aug 17, 2026

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