Can the pre-treatment exam be done by telehealth in Iowa?
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Short answer
Iowa's rules cited here don't say whether the exam may be remote, but they exclude care given only by audio-only phone, email, fax or mail from what counts as telemedicine.
Telemedicine shall not include the provision of medical services only through an audio-only telephone, email messages, facsimile transmissions, or U.S. mail or other parcel service, or any combination thereof.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—655.9(1) (Standards of practice — telemedicine) · verified Sep 4, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Ensure that each patient provides appropriate informed consent for medical aesthetic services performed by the medical director or other qualified licensed physician and all qualified licensed or certified nonphysician persons or qualified laser technicians and that such informed consent is timely documented in the patient’s medical record;
Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—655.6(5)(j) (Supervision — informed consent) · verified Sep 4, 2026
Ensure that all qualified licensed or certified nonphysician persons or qualified laser technicians maintain accurate and timely medical records for the delegated medical aesthetic services they perform;
Iowa Admin. Code r. 481—655.6(5)(i) (Supervision — records) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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