Vermont good-faith exam for med spas

Good-faith examination in Vermont

Vermont requires an appropriate examination of the patient — in person, through telemedicine, or by instrumentation and diagnostic equipment through which images and records may be transmitted — before a licensed health care provider prescribes, dispenses or administers drugs, and holds treatment recommendations made electronically to the same standards of appropriate practice as those in traditional provider-patient settings. The rest of what these claims establish is narrower: signing a blank or undated prescription form is unprofessional conduct, as is prescribing, selling, administering, distributing, ordering or dispensing a controlled substance for the licensee’s own use or for an immediate family member. Separately, the Board may require a licensee to submit to a mental or physical examination and an evaluation of medical knowledge and skill where it has a reasonable basis to doubt competence.

• The Board shall find that the following constitutes unprofessional conduct: signing a blank or undated prescription form.

  Vt. Stat. tit. 26, §1354(a)(38) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• The Board shall find that the following constitutes unprofessional conduct: prescribing, selling, administering, distributing, ordering, or dispensing any drug legally classified as a controlled substance for the licensee’s own use or to an immediate family member as defined by rule.

  Vt. Stat. tit. 26, §1354(a)(37) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• The Board may require a licensee or applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, and an evaluation of medical knowledge and skill by individuals or entities designated by the Board, if the Board has a reasonable basis to believe a licensee or applicant may be incompetent or unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety.

  Vt. Stat. tit. 26, §1353 (Board powers) · verified Sep 3, 2026

• Subject to the limitations of the license under which the individual is practicing, a health care provider licensed in the State may prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs or medical supplies, or otherwise provide treatment recommendations to a patient, after having performed an appropriate examination of the patient in person, through telemedicine, or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment through which images and medical records may be transmitted electronically; and treatment recommendations made via electronic means, including issuing a prescription via electronic means, are held to the same standards of appropriate practice as those in traditional provider-patient settings.

  18 V.S.A. § 9361(b) · verified Sep 8, 2026