State Licensing
Why the prescribing clinician must be licensed in your state — and why availability is 'confirmed at booking.'
Medical licensure is state-by-state: a telehealth visit legally occurs where the patient sits, so the clinician must hold a license there. Platforms serve "all 50 states" by maintaining networks of multistate-licensed physicians and routing each patient accordingly; state telehealth rules add their own wrinkles (a few states' requirements around modality or established-patient relationships shift periodically).
For patients this explains two recurring experiences: why intake asks your state before almost anything else, and why honest marketing says availability is confirmed at booking rather than guaranteed in a headline. It's also a verification lever — state medical board websites let anyone confirm a prescriber's license in seconds, a check worth running on any platform whose legitimacy you're weighing.
This glossary entry is general information, not medical advice, and is written to be consistent with FDA prescribing information and primary trial publications as of its last review. Always consult a licensed healthcare provider for personal medical decisions.
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