COVID-19, ivermectin, and stupidity: A day in the life of a veterinarian

[Ms. Toad]

13. The registrar is in AZ.

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It would be time consuming, but one avenue of attack would be on the phone-a-doc providers.

Many/most states have very strict restrictions on the practice of medicine without a state license.

These restrictions are so strict that I was unable to get a second opinion consult at the peak of COVID from doctors in another state who are world-renowned specialists. (The cancer is very rare, and very aggressive - and not every state has a high volume treatment center - and it is pretty widely recognized that it is critical to be treated at a high volume center. So there are essentially no exceptions for out-of-state telemedicine.)

To practice medicine in Ohio, for example, you must be licensed in Ohio. There are states with an inerstate compact, so doctors can choosed to be licensed in multiple states. But aside from doctors who just collect medical licenses, or this interstate compact, most states require a locally licensed physician for a telemedicine consult.

For example - Bernard Garcia is licensed in Florida, but offers to provide telehealth consults all over the country (including in Ohio). Based on my research, that is practicing medicine without a license.

ETA - I just reported the whole bunch to Ohio's licensing board for the unauthorized practice of medicine in Ohio.