William & Mary Business Law Review
Abstract
In 2016 and 2017, Indiana amended its state telemedicine regulations to allow Indiana physicians to prescribe controlled substances to patients without an in-person examination. Although there are many promising benefits of telemedicine, researchers have not yet conducted enough tests or studies to fully know the consequences of prescribing without an in-person examination as well as other concerns with telemedicine services. In light of the ongoing opioid epidemic, lawmakers should be even more hesitant to lower the standards for prescribing regulations.
This Note will propose alternative solutions for legislators regarding telemedicine regulations and explain why other states should not mirror Indiana’s recently enacted amendments. *
Repository Citation
Gabrielle A. Vance, The Hoosiers Got It Wrong: The Need for States to Enact Stricter Prescribing Regulations Via Telemedicine Services, 12 Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 221 (2020), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmblr/vol12/iss1/6
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