Visits and Florida records
Compare visits and check who can treat you in Florida.
Telehealth is care from a distance, by screen, phone or form. Compare it with meeting the person treating you in a room.
| A room visit | An online visit |
|---|---|
| Ask about the location | Ask which parts happen by video, by phone or through written questions. |
| Plan for travel and time away | Ask how a test or hands-on exam would be arranged if needed. |
| Ask how to reach the person who treated you afterward | Ask who reads a question sent after the visit, and how to send it. |
Ask what permission the person has to treat you in Florida
For online care in Florida, one of these permissions was needed in September 2026:
- A Florida licence for the person’s health profession.
- A licence valid in several states, including Florida, under an agreement between those states.
- Florida registration for online care by someone licensed in another state.
Ask which permission the person treating you uses, and ask for the number so you can check it.
A person with a Florida professional licence needed no extra registration for online care in September 2026.
For Florida care in September 2026, the requirements for a room visit also applied to an online visit. This included how the visit was written in your medical record.
Ask how this service runs a visit; the word telehealth does not always mean a video call.
Ask where you can be during the visit, especially if you will be travelling.
A name and licence number give you something to look up
Florida’s health department search lists licences, profiles and discipline, meaning official action against a licence.
- Write down who will review your health and give care. Ask for their full name.
- Ask for their role and licence number.
- Use the state record to match the person and the role.
- Ask about a record you cannot match before moving on.
For someone using Florida’s registration for online care from another state, check both the Florida registration and the licence from that other state. In September 2026, Florida’s public registration record included the other state’s licence and the registration details.
This registration is separate from a Florida professional licence.
Open the Florida record links
Give the pharmacy its own line in your notes
Ask who would make or supply the medicine and who would send it. Write the pharmacy name down separately from the service name.
An internet pharmacy supplying prescription medicines to Floridians needs a Florida permit as of September 2026.
With compounding, a doctor or pharmacist makes up the medicine. It does not arrive ready-made from a drug company.
Sterile means free of living germs.
A larger site that makes batches of sterile medicines is called an outsourcing facility. These sites often supply clinics and hospitals.
For sterile compounded medicines sent into Florida in September 2026, an extra state permit was required. This applied to pharmacies and outsourcing facilities outside Florida, including those sending prepared shots.
If a shot would be prepared for you in another state, ask the pharmacy or maker for that Florida permit.
A clean public licence record is not a rating of someone’s care.