Question desk · Before a visit
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You do not need a product picked out. Begin with what you want help with, and leave room to ask why.
Put a name to the role
Who is doing what?
- Prescriber
The person who writes a prescription: the order a pharmacy uses to supply a prescription medicine.
- Telehealth
A visit or care exchange using a video link, telephone, or an online system.
- Nurse practitioner
A nurse who can assess health and prescribe under Georgia’s rules, as of September 2026.
- Protocol
In Georgia, this is a written prescribing agreement between a nurse practitioner and a doctor, according to the medical board, as of September 2026.
A physician assistant provides medical care with a supervising doctor in Georgia, as of September 2026.
Your Georgia visit
Can this start online?
Georgia’s medical board summary from January 2024 says an exam in person is generally needed before a first prescription.
The board’s short summary does not explain every situation the detailed rules allow.
The more detailed Georgia online-care rule, recorded in September 2026, allows these situations:
The health professional has already examined you in person and is continuing your care online.
A Georgia doctor, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who examined you in person asks another health professional to treat you online.
That request is a route to online care with the second health professional; it does not settle the rules for a first prescription.
Another route uses technology that lets the health professional examine you at least as well as in person.
The rule does not say which phone or video call, or answers given online, would meet that test for your health problem.
“What do you need to check during my exam, and how will you check it through the screen?”
“Will I need an exam in person before a prescription? Which rule applies to my visit?”
As of September 2026, the online health professional must give you their name, qualifications, and contact details for urgent help.
Georgia’s rule also requires any tests needed to find out what health problem you have, as of September 2026.
An online visit does not remove the need for those tests.
For example, a needed blood test still needs to happen; answering questions on a screen cannot replace it.
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