Out-of-state doctors need NJ license to treat residents here via telehealth, court says

Out-of-state physicians need a New Jersey medical license to treat patients here using telehealth, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 639

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Requiring out-of-state medical specialists to obtain a New Jersey license to treat people here via telemedicine is not a violation of the doctors’ or the patients’ Constitutional rights, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

A panel of three judges with the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court decision dismissing a case brought by two doctors and representatives for two of their patients who claimed their …

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