An unbranded RF microneedling pen from abroad may work fine. It still has no lawful path into a US treatment room, and no physician protocol can give it one.
The first round went after peptide vendors, a pharmacy and one med spa. The October filings add a weight-loss clinic and a professional practice. The research-use label did not keep anyone out.
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An advisory committee said yes to six peptides. FDA staff said no to all seven. The law has not moved, and a reported stopgap is still only a report.
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Most statutes never say medical director. Every prescription still needs a prescriber, and every delegated injection needs someone with the authority to delegate it.
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A board judges what the physician did. A court applies state tort law to what happened. The presence rule is where most arrangements fail the first test before anyone is hurt.
The esthetics license ends at the surface of the skin. Injections never cross that line, microneedling rarely does, and laser hair removal crosses it only with a second credential or a physician.
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There is no code for a good faith exam. There is a code for what the examiner found, and the chart has to support it whether or not a claim is ever filed.
The complaint does not attack asynchronous care. It attacks the gap between what the intake screen promises and the moment the card is charged.
The federal rule treats an NP like a physician. Eight nursing boards do not. The difference is rarely the video visit. It is the supply cap, the refill clock and the physician’s calendar.
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Most state database mandates were written for opioids. Thirteen reach testosterone anyway, two write it out by name, and the schedules run from every script to once a year.
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The federal rule lets a video visit start testosterone through December 31, 2026. Eight states do not, and three more attach an in-person string. The table is the whole map.
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Most clinics find out about LegitScript the same way. The Google Ads account gets suspended, or Meta rejects a GLP-1 ad, or the payment processor sends an email asking for a certification number. Then someone types “legit scripts” into Google and finds a dozen companies offering to fast-track it. Here’s what they tend to leave
