Card seven · Check the people and the pharmacy
Does a polished website prove legitimate care?
fsmb.org
Medical-board consumer guide
Where clinician licence records live.
fda.gov
State pharmacy licence finder
A route to each state's official record.
fsmb.org
Medical-board telemedicine policy
Assessment, location and follow-up standards.
No. Design is easy to copy. Public licence records are harder to fake.
Short answer
A short legitimacy check
- Whichever state you are actually sitting in during the appointment, the clinician has to hold a licence there, or some other legal authority to practise there.
- A fixed tick-box form, with no one able to ask you follow-up questions, is not a proper medical assessment under the guidance state medical boards follow for online care.
- The service needs to name the pharmacy that will make and send the medicine.
- Calling a compounded medicine FDA-approved is simply untrue.
What a real visit can feel like
Expect questions that can change the plan. Leave room to ask your own questions. If the online questions are not enough, a careful service may send you for an in-person exam or a lab test. That is a sign of good care, not a failure.
Keep this line
Write down the clinician's name, the pharmacy's name and the state where each is licensed.