Cross-State Licensing
March 2024
For Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery
The Board of Medical Examiners may establish regulations for telemedicine licensure as follows:
The Board of Medical Examiners shall issue a telemedicine license to authorize certain physicians, who hold a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in another state or territory of the United States, to provide telemedicine services in the Virgin Islands. Telemedicine licenses shall be without private practice rights and without subversion of reciprocity. Any healthcare professional licensed in the Virgin Islands may practice telemedicine without restriction.
The Board of Medical Examiners shall establish by rules and regulations the requirements for telemedicine licensure in accordance with this subchapter, provided that the rules and regulations include the following:
- A physician holding only a telemedicine license under this subchapter shall not open an office in the Virgin Islands, shall not meet with patients in the Virgin Islands, and shall not receive calls from patients in the Virgin Islands.
Source: V.I. Code Title 27, § 45d (2019). (Accessed Mar. 2024).
The Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners shall regulate the practice of telemedicine in the Territory in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and the following:
- No person shall practice or attempt to practice medicine at a distant site between the Virgin Islands and a foreign jurisdiction.
- No person shall practice or attempt to practice medicine at a distant site between the Virgin Islands and another United States jurisdiction without first complying with the provisions of this subchapter and without being a holder, of a Virgin Islands medical license.
- Telemedicine services in the Territory shall operate in accordance with current accepted core standards for telemedicine
SOURCE: V.I. Code Title 27, § 45c (2019). (Accessed Mar. 2024).
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