Cross State Licensing

An out-of-state physician providing services by means of telemedicine shall be deemed to be in the practice of medicine and shall be required to be licensed under this chapter. This paragraph shall not apply to out-of-state physicians who provide consultation services pursuant to RSA 329:21, II.

SOURCE: NH Revised Statutes Annotated, 329:1-d-II, (Accessed Mar. 2025).

Any out-of-state physician providing radiological services who performs radiological diagnostic evaluations or interpretations for New Hampshire patients by means of teleradiology shall be deemed to be in the practice of medicine and shall be required to be licensed under this chapter.

SOURCE: NH Revised Statutes Annotated, 329:1-b (Accessed Mar. 2025).

Licensing requirements do not apply…

• To legally qualified physicians in other states or countries when called in consultation by an individual licensed to practice in the state who bears the responsibility for the patient’s diagnosis and treatment. However, regular or frequent consultation by such an unlicensed person, as determined by the licensing board, shall constitute the practice of medicine without a license; or
• To any physician residing on the border of a neighboring state and duly authorized under the laws thereof to practice medicine therein, whose practice extends into this state, and who does not open an office or appoint a place to meet patients or to receive calls within this state; or
• To regular or family physicians of persons not residents of this state, when called to attend them during a temporary stay in this state, provided such family physicians are legally registered in some state; or
• To podiatry; or
• To simple treatments such as massage or baths; or
• To nurses in their legitimate occupations; or
• To cases of emergency; or
• To the administration of ordinary household remedies; or
• To the advertising or sale of patent medicines; or
• To those who endeavor to prevent or cure disease or suffering by spiritual means or prayer; or
• No physician assistants or other paramedical personnel shall engage in the practice of optometry as defined in RSA 327:1 or perform any service rendered by an optician.
• To such emergency medical services personnel as are approved and licensed by the commissioner of the department of safety under RSA 153-A.
• Midwives certified pursuant to RSA 326-D and practicing midwifery pursuant to RSA 326-D:2, V.

SOURCE: NH Revised Statutes Annotated, 329:21, (Accessed Mar. 2025).

Creates a commission on primary care workforce issues. The commission will collect and review data and information that informs decisions and planning for the primary care workforce and looking for innovative ways for expanding New Hampshire’s primary care resources including, but not limited to, interstate collaboration and the use of telehealth.

Note: Section effective through Nov. 1, 2024

SOURCE: NH Revised Statutes Annotated, Title X Chapter 126-T:3, (Accessed Mar. 2025).

Telepsychology, telehealth, and telemedicine services, as provided by psychologists, include those psychology services that utilize electronic means, including audio, video, or other electronic media, to engage in visual or virtual presence in contemporaneous time. A New Hampshire tele-pass license shall be required for provision of such care to people in New Hampshire. Contacts that are exempt from this requirement are:

• Persons exempted by 329-B:28.
• Screenings for inclusion in voluntary research projects that have been properly approved by a New Hampshire based institutional review board.
• Psychologists licensed by the board, who may provide tele-psychology services to a person within the state of New Hampshire without acquiring a tele-pass psychology license.
• Persons exempted by RSA 329-D.

The tele-pass psychology licensee shall agree to conditions including, but not limited to, conditions stipulated by the board that the licensee shall:

• Conform to all New Hampshire statutes and rules.
• Agree that electronic attendance for appearances shall be deemed adequate for regulatory enforcement purposes and that in-person appearances by the licensee are optional and such associated costs for in-person attendance are the full responsibility of the tele-pass psychology licensee.
• Understand that false statements or failure to comply with official requests and official orders shall constitute sufficient cause for revocation of the tele-pass psychology license.
• Understand that all conditions of tele-pass psychology license to practice and enforcement shall be pursuant to New Hampshire law.
• Grant the New Hampshire board of psychologists and its investigators authority to disclose to law enforcement and related regulatory authorities, at their discretion, information including but not limited to status of application, actions and information pertinent to investigations and enforcement of the laws and rules pertaining to the licensee’s conduct.
• Not conduct face-to-face in-person psychological services in New Hampshire.

SOURCE: NH Revised Statutes Annotated 329-B:16, (Accessed Mar. 2025).

An out-of-state APRN providing services by means of telemedicine shall be deemed to be in the practice of medicine and shall be required to be licensed under this chapter.

SOURCE:  NH Revised Statutes 326-B:2, (Accessed Mar. 2025).