Does Alaska require telehealth consent?

APRNs must document the patient's informed consent to telehealth along with history, plan of care and both parties' locations. Physicians practice under the FSMB 2014 telemedicine model policy, adopted by reference as the standard of practice.

Alaska Telehealth Laws: Registration, Consent and Prescribing

Verified October 8, 2026 against the statutes and regulations cited below. Research, not legal advice. All states

What operators miss in Alaska

The registry obligation sits with the business, per business name (DBA), and renews every two years with the business license.
Telehealth fees must be reasonable and may not exceed the fee typically charged for the same service.
The board may not require documentation of a barrier to an in-person visit or limit where the provider practices from.

Does Alaska have a telehealth registration for out-of-state clinicians?

Alaska has no telehealth registration for individual out-of-state clinicians. Businesses that deliver telemedicine to patients in Alaska must instead join the state's Telemedicine Business Registry, attached to an Alaska business license.

No telehealth-specific registration: a clinician needs the full license or an exception.

Citation: AS 44.33.381; 12 AAC 12.025

When can an out-of-state clinician treat Alaska patients without a Alaska license?

A physician licensed in another state may treat an Alaska patient by telehealth for follow-up care when there is an established relationship and a prior in-person visit, or for a suspected or diagnosed life-threatening condition on documented referral from an Alaska physician or as ongoing care for that condition.

Exception for follow-up care with an existing patient

Citation: AS 08.02.130(b)

Can a patient relationship start by telehealth in Alaska?

An Alaska-licensed provider may treat by telehealth without first conducting an in-person visit. Physicians and PAs may prescribe non-controlled drugs without a physical exam if follow-up care is available and records are offered to the patient's primary care provider.

Citation: AS 08.02.130(a); AS 08.64.364

What limits does Alaska put on prescribing by telehealth?

Physicians, PAs and APRNs may not prescribe in response to an internet questionnaire or email from a person with no prior provider-patient relationship. Alaska-licensed physicians, PAs and APRNs may prescribe controlled substances by telehealth if they comply with state and federal law.

Questionnaire-only prescribing is prohibited
Only physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, PAs and APRNs may prescribe controlled substances by telehealth, and only in compliance with state and federal law.

Citation: AS 08.64.364; AS 08.68.710; AS 08.02.130(e)-(g)

Does Alaska require its own controlled-substance registration?

Practitioners who hold a DEA registration must register with the Alaska PDMP under AS 17.30.200.

Do private payers in Alaska have to cover telehealth?

Private-payer telehealth coverage law
No payment parity law

Citation: AS 21.42.422

How does Alaska treat the corporate practice of medicine?

Adding Alaska to your telehealth practice?

A State Expansion Pack applies Alaska's rules to your service line and lists what changes in your workflow before the first visit.

Alaska Telehealth Laws