Connecticut Telehealth Laws

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

Connecticut has no current telehealth registration for out-of-state clinicians. A temporary registration for out-of-state mental and behavioral health providers seeking a Connecticut license ended June 30, 2025.

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

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-906(a)(12)

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

A telehealth provider must be licensed under Connecticut's title 20. The telehealth statute does not bar on-call coverage arrangements or consultation between providers about a patient's care.

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-906(a)(12), (g)

Can a patient relationship start by telehealth in Connecticut?

Telehealth may be provided only by real-time two-way communication or store and forward, with access to or knowledge of the patient's medical history and health record, at the in-person standard of care. Telehealth excludes fax, texting and email. The provider must give the patient a license number and contact information.

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-906(a)(11), (b)(1)

Does Connecticut require telehealth consent?

At the first telehealth interaction the provider must explain the treatment methods and limits of telehealth, obtain consent and document notice and consent in the health record. The provider must also ask whether records may be sent to the patient's primary care provider.

• Documented consent, any form

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-906(b)(2), (d), (e)

What limits does Connecticut put on prescribing by telehealth?

Schedule I, II and III controlled substances may not be prescribed by telehealth, except Schedule II or III drugs used for medication-assisted treatment or to treat psychiatric disabilities or substance use disorders, consistent with the Ryan Haight Act and sent electronically.

• No Schedule I-III by telehealth except Schedule II-III for medication-assisted treatment or psychiatric disability or substance use disorder treatment, e-prescribed. Schedules IV-V are not barred by this section.

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-906(c)

Does Connecticut require its own controlled-substance registration?

Practitioners who prescribe, administer or dispense controlled substances need a Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration, renewed every two years.

• Required, issued by Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Drug Control Division

Do private payers in Connecticut have to cover telehealth?

• Private-payer telehealth coverage law
• Explicit payment parity

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 38a-499a, 38a-526a, 38a-477mm

How does Connecticut treat the corporate practice of medicine?

Does Connecticut have a consumer health data law?

Selling consumer health data requires consent, processors and staff with access must be bound by confidentiality, and geofences within 1,750 feet of mental health or reproductive or sexual health facilities are barred. These provisions reach any business serving Connecticut residents, regardless of size.

• Connecticut Data Privacy Act consumer health data provisions (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 42-515 to 42-526)