Bring a question, leave with a plan

The health professional assessing you is called a clinician.

Telehealth is care given remotely, for example during a phone or video visit.

Arizona rules, checked October 3, 2026, do not require every prescription to follow an in-person visit.

The clinician still needs to examine you before writing a prescription.

Rules for the exact medicine can also affect whether you need an in-person or video exam.

Under Arizona’s rule checked October 3, 2026, the clinician must weigh your symptoms and past health, along with any need for an in-person exam.

They must judge if a visit from a distance can address your care needs.

Ask what can be checked by video and what would need an in-person exam. Ask how that exam will be arranged.

Consent means agreeing to care after it is explained.

Arizona generally requires agreement from you before telehealth care, under rules checked October 3, 2026.

If you agree by speaking, the clinician must write down your agreement.

Ask what the visit includes, who reads your information and how you can get a copy of the plan.

Use plain words for your concern. Note when it began and what answer you hope to get.

Have your medicine and supplement names nearby. Add past reactions and any questions about pregnancy or breastfeeding.

If a form is confusing, keep that question for the conversation instead of guessing what a box means.

• My main concern is written down.
• Medicine and supplement names are ready.
• Questions about tests or an exam are ready.

National advice asks doctors to get needed tests arranged, either themselves or by referring you to someone able to do so.

This is a recommendation for state offices that license doctors; it is not an Arizona law.

Ask what question each test would answer, where to have it done and who covers the cost.

National advice for doctors, checked September 26, 2026, calls for patients to have a route for questions once the visit ends.

This national advice does not set Arizona’s legal requirements.

Ask who handles questions after the visit and how a change in the plan is discussed.

Get the review plan in words you can explain back. Keep any unclear part on your list.