Legalities of Telemedicine

“So I’m resigned to losing my license. I’m almost 72 now, and I’ve done this almost all my life. If they want to take away my license for the bunnies, that’s their right … unless the court says differently.”

Kathy L. Holliman, MEd, is a medical writer based in Beverly, Mass.

References

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