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Telehealth providers in Hawaii

By the PeptideAgent Editorial Team. Draft, pending editorial review.  Last verified

Telehealth prescribing is allowed in Hawaii. What Hawaii requires of telehealth prescribers and pharmacies, plus verified listings.

Hawaii at a glance

503A framework
Follows the federal 503A framework
Telehealth prescribing
Regulatory: Telehealth allowed
Asynchronous prescribing
Regulatory: Async unclear
Compounded GLP-1 access
Regulatory: Compounded GLP-1 limited

Verified telehealth providers serving Hawaii

No verified telehealth providers serving Hawaii are listed yet. A provider appears here only after it passes the verification checklist, and those checks are still under way.

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Telehealth prescribing rules in Hawaii

HRS 453-1.3 lets a physician use telehealth to establish a physician-patient relationship with a patient in Hawaii only if the physician holds a Hawaii medical license; once a relationship exists, the patient or physician may use telehealth for any purpose. Telehealth services must include a documented evaluation, with history and a discussion of physical symptoms, adequate to establish a diagnosis and identify contraindications, and prescribing by telehealth is held to the same standard as traditional settings. The statute states that issuing a prescription based solely on an online questionnaire is not treatment and is not an acceptable standard of care. For opiates (and medical cannabis certification) the relationship must start with an in-person consultation; peptides in this database are not affected by that limit. The statute defines telehealth to include store and forward technologies and secure asynchronous information exchange, and it says a physician-patient relationship may be established via a telehealth interaction, so an asynchronous evaluation is not excluded as a modality. It does not say whether an asynchronous-only intake can satisfy the documented evaluation standard for a first prescription, beyond ruling out a questionnaire alone, so async_prescribing_allowed is left unknown. [2] [3]

Compounded GLP-1 access in Hawaii

Because Hawaii rejects questionnaire-only prescribing, patients using national telehealth GLP-1 programs should expect a documented evaluation by a Hawaii-licensed physician, and any out-of-state pharmacy must hold a Hawaii out-of-state pharmacy permit. [2] [4] [8]

Research use only sellers in Hawaii

Only pharmacies permitted by the Hawaii Board of Pharmacy, including out-of-state pharmacies permitted under HRS 461-15, may dispense prescription drugs to Hawaii patients. "Research use only" peptides sold for human injection are unapproved new drugs under federal law and are not dispensed by a pharmacist. The Hawaii Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, HRS 328-17(a), separately bars any person from selling, delivering, holding for sale, or giving away a new drug unless an application for it has been approved under section 505 of the federal act (or, for a drug outside the federal act, filed with and not refused by the Hawaii director of health). [4] [6] [9]

How to check a telehealth provider in Hawaii

  1. Confirm the prescriber is licensed or registered to treat patients located in Hawaii; the telehealth rules above explain what Hawaii requires. [2] [3]
  2. Ask which pharmacy will fill the prescription and check it in the Hawaii State Board of Pharmacy (Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs) license lookup. [1] [4] [5] [7]
  3. Get the full price in writing first: consult fees, membership fees, and the medication itself.
  4. Walk away from any seller that labels a peptide "research use only" or "not for human consumption". See the research use only section above for what that means in Hawaii. [4] [6] [9]

Common questions in Hawaii

Can I get a GLP-1 prescription in Hawaii from an online questionnaire?

No. HRS 453-1.3 states that a prescription based solely on an online questionnaire is not acceptable care. A Hawaii-licensed physician can prescribe by telehealth after a documented evaluation with history and a discussion of symptoms adequate to reach a diagnosis and rule out contraindications. [2]

Can a doctor licensed in another state start treating me in Hawaii by telehealth?

No. HRS 453-1.3 says a physician may not use telehealth to establish a physician-patient relationship with a patient in Hawaii without a Hawaii medical license. [2]

All peptide legal questions for Hawaii

Sources

  1. [1]Hawaii State Board of Pharmacy, Professional and Vocational Licensing Division
  2. [2]Hawaii Revised Statutes section 453-1.3, Practice of telehealth
  3. [3]Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 453, sections 453-1 to 453-3 (Hawaii Legislature)
  4. [4]Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 461, Pharmacists and pharmacy (including sections 461-14 and 461-15)
  5. [5]Hawaii Administrative Rules chapter 16-95, Pharmacists and Pharmacies (compilation, Board of Pharmacy)
  6. [6]Hawaii Revised Statutes section 328-17, New drugs, regulation of sale (Hawaii Legislature)
  7. [7]FDA: Section 503A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ActFDA
  8. [8]FDA: concerns with unapproved GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss, including shortage resolution and compounding grace periodsFDA
  9. [9]21 U.S.C. 331, Prohibited acts