Ask each service the same questions
Who will assess me?
Request the full name and professional role of the person responsible for the care decision.
Can this visit answer my health question?
Arizona law in force as of October 3, 2026, requires an honest assessment of whether care on a screen or in person can meet your needs.
The clinician must consider your symptoms, health history, age and access to care, including anything that needs hands-on help or a closer look.
Where would extra care happen?
Ask who arranges an examination or test if the visit leaves something unresolved.
How do I reach the care team afterwards?
Ask about questions after the visit, planned reviews and what happens if the plan needs to change.
What is the cost of the assessment itself?
Get the fee and refund terms before agreeing to a visit. Ask what is charged if the answer is no medicine.
If the clinician is outside Arizona
For a remote visit, your physical location matters to the practice rules.
As of October 3, 2026, Arizona offers some clinicians licensed in a different state a remote-care registration through the board overseeing their profession.
They need a qualifying licence without restrictions, must meet rules about past discipline and must have insurance for claims about their care.
They must also meet Arizona’s filing, fee and practice rules.
Registration is different from holding a full Arizona licence; it gives no permission to provide care in person in Arizona.
Ask for the Arizona licence or registration number. Use the licence-check page to reach the board, the state office that oversees that profession.
If the service says a different rule permits the visit, ask it to name that rule. Ask the matching board to confirm it before paying.
An office search answers a different question
As of October 3, 2026, many Arizona-licensed professionals’ private offices do not need a separate state licence for the place where they provide care.
Exceptions include stand-alone urgent care centres, overnight stays, some care using medicine to put patients fully asleep, and certain pain-management and abortion clinics.
Arizona’s Health Department has a searchable list of licensed care sites, linked below.
An office may be absent because it does not need that separate licence. A missing entry alone does not prove the office is breaking the law.
Ask whether the office itself needs a state licence. If the answer is unclear, ask the Health Department about that office and its kind of care.
Check the clinician’s own licence as well. A record for the place does not replace that check.
Keep the comparison simple
Write the answers beside each service name. Compare who makes the care decision, what the visit includes and how follow-up works.