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Can this person treat you in Florida?

Get the name of the doctor or other licensed person who would give your medical care. Check that person’s permission to treat you in Florida.

Will you visit in person or by phone or video?

For an office visit, ask for the address. For a phone or video visit, say where you will be during the appointment.

Tampa is in Hillsborough County, according to the Census records checked in October 2026. Ask whether an office advertised as being in Tampa is at an address you can reach.
For an in-person visit, ask who will check your health and where the visit takes place.
For a phone or video visit, ask how the person treating you is allowed to give care while you are in Florida.

Licence: A state medical board records a doctor’s permission to treat people. It also records public actions taken against that permission, called discipline.
Telehealth registration: Telehealth means care by phone or video. As of September 2026, Florida lets some people licensed in another state register to give this care to patients here. They need an active licence without restrictions and no licence discipline in the previous five years. This registration does not let them see patients in person in Florida.

Get the full name and the licence or registration details. Match those details to the public record.

Florida’s health department has a free website to check a doctor, nurse, physician assistant or pharmacist. “Practitioner Profile” means the person’s public information page. The search also shows licence status and official actions against the licence.
Open Florida’s licence search
As of September 2026, a person giving ordinary phone or video care to you in Florida needs permission here. That can be a Florida licence, permission under an agreement between states, or Florida registration for care from another state.
If the person is outside Florida, first check for a Florida licence. If there is none, ask for their Florida registration number or which agreement allows them to treat you.
As of September 2026, the health department has a separate list of people registered to give phone or video care from another state. It names each person and gives their registration and home-state licence details.
Find Florida’s telehealth records

Treat the record as a check, then keep asking about the care.

No public discipline means the record shows no public action; that does not tell you how good the care is.
Before leaving the visit, ask how to contact your treating professional with later questions.
Ask who can arrange an in-person visit if it is needed.

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