Cross State Licensing

An individual engaging in the practice of medicine may practice without a Utah license if:

• The individual is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state with no licensing action pending and no less than 10 years of professional experience;
• The services are rendered as a public service and for a noncommercial purpose;
• no fee or other consideration of value is charged, received, expected, or contemplated for the services rendered beyond an amount necessary to cover the proportionate cost of malpractice insurance; and
• the individual does not otherwise engage in unlawful or unprofessional conduct;

SOURCE: UT Code Annotated Sec. 58-67-305(7). (Accessed Mar. 2025).

An individual who is licensed, in good standing, to practice mental health therapy in a state or territory of the United States outside of Utah may provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to a client in Utah only if:

• the individual is present in the state or territory where the individual is licensed to practice mental health therapy;
• the client relocates to Utah;
• the client is a client of the individual immediately before the client relocates to Utah;
• the individual provides the short term transitional mental health therapy to the client only during the 45 day period beginning on the day on which the client relocates to Utah;
• within 10 days after the day on which the client relocates to Utah, the individual provides written notice to the division of the individual’s intent to provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to the client; and
• the individual does not engage in unlawful conduct or unprofessional conduct.

SOURCE: UT Code, 58-61-307(k) (Accessed Mar. 2025).

An individual with a temporary license issued under this section is authorized to provide a telemedicine service if:

• the telemedicine service is a service the individual is licensed to perform under the nonresident health care license of the state, district, or territory that issued the nonresident health care license;
• at the time the telemedicine service is performed, the patient is located in Utah; and
• performing the telemedicine service would not otherwise violate state law.

The division shall issue a temporary license described in Subsection (2) to an individual who has a nonresident health care license in good standing if:

• the individual has completed an application for a license by endorsement in accordance with Section 58-1-302; and
• the division determines that they will not be able to process the application within 15 days from the day on which the application is submitted.

The division may not charge a fee for a temporary license issued under this section beyond the fee required for a license issued under Section 58-1-302.

SOURCE:  UT Code 58-1-302.1, (Accessed Mar. 2025).

In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following may engage in acts included within the definition of practice as a mental health therapist, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter: …

• an individual who is licensed, in good standing, to practice mental health therapy or substance use disorder counseling in a state or territory of the United States outside of Utah may provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely or short term transitional substance use disorder counseling remotely to a client in Utah if:
  • the individual is present in the state or territory where the individual is licensed to practice mental health therapy or substance use disorder counseling;
  • the client relocates to Utah;
  • the client is a client of the individual immediately before the client relocates to Utah;
  • the individual provides the short term transitional mental health therapy or short term transitional substance use disorder counseling remotely to the client only during the 90 day period beginning on the day on which the client relocates to Utah;
  • within one day after the day on which the individual first provides mental health therapy or substance use disorder counseling remotely to the client in Utah the individual provides written notice to the division of the individual’s intent to provide short term transitional mental health therapy or short term transitional substance use disorder counseling remotely to the client; and
  • the individual does not engage in unlawful conduct or unprofessional conduct.

Except as otherwise provided in an interstate compact enacted under this title, an individual who is licensed, in good standing, to practice mental health therapy or substance use disorder counseling in a state or territory of the United States outside of Utah, and who provides mental health therapy remotely or substance use disorder counseling remotely to a client in Utah:

• may not prescribe a prescription drug for a client in Utah unless the individual is licensed in Utah to prescribe the prescription drug;
• shall, before providing mental health therapy remotely or substance use disorder counseling remotely to a client in Utah, be aware of:
  • how to access emergency services and resources in Utah; and
  • all applicable laws and rules regarding the required or permitted reporting or disclosing of confidential client communications;
• shall, within one day after the day on which the individual first provides mental health therapy remotely or substance use disorder counseling remotely to a client in Utah, submit to the division a signed notice, in the form required by the division, notifying the division that the individual is providing therapy or counseling under the exemption in this Subsection (3); and
• shall obtain a Utah license:
  • within nine months after the day on which the individual first provides mental health therapy remotely or substance use disorder counseling remotely to a client in Utah; or
  • if at any time the individual provides mental health therapy remotely or substance use disorder counseling remotely to more than one client in Utah.

The division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee at or before the committee’s October 2026 meeting regarding the exemption described in Subsection (3), including information about any complaints the division has received concerning individuals who have provided therapy or counseling under that exemption.

SOURCE: UT Code Sec. 58-60-107, (Accessed Mar. 2025).