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<em><img class="alignright wp-image-1592 size-medium" src="https://antitrustadvocate.bakerhostetlerblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/06/Antitrust_bigstock-Anticipation-And-Strategy-44442919-300x192.jpg" alt="Antitrust_bigstock-Anticipation-And-Strategy-44442919" width="300" height="192" />Supreme Court Decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission Prompts Legal Challenges to State Professional Boards</em>

Earlier this month a Texas federal district court judge granted a motion by Teladoc, Inc. (Teladoc) for a preliminary injunction enjoining the Texas Medical Board (TMB) “from taking any action to implement, enact, and enforce” a TMB rule requiring doctors to conduct an in-person exam prior to telephonic diagnosis and treatment of patients, regardless of whether the exam is medically necessary. (Background on this and other disputes involving Teladoc and TMB is available <a href="http://www.bakerhealthlawupdate.com/2015/05/ring-my-friend-i-said-you-call-doctor-robert-day-or-night-hell-be-there/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.bakerhealthlawupdate.com/2015/02/phystexting-is-not-enough-to-form-a-patient-physician-relationship/">here</a>.

<a href="http://bakerlaw.com/alerts/health-law-update-june-18-2015">Read more</a>.

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