An overview of state laws and approaches to minimize licensure barriers.

A tour de force of legal documentation. For a fully referenced version of this article, including tables, please go to: www. telemedtoday.com. The author's strongly worded closing comment, "An interstate or national licensure system would better serve individual physicians and the practice of medicine nationwide," is challenged by some pundits who fear that national licensure would not adequately protect patient interests. Let us know if you'd like to contribute your thoughts to the debate.