---
title: "Cross-Border Telemedicine"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/cross-border-telemedicine-en"
field: "Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Law"
description: "Cross-border medical conclusions in Georgia: foreign specialist invitation, recognition of foreign rights and the telemedicine form. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-03-25"
updated: "2026-10-20"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Cross-Border Telemedicine

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/cross-border-telemedicine-en

Using a medical conclusion or consultation issued by a foreign physician in Georgia has its own precisely drawn legal trajectory in the Georgian Law on Medical Practice. The trajectory begins at one of two gates: the invitation of a foreign specialist for temporary or one-time services (Article 11), or the recognition of a right obtained outside Georgia (Articles 8 and 9); the remote form — telemedicine — is then added by a separate norm (Article 90).

## The First Gate — Temporary or One-Time Service

Article 11 gives a lawful route for inviting a foreign specialist: they may be invited to Georgia for temporary independent medical practice or for a one-time medical service. The ministry, together with the physicians' professional associations, determines the list of specialties for which an invitation is expedient; a temporary invitation is admissible under the statutory list of countries and the list of specialties, while for a one-time service a specialist of any specialty may be invited — subject to the country list. The right is granted by the Professional Development Council, on the recommendation of the professional associations and under the established procedure; the temporary right is granted once, for no more than 1 year, and the council may extend the term. The grounds for suspending or revoking this right are equated with the corresponding regime of the state certificate — the standard is uniform, whichever gate the physician entered through.

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### How does a foreign physician enter the Georgian system?

By invitation under Article 11 (temporary/one-time) or recognition under Articles 8 and 9.

### For how long is the temporary right granted?

Up to 1 year, once — extension is the council's decision.

### Who answers for a teleconsultation?

The subject issuing the recommendation (Article 90).

### Does a foreign conclusion have force?

Only within the activity of a subject who entered through the lawful gate.