Utah let an AI renew prescriptions without a doctor, and its medical board wants it stopped

Utah has become the first U.S. state to allow an AI chatbot, Doctronic, to renew prescriptions without direct doctor involvement through a regulatory sandbox that waives licensing laws. The state's medical licensing board, which was not consulted before the program's launch, has called for its suspension due to safety concerns, but the state has declined to halt the pilot. This situation highlights a regulatory gap at both state and federal levels regarding AI use in medical prescribing.