Utah becomes first state to empower AI to bypass doctors and prescribe certain drugs Healthcare Dive | October 9, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/09/utah-becomes-first-state-to-empower-ai-to-bypass-doctors-and-prescribe-certain-drugs/ Utah is letting artificial intelligence slide a little further into the doctor’s chair. The state’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy has approved three new pilots that could eventually let AI systems issue and refill certain prescriptions with less human oversight, as Healthcare Dive’s Anuja Vaidya reports. None of the programs has launched yet.