"The process works when a person signs up for Nolla Health's $4.99-per-month app and uses it to scan their face. After completing a medical history and personal information form, the AI analyzes their skin..."
Utah is not allowing any general form of no-human-in-the-loop healthcare, but has temporarily allowed this company to operate.
Your summary is misleading. Acne is diagnosed, prescriptions are written and applied, initially with Dr review and then only 10% reviewed by doctors.
Medicines are topical and said to have mild side effects - so I guess no retinoids (or accutane pills).
fwiw, physician assistants generally work under a doctor, who's supposed to review about that many of their cases.
At this point the term "AI" has been so diluted that it doesn't refer to generative image models or LLMs or traditional machine learning so much as it acts as a memetic sonic screwdriver, i.e. whatever journalists, pundits, founders, etc. need it to be. You can see how each party is wielding it in this specific instance quite clearly.
Ad-powered media sells ads. There is plenty of media that is primarily subscription based. The difference is glaring.