Texas Occupations Code
§ 111.005 — PRACTITIONER-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP FOR TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES OR TELEDENTISTRY DENTAL SERVICES
OC § 111.005Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS GENERALLY · Ch. 111. TELEMEDICINE, TELEDENTISTRY, AND TELEHEALTH
Statute text
View on source(a)For purposes of Section 562.056, a valid practitioner-patient relationship is present between a practitioner providing a telemedicine medical service or a teledentistry dental service and a patient receiving the service as long as the practitioner complies with the standard of care described in Section 111.007 and the practitioner:
(1)has a preexisting practitioner-patient relationship with the patient established in accordance with rules adopted under Section 111.006;
(2)communicates, regardless of the method of communication, with the patient pursuant to a call coverage agreement established in accordance with:
(A)Texas Medical Board rules with a physician requesting coverage of medical care for the patient; or
(B)State Board of Dental Examiners rules with a dentist requesting coverage of dental care for the patient; or
(3)provides the telemedicine medical services or teledentistry dental services through the use of one of the following methods, as long as the practitioner complies with the follow-up requirements in Subsection (b), and the method allows the practitioner to have access to, and the practitioner uses, the relevant clinical information that would be required in accordance with the standard of care described in Section 111.007:
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 811 (H.B. 2056), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 811 (H.B. 2056), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.