Section 121.80 - Use of Facilitators with Telehealth(a) Subject to the requirements and limitations of this subchapter, a provider may utilize a facilitator at the client site to assist the provider in rendering telehealth services.(b) A provider shall document whether a facilitator is used in providing telehealth services. If a facilitator is used, the provider shall document the tasks in which the facilitator provided assistance.(c) Before allowing a facilitator to assist the provider in providing telehealth services, the provider shall ascertain and document the facilitator's qualifications, training, and competence, as appropriate and reasonable, in: (1) each task the provider directs the facilitator to perform at the client site; and(2) the methodology and equipment the facilitator is to use at the client site.(d) A facilitator may only perform the following tasks at a client site:(1) a task for which a facilitator holds and acts in accordance with any relevant license, permit, or authorization required or exemption available under the Texas Occupations Code to perform the task; and(2) those physical, administrative, and other tasks that a provider determines a facilitator is competent to perform in connection with the rendering of behavior analysis services for which no license, permit, or authorization under the Texas Occupations Code is required or to which an exemption applies.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 121.80
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 17, April 27, 2018, TexReg 2570, eff. 5/3/2018; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 08, February 23, 2024, TexReg 1090, eff. 2/29/2024