Md. Code, Health Occ. § 1-902

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 1-902 - General consideration

A health care practitioner may use teletherapy if:

(1) The health care practitioner complies with any regulations adopted under this subtitle; and

(2) The health care practitioner:

(i) Establishes a patient-practitioner relationship with the patient for whom teletherapy is being used;

(ii) Provides for the privacy of communications made through teletherapy; and

(iii) Addresses, to the extent practicable, the need to maintain the safety and well-being of patients for whom teletherapy is being used.

Md. Code, HO § 1-902

Added by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 610,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2018.