Md. Code, Health Occupations § 1-1006
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health Occupations § 1-1006, part of Maryland’s Code, Health Occupations — governs the licensing of healthcare professionals.
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§1–1006.
Official statutory text
(a) A health occupations board may adopt regulations to implement this subtitle.
(b) Regulations adopted by a health occupations board under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) May not establish a separate standard of care for telehealth; and
(2) Shall allow for the establishment of a practitioner–patient relationship through a synchronous telehealth interaction or an asynchronous telehealth interaction provided by a health care practitioner who is complying with the health care practitioner’s standard of care.
(b) Regulations adopted by a health occupations board under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) May not establish a separate standard of care for telehealth; and
(2) Shall allow for the establishment of a practitioner–patient relationship through a synchronous telehealth interaction or an asynchronous telehealth interaction provided by a health care practitioner who is complying with the health care practitioner’s standard of care.
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