Source: https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=StatuteChapter&Statute=34-52
Timestamp: 2020-08-13 02:23:39
Document Index: 645316498

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 36', '§ 36', '§ 2', '§ 49', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 34', '§ 6', '§ 2', '§ 7', '§ 8']

SDLRC - Codified Law 34-52
CHAPTER 34-52
TELEHEALTH UTILIZATION BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
34-52-1 Definitions.
34-52-2 Treatment of patients through telehealth--Requirements.
34-52-3 Provider-patient relationship required--Exceptions.
34-52-4 Treatment and consultation recommendations.
34-52-5 Face-to-face examination using real-time audio and visual technology.
34-52-6 Prescribing drugs.
34-52-7 Informed consent.
34-52-8 Medical records.
34-52-1. Definitions.
(5) "Telehealth," the use of secure electronic information, imaging, and communication technologies by a health care professional to deliver health care services to a patient, including interactive audio-video, interactive audio with store and forward, store-and-forward technology, and remote patient monitoring. Telehealth does not include the delivery of health care services through electronic means under the provisions of chapter 27A-10, or the delivery of health care services through an audio-only telephone, electronic mail message, text message, mail service, facsimile transmission, or any combination thereof.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 1; SL 2020, ch 151, § 1.
34-52-2. Treatment of patients through telehealth--Requirements.
(1) Fully licensed to practice in the state or employed by a licensed health care facility, an accredited prevention or treatment facility, a community support provider, a nonprofit mental health center, or a licensed child welfare agency under § 36-32-76; and
Consultation between a resident health care professional and a nonresident health care professional under this chapter is governed by § 36-2-9.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 2; SL 2020, ch 165, § 49.
34-52-3. Provider-patient relationship required--Exceptions.
Exceptions to the requirements of this section include on-call, cross coverage situations, and consultation with another health care professional who has an ongoing health care provider relationship with the patient and agrees to supervise the patient's care and emergency treatment.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 3.
34-52-4. Treatment and consultation recommendations.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 4.
34-52-5. Face-to-face examination using real-time audio and visual technology.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 5.
34-52-6. Prescribing drugs.
Without a proper provider-patient relationship, a health care professional using telehealth may not prescribe a controlled drug or substance, as defined by § 34-20B-3, solely in response to an internet questionnaire or consult, including any encounter via telephone.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 6; SL 2020, ch 151, § 2.
34-52-7. Informed consent.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 7.
34-52-8. Medical records.
Source: SL 2019, ch 156, § 8.