Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4731 - State Medical Board › Chapter 4731-37 › Section 4731-37-01 - Telehealth

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								As used in Chapters 4730, 4731, 4759, 4761, and 4778 of
			 the Administrative Code:
(1)
									"Telehealth services" means health care services
			 provided through the use of information and communication technology by a
			 health care professional licensed in Ohio, within the professional's scope of
			 practice, who is located at a site other than the site where the patient is
			 receiving the services or the site where another health care professional with
			 whom the provider of the services is formally consulting regarding the patient
			 is located.
(2)
									"Synchronous communication technology" means audio
			 and/or video technology that permits two-way, interactive, real-time electronic
			 communication between the health care professional and the patient or between
			 the health care professional and the consulting health care professional
			 regarding the patient.
(3)
									"Asynchronous communication technology", also called
			 store and forward technology, has the same meaning as asynchronous store and
			 forward technologies as that term is defined in
			 42 C.F.R.
			 410.78 (effective January 1,
			 2022).
(4)
									"Remote monitoring device" means a medical device
			 cleared, approved, or authorized by the United States food and drug
			 administration for the specific purpose which the health care professional is
			 using it and which reliably transmits data electronically and
			 automatically.
(5)
									"Health care professional" means any of the
			 following:
(a)
										
			 A physician assistant licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised
			 Code;
(b)
										A physician licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised
			 Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or
			 podiatric medicine and surgery;
(c)
										A dietitian
			 licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code;
(d)
										A respiratory
			 care professional licensed under Chapter 4761. of the Revised Code;
			 or
(e)
										A genetic counselor licensed under Chapter 4778. of the
			 Revised Code.
(6)
									"Consent for telehealth treatment" means a process of
			 communication between a patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal
			 representative and the health care professional discussing the risks and
			 benefits of, and alternatives to, treatment through a remote evaluation that
			 results in the agreement to treatment that is documented in the medical record
			 or signed authorization for the patient to be treated through an evaluation
			 conducted through appropriate technology, as specified in this rule, when the
			 health care professional is in a location remote from the
			 patient.
(7)
									"Formal consultation" means when a health care
			 professional seeks the professional opinion of another health care professional
			 regarding the diagnosis or treatment recommended for the patient's medical
			 condition presented, transfers the relevant portions of the patient's medical
			 record to the consulting health care professional, and documents the formal
			 consultation in the patient's medical record.