Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4725 - Ohio Vision Professional Board › Chapter 4725-25 › Section 4725-25-01 - Telehealth communication

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								In this
			 chapter, the following terms have the meaning indicated:
(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 an optometrist licensed under Chapter 4725 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.
(8)
									
									"Health care facility" means a
			 hospital; clinic; office of a health care professional, associated group of
			 health care professionals, or associated group of health care professionals,
			 and individuals licensed under Chapters 4731. and 4725. of the Revised Code;
			 training institution for health care professionals; and a free clinic or other
			 nonprofit shelter or health care facility.
(9)
									
									"Remote Site" means the location where a health care
			 professional provides health care services through a telehealth
			 system.
(10)
									"Originating site" means the location where a patient
			 receives health care services through a telehealth system.
(11)
									"Ocular Health
			 Emergency" is a serious, unexpected and potentially dangerous situation
			 requiring immediate action for an infection, sudden threat of vision loss, or
			 is potentially life threatening.