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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally
Chapter 113 - Mental Health Telemedicine and Telehealth Services
Section 113.002. Patient Located Outside of State
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TX Occ Code § 113.002 (2025)
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Sec. 113.002. PATIENT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF STATE. Notwithstanding any other law, a health professional may provide a mental health service that is within the scope of the professional's license, certification, or authorization through the use of a telemedicine medical service or a telehealth service to a patient who is located outside of this state, subject to any applicable regulation of the jurisdiction in which the patient is located.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 4455), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
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