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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 60 - Telehealth Act
Section 102 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 26-60-102 (2021)
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Effective 5/12/2020
26-60-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 119, 2020 General Session
26-60-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Asynchronous store and forward transfer" means the transmission of a patient's health care information from an originating site to a provider at a distant site.
- (2) "Distant site" means the physical location of a provider delivering telemedicine services.
- (3) "Originating site" means the physical location of a patient receiving telemedicine services.
- (4) "Patient" means an individual seeking telemedicine services.
- (5)
- (a) "Patient-generated medical history" means medical data about a patient that the patient creates, records, or gathers.
- (b) "Patient-generated medical history" does not include a patient's medical record that a healthcare professional creates and the patient personally delivers to a different healthcare professional.
- (6) "Provider" means an individual who is:
- (a) licensed under Title 26, Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act;
- (b) licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions, to provide health care; or
- (c) licensed under Title 62A, Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities.
- (7) "Synchronous interaction" means real-time communication through interactive technology that enables a provider at a distant site and a patient at an originating site to interact simultaneously through two-way audio and video transmission.
- (8) "Telehealth services" means the transmission of health-related services or information through the use of electronic communication or information technology.
- (9) "Telemedicine services" means telehealth services:
- (a) including:
- (i) clinical care;
- (ii) health education;
- (iii) health administration;
- (iv) home health;
- (v) facilitation of self-managed care and caregiver support; or
- (vi) remote patient monitoring occurring incidentally to general supervision; and
- (b) provided by a provider to a patient through a method of communication that:
- (i)
- (A) uses asynchronous store and forward transfer; or
- (B) uses synchronous interaction; and
- (ii) meets industry security and privacy standards, including compliance with:
- (A) the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended; and
- (B) the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 226, 467, as amended.
- (i)
- (a) including:
Amended by Chapter 119, 2020 General Session
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