2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 - Health
Chapter 219 - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELEMEDICINE
Subchapter 2: TELEMEDICINE
§ 9361 Health care providers providing telemedicine or store and forward services
§ 9361. Health care providers providing telemedicine or store and forward services
(a) Subject to the limitations of the license under which the individual is practicing, a health care provider licensed in this state may prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs or medical supplies, or otherwise provide treatment recommendations to a patient after having performed an appropriate examination of the patient either in person or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment through which images and medical records may be transmitted electronically. Treatment recommendations made via electronic means, including issuing a prescription via electronic means, shall be held to the same standards of appropriate practice as those in traditional provider-patient settings. For purposes of this subchapter, "telemedicine" shall have the same meaning as in 8 V.S.A. § 4100k.
(b) A patient receiving teleophthalmology or teledermatology by store and forward means shall be informed of the right to receive a consultation with the distant site health care provider and shall receive a consultation with the distant site health care provider upon request. If requested, the consultation with the distant site health care provider may occur either at the time of the initial consultation or within a reasonable time of the patient's notification of the results of the initial consultation. Receiving teledermatology or teleophthalmology by store and forward means shall not preclude a patient from receiving real time telemedicine or face-to-face services with the distant site health care provider at a future date. Originating site health care providers involved in the store and forward process shall ensure informed consent from the patient. For purposes of this subchapter, "store and forward" shall have the same meaning as in 8 V.S.A. § 4100k. (Added 2011, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 8, 2012.)
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