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(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.