{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (licensing authority under Title VIII of the Education Law for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, mental-health practitioners, massage therapy and veterinary medicine); State level","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions)","authority":"N.Y. Educ. Law Title VIII; 8 NYCRR Part 29","instrument":"Office of the Professions memorandum, \u0027What Is Telepractice?\u0027 (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office\u0027s COVID-19 page)","title":"COVID-19 Telepractice Memo: definition of telepractice; New York law applied to telepractice; standards and competencies; requirements suspended or waived by Executive Order","dateIssued":"","effective":"2020 (undated on its face; posted on the Office of the Professions COVID-19 page during the Executive Order 202 period)","end":"Guidance; the Executive Order 202 suspensions it references expired June 25, 2021 (Exs. 055, 056)","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-06-25","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["all Title VIII licensees engaging in telepractice (health and design professions)"],"clause":"Telepractice is defined as the provision of professional service over geographical distances by means of modern telecommunications technology. This generic term includes, for example, telehealth, teletherapy, teledentistry, telemedicine, telenursing, etc.... [Licensees are held to the] same standards and competencies when engaging in telepractice as they are when [providing in-person] services. It is incumbent upon a licensee engaging in telepractice to ensure that he or she is [appropriately licensed and competent]... [except to the extent a requirement is] suspended or waived pursuant to an Executive Order issued by the New York State [Governor].","enforcement":"N.Y. Educ. Law § 6509 and 8 NYCRR Part 29 (professional misconduct); Executive Order 202 series conditions","functions":["TM telehealth (standards for every Title VIII profession\u0027s remote practice)","PR procedures and visits","CB patients and clients"],"notes":"The New York licensing authority\u0027s operating standard for the telepractice that the Executive Order 202 series and the elective-procedure and stay-home orders compelled","sourceUrl":"https://www.op.nysed.gov/sites/op/files/covid19_telepractice%20memo.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94887,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054","citation":"New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions), Office of the Professions memorandum, \u0027What Is Telepractice?\u0027 (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office\u0027s COVID-19 page) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}