{"id":"PA-091","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f))","authority":"35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f); licensing acts of the BPOA boards","instrument":"Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency","title":"Telemedicine Summary (Mar. 18, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Continued by Act 21 of 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021 and by Act 73 to Mar. 31, 2022 (BPOA suspensions in effect Sept. 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health care practitioners licensed under any BPOA board; out-of-State practitioners"],"clause":"Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency... [the Governor granted the Department of State\u0027s request to allow practitioners] licensed under any of the Department of State\u0027s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) licensing boards to provide services to patients via telemedicine during the coronavirus emergency.... Currently no Pennsylvania statute authorizes or prohibits the practice of telemedicine.","enforcement":"Licensing boards","functions":["TM telehealth","CL clinical intake converted to remote","HR out-of-State practitioner licensure"],"notes":"The Department\u0027s own summary of the suspension; for the physician, dental, behavioral-health and allied-health memoranda.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-03-18-Telemedicine-Summary.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200329065225/https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-03-18-Telemedicine-Summary.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":59367,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-091","citation":"Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f)), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-091)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-055"]}