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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054 Order Primary source read

Office of the Professions memorandum, 'What Is Telepractice?' (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office's COVID-19 page)

COVID-19 Telepractice Memo: definition of telepractice; New York law applied to telepractice; standards and competencies; requirements suspended or waived by Executive Order

New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions) · 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 (Sector regulator)

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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 · New York
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.Y. Educ. Law Title VIII; 8 NYCRR Part 29
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) (read as 2021-06-25)
In force
No start date could be read from the record.
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • all Title VIII licensees engaging in telepractice (health and design professions)
Functions reached
  • TM telehealth (standards for every Title VIII profession's remote practice)
  • PR procedures and visits
  • CB patients and clients
Collection
State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

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

Notes

The New York licensing authority's operating standard for the telepractice that the Executive Order 202 series and the elective-procedure and stay-home orders compelled

Retrieval note

Undated memorandum; its file name (covid19_telepractice memo) and placement on the COVID-19 page fix it to the 2020 emergency period.

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