Idaho Code 54-5713 – Virtual Care Licensure Exemptions and Jurisdiction Consent
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(1) Prior to delivering health care services via virtual care, a provider must obtain a license from the applicable licensing board, except a license is not required for virtual care when a provider licensed and in good standing in another state or jurisdiction of the United States:
(a) Has established a patient-provider relationship with a person who is in Idaho temporarily for business, work, education, vacation, or other reasons and such person requires health care services from that provider;
(b) Has established a patient-provider relationship with a person and provides temporary or short-term follow-up health care services to such person to ensure continuity of care;
(c) Is employed by or contracted with an Idaho facility or hospital to provide care services for which the provider has been privileged and credentialed;
(d) Renders health care services in a time of disaster and provides follow-up health care services to ensure continuity of care;
(e) Provides health care services in preparation for a scheduled in-person care visit; or
(f) Consults with or refers a patient to an Idaho licensed provider.
(2) By engaging in virtual care with a patient located in Idaho, a provider exempted from Idaho licensure under subsection (1) of this section consents to the applicable Idaho laws, rules, and regulations governing the provider’s profession, including this chapter and the Idaho community standard of care, the jurisdiction of Idaho courts, the jurisdiction of the division of occupational and professional licenses, and the jurisdiction of the applicable licensing board regulating the provider’s profession, including the division’s and licensing board’s complaint, investigation, and hearing process and ability to seek injunctions and impose civil penalties and fines.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-5713
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Health care services: means :
Idaho Code 54-5703Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Provider: means any health care provider who is licensed or required to be licensed under this title or, if located outside of Idaho, would be required to be licensed under this title for the purposes of diagnosing or treating physical or behavioral health conditions. See Idaho Code 54-5703 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114 Virtual care: means technology-enabled health care services in which the patient and provider are not in the same location. See Idaho Code 54-5703