§ 25-1-9.5-0.5 Prohibition on using telehealth for abortion
§ 25-1-9.5-1 Allows agreements to alternative locations for providing telehealth
§ 25-1-9.5-2 “Distant site”
§ 25-1-9.5-2.2 “Eye care professional”
§ 25-1-9.5-2.5 “Health care services”
§ 25-1-9.5-2.8 “Ophthalmic device”
§ 25-1-9.5-3 “Originating site”
§ 25-1-9.5-3.5 “Practitioner”
§ 25-1-9.5-4 “Prescriber”
§ 25-1-9.5-4.5 “Refraction”
§ 25-1-9.5-5 “Store and forward”
§ 25-1-9.5-6 “Telehealth”
§ 25-1-9.5-7 Standards for providing telehealth; maintenance of medical records; waiver of confidentiality; prohibition on requiring employee to use telehealth
§ 25-1-9.5-8 Issuance of prescription; controlled substance conditions
§ 25-1-9.5-9 Practitioner physically located outside Indiana; jurisdiction
§ 25-1-9.5-10 Discipline; penalties
§ 25-1-9.5-11 Pharmacy filling prescription
§ 25-1-9.5-12 Adoption of policies or rules
§ 25-1-9.5-13 Prescription prerequisites
§ 25-1-9.5-14 No requirement to provide or use telehealth
§ 25-1-9.5-15 Veterinarian-client-patient relationship
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 1 > Chapter 9.5 - Telehealth Services and Prescriptions

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • distant site: means a site at which a practitioner is located while providing health care services through telehealth. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • eye care professional: means either of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.2

  • health care services: includes the following:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.5

  • Jurisdiction: (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.
  • medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • ophthalmic device: means either of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.8

  • originating site: means any site at which a patient is located at the time health care services through telehealth are provided to the individual. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3
  • practitioner: means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice as any of the following in Indiana:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3.5

  • prescriber: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4

  • refraction: means a test that is performed to measure an individual's prescription for eye glasses or contact lenses. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4.5
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • store and forward: means the transmission of a patient's medical information from an originating site to the practitioner at a distant site without the patient being present. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-5
  • telehealth: means the delivery of health care services using interactive electronic communications and information technology, in compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), including:

    Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-6