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TITLE 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 24 - TEXAS BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 573 - RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
SUBCHAPTER G - OTHER PROVISIONS
SECTION/RULE §573.68 - Telemedicine
Chapter Review Date 03/02/2016

(a) "Telemedicine" means veterinary medicine offered or provided by a person to a patient at a different physical location than the person using telecommunications or information technology.(b) Pursuant to §801.251, Texas Occupations Code, a person may not practice, or offer or attempt to practice, veterinary telemedicine unless the person holds a license to practice veterinary medicine issued by the Board.(c) Pursuant to §801.351(a), Texas Occupations Code, a person may not practice veterinary telemedicine unless a veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists. Pursuant to §801.351(c), Texas Occupations Code, a veterinarian-client-patient relationship may not be established solely by telephone or electronic means.(d) A person providing veterinary telemedicine is subject to the professional standard of care that would apply to the provision of the same services in an in-person setting.

Source Note: The provisions of this §573.68 adopted to be effective January 27, 2020, 45 TexReg 553.

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