| (a) Subject to the requirements and limitations of
this subchapter, a provider may utilize a facilitator at the client
site to assist the provider in rendering telehealth services.
(b) A provider shall document whether a facilitator
is used in providing telehealth services. If a facilitator is used,
the provider shall document the tasks in which the facilitator provided
assistance.
(c) Before allowing a facilitator to assist the provider
in providing telehealth services, the provider shall ascertain and
document the facilitator's qualifications, training, and competence,
as appropriate and reasonable, in:
(1) each task the provider directs the facilitator
to perform at the client site; and
(2) the methodology and equipment the facilitator is
to use at the client site.
(d) A facilitator may only perform the following tasks
at a client site:
(1) a task for which a facilitator holds and acts in
accordance with any relevant license, permit, or authorization required
or exemption available under the Texas Occupations Code to perform
the task; and
(2) those physical, administrative, and other tasks
that a provider determines a facilitator is competent to perform in
connection with the rendering of behavior analysis services for which
no license, permit, or authorization under the Texas Occupations Code
is required or to which an exemption applies.
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