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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 9TEXAS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 174TELEMEDICINE
RULE §174.3Telemedicine Medical Services
ISSUE 06/25/2004
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)All physicians that use telemedicine medical services in their practices shall adopt protocols to prevent fraud and abuse through the use of telemedicine medical services. These standards must be consistent with those established by the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board and Health and Human Services Commission pursuant to §531.02161 of the Government Code.

(b)In order to establish that a physician has made a good faith effort in the physician's practice to prevent fraud and abuse through the use of telemedicine medical services, the physician must implement written protocols that address the following:

  (1)authentication and authorization of users;

  (2)authentication of the origin of information;

  (3)the prevention of unauthorized access to the system or information;

  (4)system security, including the integrity of information that is collected, program integrity, and system integrity;

  (5)maintenance of documentation about system and information usage;

  (6)information storage, maintenance, and transmission; and

  (7)synchronization and verification of patient profile data.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 14, 2004

TRD-200403863

Donald W. Patrick, MD, JD

Executive Director

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Effective date: July 4, 2004

Proposal publication date: April 23, 2004

For further information, please call: (512) 305-7016

 

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