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TITLE 16 ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 4TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
CHAPTER 111SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
SUBCHAPTER VTELEHEALTH
RULE §111.210Definitions Relating to Telehealth
ISSUE 06/17/2016
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings.

  (1)Client--A consumer or proposed consumer of speech-language pathology or audiology services.

  (2)Client site--The physical location of the client at the time the services are being furnished via telecommunications.

  (3)Consultant--Any professional who collaborates with a provider of telehealth services to provide services to clients.

  (4)Facilitator--The individual at the client site who assists with the delivery of the telehealth services at the direction of the audiologist or speech-language pathologist.

  (5)Provider--An individual who holds a current, renewable, unrestricted speech-language pathology or audiology license under Texas Occupations Code §401.302 and §401.304; or an individual who holds an audiology intern license under Texas Occupations Code §401.311.

  (6)Provider site--The physical location at which the speech-language pathologist or audiologist delivering the services is located at the time the services are provided via telecommunications which is distant or remote from the client site.

  (7)Telecommunications--Interactive communication at a distance by concurrent two-way transmission, using telecommunications technology, of information, including, without limitation, sound, visual images, and/or computer data, between the client site and the provider site, and required to occur without a change in the form or content of the information, as sent and received, other than through encoding or encryption of the transmission itself for purposes of and to protect the transmission.

  (8)Telecommunications technology--Computers and equipment, other than telephone, email or facsimile technology and equipment, used or capable of use for purposes of telecommunications. For purposes of this subchapter, the term includes, without limitation:

    (A)compressed digital interactive video, audio, or data transmission;

    (B)clinical data transmission using computer imaging by way of still-image capture and storage and forward; and

    (C)other technology that facilitates the delivery of telepractice services.

  (9)Telehealth--The use of telecommunications and information technologies for the exchange of information from one site to another for the provision of speech-language pathology or audiology services to a client from a provider.

  (10)Telehealth services--The application of telecommunication technology to deliver speech-language pathology and/or audiology services at a distance for assessment, intervention, and/or consultation.

  (11)Telepractice--The use of telecommunications technology by a license holder for an assessment, intervention, or consultation regarding a speech-language pathology or audiology client.

  (12)Telepractice services--The rendering of audiology and/or speech-language pathology services through telepractice to a client who is physically located at a site other than the site where the provider is located.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 2, 2016

TRD-201602810

William H. Kuntz, Jr.

Executive Director

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Effective date: October 1, 2016

Proposal publication date: January 8, 2016

For further information, please call: (512) 463-8179



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