§ 37:1271.1 — Physician utilization of telehealth in licensed healthcare facilities

Louisiana § 37:1271.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1271.1. Physician utilization of telehealth in licensed healthcare facilities
A. All of the following restrictions and authorizations apply to a physician who holds
an unrestricted license to practice medicine from the board and who utilizes telehealth for
any patient who is being treated at a healthcare facility that is required to be licensed
pursuant to the laws of this state and which holds a current registration with the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration:
(1) The physician shall use the same standard of care as if the healthcare services
were provided in person.
(2) The physician may prescribe any controlled dangerous substance without
necessity of conducting an appropriate in-person patient history or physical examination of
the patient as otherwise would be required by R.S. 40:1223.4.
(3) The physician shall not be subject to any regulatory prohibition or restriction on
the utilization of telehealth, including prohibitions or restrictions related to prescribing
controlled dangerous substances, which are in any manner more restrictive than the
prohibitions and restrictions that are otherwise applicable to the entire practice of medicine.
B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the board from taking
any action allowed by law or regulation in the administration of any disciplinary matter.

Legislative History

Acts 2016, No. 252, §1, eff. May 26, 2016; Acts 2023, No. 322, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.