Texas Statutes
Chapter 111 - Telemedicine, Teledentistry, and Telehealth
Section 111.004. Rules

Sec. 111.004. RULES. (a) The Texas Medical Board, in consultation with the commissioner of insurance, as appropriate, may adopt rules necessary to:
(1) ensure that patients using telemedicine medical services receive appropriate, quality care;
(2) prevent abuse and fraud in the use of telemedicine medical services, including rules relating to the filing of claims and records required to be maintained in connection with telemedicine medical services;
(3) ensure adequate supervision of health professionals who are not physicians and who provide telemedicine medical services; and
(4) establish the maximum number of health professionals who are not physicians that a physician may supervise through a telemedicine medical service.
(b) The State Board of Dental Examiners, in consultation with the commissioner of insurance, as appropriate, may adopt rules necessary to:
(1) ensure that patients using teledentistry dental services receive appropriate, quality care;
(2) prevent abuse and fraud in the use of teledentistry dental services, including rules relating to the filing of claims and records required to be maintained in connection with teledentistry dental services;
(3) ensure adequate supervision of health professionals who are not dentists and who provide teledentistry dental services under the delegation and supervision of a dentist; and
(4) authorize a dentist to simultaneously delegate to and supervise through a teledentistry dental service not more than five health professionals who are not dentists.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 22, eff. April 1, 2005.
Renumbered from Occupations Code, Section 107.004 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(69), eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1107), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 811 (H.B. 2056), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.