Florida Senate - 2022 SB 312 By Senator Diaz 36-00376-22 2022312__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to telehealth; amending s. 456.47, 3 F.S.; revising the definition of the term 4 telehealth; narrowing the prohibition on prescribing 5 controlled substances through telehealth to include 6 only specified controlled substances; providing an 7 effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1.Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraph 12 (c) of subsection (2) of section 456.47, Florida Statutes, are 13 amended to read: 14 456.47Use of telehealth to provide services. 15 (1)DEFINITIONS.As used in this section, the term: 16 (a)Telehealth means the use of synchronous or 17 asynchronous telecommunications technology by a telehealth 18 provider to provide health care services, including, but not 19 limited to, assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, and 20 monitoring of a patient; transfer of medical data; patient and 21 professional health-related education; public health services; 22 and health administration. The term does not include audio-only 23 telephone calls, e-mail messages, or facsimile transmissions. 24 (2)PRACTICE STANDARDS. 25 (c)A telehealth provider may not use telehealth to 26 prescribe a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of s. 27 893.03 unless the controlled substance is prescribed for the 28 following: 29 1.The treatment of a psychiatric disorder; 30 2.Inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under chapter 31 395; 32 3.The treatment of a patient receiving hospice services as 33 defined in s. 400.601; or 34 4.The treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility 35 as defined in s. 400.021. 36 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.