DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law
or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Present law, R.S. 24:117(B)(2), authorizes the legislature to express the intended meaning of a law
in a duly adopted concurrent resolution.
Present law, R.S. 37:1271(B)(2)(a) and (3), requires that a physician who practices telemedicine use
the same standard of care as if the healthcare services were provided in person, and authorizes a
physician to prescribe a controlled substance through telemedicine after he has conducted an
appropriate in-person patient history or physical examination of the patient.
Proposed resolution expresses the intent of the legislature that present law establishes the standard
of care that physicians are required to use in the practice of telemedicine, and declares that any
administrative rules proposing to establish a standard of care that differs from the standard specified
in law are inconsistent with the intent of the legislature.