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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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36	29		BILL NO. 690 By: Pugh of the Senate
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45	38		An Act relating to telemedicine; amending Section 2,
46	39		Chapter 228, O.S.L. 2017 (59 O.S. S upp. 2020, Section
47	40		478.1), which relates to e stablishment of physici an-
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55	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O F OKLAHOMA:
56	49		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 228, O.S.L.
57	50		2017 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 478.1), is amended to read as
58	51		follows:
59	52		Section 478.1. A. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a valid
60	53		physician-patient relationship may be established by an allopathi c
61	54		or osteopathic physician with a patient located in this st ate
62	55		through telemedicine, provided that the physician:
63	56		1. Holds a license to practice medicine in this state , a
64	57		license issued by endorsement by the Sta te Board of Medical
65	58		Licensure and Supervision under Section 493.3 of this title or a
	59	+	license issued without exa mination by the State Board of Osteopathic
	60	+	Examiners under Section 63 4 of this title;
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93		-	license issued without examination by the State Board of Osteopathic
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95	87		2. Confirms with the patient the patient ’s identity and
96	88		physical location; and
97	89		3. Provides the patie nt with the treating physician ’s identity
98	90		and professional credentia ls.
99	91		B. Telemedicine and store and forward technology encounters
100	92		shall comply with the Health Insurance Portability and
101	93		Accountability Act of 1996 and ensure that all patient
102	94		communications and records are secure and confidential.
103	95		C. Telemedicine encounte rs and encounters involving store and
104	96		forward technologies in this st ate shall not be used to establish a
105	97		valid physician-patient relationship for the purpose of prescribing
106	98		opiates, synthetic opiates, semisynthetic opiates, benzod iazepine or
107	99		carisprodol, but may be used to prescribe opioid antagonists or
108	100		partial agonists pursuant to Sections 1 -2506.1 and 1-2506.2 of Title
109	101		63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
110	102		D. A physician-patient relationship sh all not be created solely
111	103		based on the receipt of patient health inf ormation by a physician.
112	104		The duties and obligations created by a phy sician-patient
113	105		relationship shall not apply until the physician affirmatively:
114	106		1. Undertakes to diagnose and treat the patient; or
115	107		2. Participates in the diagno sis and treatment of the patient.
	108	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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143		-	~~SECTION 2.~~ ~~This act shall become effective November 1~~, 2021.
	135	+	Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2021.
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145		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 03/31/2021 -
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	142	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	147	+	Presiding Officer of the House
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