Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-5705

  • Provider: means any health care provider who is licensed or required to be licensed under this title or, if located outside of Idaho, would be required to be licensed under this title for the purposes of diagnosing or treating physical or behavioral health conditions. See Idaho Code 54-5703
  • Provider group: means any group of licensed providers who have access to shared patient medical records and are organized to provide team-based or multidisciplinary care to patients. See Idaho Code 54-5703
  • Virtual care: means technology-enabled health care services in which the patient and provider are not in the same location. See Idaho Code 54-5703
A provider may provide virtual care to a patient if such provider has first established a provider-patient relationship with the patient, the patient has a provider-patient relationship with another provider in the provider group, the provider is covering calls for a provider with an established relationship with the patient, or the provider is performing any activities set forth in section 54-1733(2), Idaho Code. A provider-patient relationship may be established by use of virtual care technologies, provided that the applicable Idaho community standard of care is satisfied.