Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1223.1

  • Telehealth: means healthcare services, including behavioral health services, provided by a healthcare provider, as defined in this Section, to a person through the use of electronic communications, information technology, asynchronous store-and-forward transfer technology, or synchronous interaction between a provider at a distant site and a patient at an originating site, including but not limited to assessment of, diagnosis of, consultation with, treatment of, and remote monitoring of a patient, and transfer of medical data. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1223.3

§1223.1. Short title

            This Part shall be known and may be cited as the “Louisiana Telehealth Access Act”.

            Acts 2014, No. 442, §2; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1300.401 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.