N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2C.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 13:35-2C.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Asynchronous store-and-forward" means the acquisition and transmission of images, diagnostics, data, and medical information either to or from an originating site or to or from the licensee at a distant site, which allows for the patient to be evaluated without being physically present.

"Board" means the Board of Medical Examiners.

"Cross-coverage" means a licensee engages in a remote medical evaluation of a patient, without inperson contact, at the request of another licensee who has established a proper licensee-patient relationship with the patient.

"Distant site" means a site at which a licensee is located while providing healthcare services by means of telemedicine or telehealth.

"Licensee" means an individual licensed by the Board as a physician assistant.

"On-call" means a licensee is available, where necessary, to physically attend to the urgent and follow-up needs of a patient for whom the licensee has temporarily assumed responsibility, as designated by the patient's primary care licensee or other healthcare provider of record.

"Originating site" means a site at which a patient is located at the time that healthcare services are provided to the patient by means of telemedicine or telehealth.

"Proper licensee-patient relationship" means an association between a licensee and patient wherein the licensee owes a duty to the patient to be available to render professional services consistent with his or her training and experience, which is established pursuant to the requirements at N.J.A.C. 13:35-2C.4.

"Telehealth" means the use of information and communications technologies, including telephones, remote patient monitoring devices, or other electronic means, to support clinical healthcare, provider consultation, patient and professional health-related education, public health, health administration, and other services in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61et seq.).

"Telemedicine" means the delivery of a healthcare service, including supportive mental health services, using electronic communications, information technology, or other electronic or technological means to bridge the gap between a healthcare licensee who is located at a distant site and a patient who is located at an originating site, either with or without the assistance of an intervening licensee, and in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61et seq.). "Telemedicine" does not include the use, in isolation, of audio-only telephone conversation, electronic mail, instant messaging, phone text, or facsimile transmission.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2C.2

Adopted by 53 N.J.R. 1288(a), effective 8/2/2021