Or. Admin. Code § 409-045-0120

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 409-045-0120 - Telemedicine Providers Standard List of Credentialing Documents

(1) To become credentialed by an originating-site hospital or health care facility a telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital or health care facility must provide the following information and documentation to the originating-site hospital or health care facility:

(a) A completed current (within the past 6 months) Oregon Practitioner Credentialing Application (OPCA) and the following documents:

(A) A copy of the state license authorizing practice;

(B) Drug Enforcement Agency certificate;

(C) State approved foreign education equivalency certificate or report, if applicable; and

(D) Certification of professional liability insurance.

(b) Attestation by medical staff at the distant-site hospital or health care facility that they have conducted primary source verification of all materials of the OPCA except for:

(A) Hospital affiliations other than to the distant-site hospital or health care facility; and

(B) Work history beyond the previous five years.

(2) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may request documentation of all the verifications above from the distant-site hospital or health care facility or the telemedicine health care practitioner. Verifications that are not provided may be obtained separately by the originating-site hospital or health care facility.

(3) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not require either the telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital to provide the following documentation for the purposes of credentialing or privileging a telemedicine provider:

(a) Proof of Tuberculosis screening;

(b) Proof of vaccination or immunity to communicable diseases; and

(c) HIPAA training verification.

(4) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not require a telemedicine provider to attend physician and staff meetings at the originating-site hospital or health care facility.

(5) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not request credentialing information if the credentialing information was made available under OAR 409-045-0120 and is not subject to change.

(6) To become recredentialed by an originating-site hospital or health care facility, every two years a telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital or health care facility must provide a completed current Oregon Practitioner Recredentialing Application and all other information required in OAR 409-045-0120.

Or. Admin. Code § 409-045-0120

OHP 10-2013(Temp), f. 12-31-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14 thru 6-30-14; OHP 3-2014, f. 6-30-14, cert. ef. 7-1-14; OHP 1-2018, temporary amend filed 01/18/2018, effective 01/18/2018 through 07/16/2018; OHP 6-2018, amend filed 06/27/2018, effective 7/1/2018; OHP 3-2022, amend filed 03/15/2022, effective 3/15/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.042, 441.056 & 441.223

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 441.056, 441.223 & 442.015