Section 773.1151 - Use of Telemedicine Medical Service By Certain Trauma Facilities(a) In this section, "telemedicine medical service" has the meaning assigned by Section 111.001, Occupations Code.(b) A health care facility located in a county with a population of less than 30,000 may satisfy a Level IV trauma facility designation requirement relating to physicians through the use of telemedicine medical service in which an on-call physician who has special competence in the care of critically injured patients provides patient assessment, diagnosis, consultation, or treatment or transfers medical data to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant located at the facility.(c) In establishing the requirements for designating a facility as a Level IV trauma facility, the executive commissioner may not adopt rules that: (1) require the physical presence or physical availability of a physician who has special competence in the care of critically injured patients; or(2) prohibit the use of telemedicine medical service that meets the requirements of Subsection (b).Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.1151
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 254,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 254, Sec. 3.