Section 1-1005 – Authorized Telehealth Practitioners
A health care practitioner providing health care services through telehealth must be licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to provide health care services in the State if the health care services are being provided to a patient located in the State.
Section 1-1006 – Regulations Authorized — Standard of Care
(a) A health occupations board may adopt regulations to implement this subtitle. (b) Regulations adopted by a health occupations board under subsection (a) of this section: (1) May not establish a separate standard of care for telehealth; and (2) Shall allow for the establishment of a practitioner–patient relationship through a synchronous telehealth interaction or an asynchronous telehealth interaction provided […]
Section 1-702 – Credit for Experience, Training, and Education for Service Members
(a) In calculating an individual’s years of practice in a health occupation, each health occupations board shall give credit to the individual for all relevant experience as a service member. (b) Each health occupations board shall credit any training and education provided by the military and completed by a service member toward any training or education requirements […]
Section 1-703 – Service Members — Renewal of License or Certificate After Expiration of Renewal Period; Completion of Continuing Education or Competency Requirements or Criminal History Records Check
A health occupations board may allow a licensee or certificate holder who is a member of an armed force deployed outside the United States or its territories to: (1) Renew the license or certificate after the expiration of the renewal period without payment of a penalty or reinstatement fee if the late renewal is a direct […]
Section 1-704 – Duties of Health Occupations Board
(a) (1) Each health occupations board shall develop a procedure by which an individual who applies for a license, certificate, or registration can notify the board that the individual is a service member, veteran, or military spouse. (2) A health occupations board may satisfy the requirement of paragraph (1) of this subsection by including a check–off box on […]
Section 1-705 – Publication of Process on Website
Each health occupations board shall publish prominently on its Web site information on: (1) The expedited licensing process available to service members, veterans, and military spouses under § 1–704 of this subtitle; and (2) Any assistance and services related to licensure, certification, or registration provided by the board to service members, veterans, and military spouses.
Section 1-706 – Regulations
Each health occupations board may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
Section 1-801 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Applicant” means an individual who applies for licensure to practice as a health care professional. (c) “Board” means: (1) The State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech–Language Pathologists; (2) The State Board of Dental Examiners; (3) The State Board of Nursing; (4) The State Board of […]
Section 1-802 – Duties of Boards to List Courses
(a) (1) The Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities shall provide to each board a list of recommended courses in cultural and linguistic competency, health disparities, and health literacy. (2) The Department, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall provide to each board a list of recommended courses in military culture. (b) Each board shall: (1) Post […]
Section 1-901 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Health care practitioner” means an individual who: (1) Provides behavioral health services to a patient in the State; and (2) Is licensed in the State by: (i) The State Board of Nursing; (ii) The State Board of Physicians; (iii) The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; (iv) The State Board […]