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    A health care practitioner may use teletherapy if:

        (1)    The health care practitioner complies with any regulations adopted under this subtitle; and

        (2)    The health care practitioner:

            (i)    Establishes a patient–practitioner relationship with the patient for whom teletherapy is being used;

            (ii)    Provides for the privacy of communications made through teletherapy; and

            (iii)    Addresses, to the extent practicable, the need to maintain the safety and well–being of patients for whom teletherapy is being used.