Texas
Occupational Therapy	Physical Therapy
Telehealth/Telemedicine/Telecommunications Definition
Telehealth is a mode of service delivery for the provision of occupational therapy services delivered by an occupational therapy practitioner to a client at a different physical location using telecommunications or information technology. Telehealth refers only to the practice of occupational therapy by occupational therapy practitioners who are licensed by this Board with clients who are located in Texas at the time of the provision of occupational therapy services. Also may be known as other terms including but not limited to telepractice, telecare, telerehabilitation, and e-health services. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 362.1	No reference found.
Modality
An occupational therapist must have contact with a client during an intervention via live audio-visual telehealth or in-person. Other telecommunications may be used to aid in the intervention, but may not be the primary means of communication. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 372.1	No reference found.
Location- Type of site/Geography
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Type of Service
Telehealth may be used for occupational therapy services. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 362.1	No reference found.
Supervision
Up to half of the required hours of interactive supervision of occupational therapy assistants may be conducted via synchronous electronic communication technologies. Frequent communication supervision may include electronic or communications technology methods. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 373.3 Supervision of a non-licensed personnel other than an occupational therapy aide provided either on-site or via telehealth, requires the occupational therapy practitioner to maintain line of sight. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 373.1	No reference found.
Informed Consent
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Patient-Provider-Relationship/In-Person Exam Required
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Licensing
Occupational therapists must be licensed in Texas if providing telehealth services to patients located within the state. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 362.1	Texas is part of the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. Physical therapists licensed through the compact in other compact states may provide services in Texas. Source:Tex. Occ. Code § 453.501
Other
An occupational therapist is responsible for determining whether an evaluation may be conducted via telehealth or must be conducted in person. Source:40 Tex. Admin. Code § 372.1	No reference found.