RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

The eligibility criteria for out-of-state physicians were updated to require a referral from a Hawaii-licensed physician and added a requirement that the service be unavailable in Hawaii due to physician shortages.

New requirements mandate that out-of-state physicians report disciplinary actions taken in other jurisdictions at least three days before the initial consultation.

A new condition requires that if the out-of-state physician does not hold an expedited Interstate Medical Licensure Compact license, their orders for prescriptions and procedures must be approved by a Hawaii-licensed physician.

The list of non-telehealth services was updated to replace 'e-mail texts' with 'electronic mail texts' and added a period to the sentence structure.

The definition of 'telehealth' was slightly modified to include 'district or territory' alongside 'state' when defining eligible out-of-state locations.

The revision clarifies that out-of-state physicians performing these services are subject to the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Medical Board and potential disciplinary actions.

The purpose of the act was rephrased to focus on establishing a physician-patient relationship via an initial consultation rather than providing temporary licensure for treatments.