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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="1-1002" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Telehealth">
  <text>A health care practitioner may establish a practitioner–patient relationship through either a synchronous telehealth interaction or an asynchronous telehealth interaction, if the health care practitioner:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Verifies the identity of the patient receiving health care services through telehealth;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Discloses to the patient the health care practitioner’s name, contact information, and the type of health occupation license held by the health care practitioner; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Obtains oral or written consent from the patient or from the patient’s parent or guardian if State law requires the consent of a parent or guardian.</text>
  </level>
</section>
