# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 9. Teletherapy

#### Section 1-902

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.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)