The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
"Asynchronous store-and-forward" means the acquisition and
transmission of images, diagnostics, data, and medical information either to or
from an originating site or to or from the licensee at a distant site, which
allows for the patient to be evaluated without being physically present.
"Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
"Cross-coverage" means a licensee engages in a remote dental
evaluation of a patient, without inperson contact, at the request of another
licensee who has established a proper licensee-patient relationship with the
patient.
"Distant site" means a site at which a licensee is located
while providing health care services by means of telemedicine or
telehealth.
"Licensee" means an individual licensed by the Board.
"On-call" means a licensed dentist is available, where
necessary, to physically attend to the urgent and follow-up needs of a patient
for whom the licensed dentist has temporarily assumed responsibility, as
designated by the patient's primary care licensed dentist or other health care
provider of record.
"Originating site" means a site at which a patient is located
at the time that health care services are provided to the patient by means of
telemedicine or telehealth.
"Proper licensee-patient relationship" means an association
between a licensee and patient, wherein the licensee owes a duty to the patient
to be available to render professional services consistent with his or her
training and experience, which is established pursuant to the requirements at
N.J.A.C. 13:30-9.4.
"Telehealth" means the use of information and communications
technologies, including telephones, remote patient monitoring devices, or other
electronic means, to support clinical health care, provider consultation,
patient and professional health-related education, public health, health
administration, and other services in accordance with the provisions of
P.L.
2017, c. 117
(N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 et seq.).
"Telemedicine" means the delivery of a health care service,
including supportive mental health services, using electronic communications,
information technology, or other electronic or technological means to bridge
the gap between a health care licensee who is located at a distant site and a
patient who is located at an originating site, either with or without the
assistance of an intervening licensee, and in accordance with the provisions of
P.L.
2017, c. 117
(N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 et seq.). "Telemedicine" does not
include the use, in isolation, of audio-only telephone conversation, electronic
mail, instant messaging, phone text, or facsimile
transmission.
