16 Tex. Admin. Code § 121.76 - Definitions Relating to Telehealth
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings.
(1) Client
site--The physical location of the client at the time that telehealth services
are being provided.
(2)
Facilitator--An individual physically present with a client who assists with
the delivery of behavior analysis services through telehealth at the direction
of a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst.
(3) Provider--An individual who provides
telehealth services and holds a current:
(A)
behavior analyst license under Texas Occupations Code §
506.253 and §
506.255;
or
(B) assistant behavior analyst
license under Texas Occupations Code §§
506.254 -
§506.255.
(4)
Provider site--The physical location of the provider at the time the telehealth
services are provided that is distant or remote from the client site.
(5) Telecommunications--Interactive
communication of information at a distance by concurrent two-way transmission
using telecommunications technology, including, without limitation, sound,
visual images, and/or computer data, between the client site and the provider
site, and required to occur without a change in the form or content of the
information, as sent and received, other than through encoding or encryption of
the transmission itself for purposes of and to protect the
transmission.
(6)
Telecommunications technology--Computers, smart phones, and equipment, other
than analog telephone, email, or facsimile technology and equipment, used or
capable of use for purposes of telecommunications. For purposes of this
subchapter, the term includes, without limitation:
(A) compressed digital interactive video,
audio, or data transmission;
(B)
clinical data transmission using computer imaging by way of still-image
capture, storage and forward;
(C)
smart phones, or any audio-visual, real-time, or two-way interactive
communication system; and
(D) other
technology that facilitates the delivery of telehealth services.
(7) Telehealth--The use of
telecommunications or telecommunications technology for the exchange of
information from one site to another for the provision of behavior analysis
services to a client from a provider.
(8) Telehealth services--The application of
telecommunications technology to deliver behavior analysis services to a client
who is physically located at a site other than the site where the provider is
located.
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