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through a technician in the operating room.”

Requirements:

• The facility where the surgery is performed must
be a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical
center;
• The facility must grant medical staff membership
and/or clinical privileges to the monitoring
physician;
• The monitoring physician must have OR active-
tele-monitoring status.

Source: OR Admin. Rules. 847-008-0023.
Email/Phone/FAX
Yes for email. Yes for email and telephone when used for patient
Yes for telephone. consulting and “when billed services comply with the
No reference found for FAX. practice guidelines set forth by the Health Service
Commission (HSC), applicable HSC approved CPT
Email and telephone consults must comply with Health code requirements and delivered consistent with the
Service Commission guidelines. HSC practice guideline.”

Source: OR Admin. Rules 410-130-0610. Email, telephone and fax may be used when
videoconferencing availability is limited.

Source: OR Div. of Medical Assistance Programs, Medical-
Surgical Svcs. Rulebook, Div. 130, 410-130-0610, p. 65-6 (Jan. 1,
2015).
Online Prescribing
Practicing Across State Lines No reference found.
A physician must first:

• Establish a physician-patient relationship;
• Make a judgment based on some type of
objective criteria upon which to diagnose, treat,
correct or prescribe;
• Act in the best interest of the patient.

Writing prescriptions based only on an Internet sale or
consults prohibited.

Source: OR Admin. Rules, 847-025-0000.
Consent
No reference found. No reference found.
Location

Originating sites include but are not limited to: No reference found.

• Hospitals;
• Rural Health Clinics;
• Federally Qualified Health Centers;
• Physician offices;

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