Page 52 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

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relationship prior to e-prescribing. This includes:

• A face-to-face history and physical exam;
• A diagnosis and therapeutic plan;
• Discussion of diagnosis or treatment with the
patient;
• Availability of appropriate follow-up care.

Source: HI Revised Statutes § 329-1 (2012).

Treatment recommendations made via telemedicine are
appropriate for traditional physician-patient settings that
do not include a face-to-face visit, but in which
prescribing is appropriate, including on-call telephone
encounters and encounters for which a follow-up visit is
arranged.

Issuing a prescription based solely on an online
questionnaire is prohibited.

Source: HI Revised Statutes § 453-1.3.

Consent
No reference found. No reference found.

Location
(see Medicaid column) Eligible originating sites:

• Hospitals;
• Critical Access Hospitals;
• Rural Health Clinics;
• Federally Qualified Health Centers;
• Federal telehealth demonstration project sites.

In addition, originating sites must be located in one of
the following:

• A federally designated Rural Health
Professional Shortage Area;
• A county outside of a Metropolitan Statistical
Area;
• An entity that participates in a federal
telemedicine demonstration project.

Source: Code of HI Rules 17-1737 (2012).
Cross-State Licensing

Out-of-state radiologists may provide services in Hawaii. No reference found.

Source: HI Revised Statutes § 453-2(b)(6).

Commissioned medical officers or psychologists
employed by the US Department of Defense and
credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center are exempt
from licensing requirements when providing services to

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