Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 75 - Telemedicine
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section XLV-7505 - Patient Relationship; Standard of Care; Location of Participants

A. Physician-Patient Relationship. Telemedicine shall not be utilized by a physician with respect to any individual located in this state in the absence of a physician-patient relationship.

B. Standard of Care. The practice of medicine by telemedicine, including the issuance of any prescription via electronic means shall be held to the same prevailing and usually accepted standards of medical practice as those in traditional (face-to-face) settings. An online, electronic or written mail message does not satisfy the standards of appropriate care.

C. Location of Participants. A physician using telemedicine may be at any location at the time the services are provided. A patient receiving medical services by telemedicine may be in any location at the time that the services are received.