Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.30 - Telemental Health Services
Section 10.21.30.01 - Scope
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.30.01
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. This chapter applies to public mental health system (PMHS) outpatient mental health centers (OMHC) or individual psychiatrists to provide psychiatric consultation, evaluation, and ongoing treatment, via interactive video telemental health (TMH) technologies to eligible individuals:
(1) Located in designated rural geographic
areas of Maryland; or
(2) For whom
personal psychiatric services are not available.
B. The purpose of providing psychiatric care via TMH technology is to:
(1) Improve access
to outpatient psychiatric care, thus reducing the individual's admission to
emergency rooms, inpatient facilities, or detention centers;
(2) Improve access to outpatient and
inpatient psychiatric subspeciality consultation, thus improving diagnostic
clarification, treatment recommendations, and planning for the individual;
and
(3) Improve capacity and choice
for outpatient ongoing psychiatric treatment, thus reducing the need to travel
outside the community when local resources are limited.
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