New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44C - AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Subchapter 11 - TELEMEDICINE
Section 13:44C-11.1 - Purpose and scope

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:44C-11.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to implement the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61et seq.), which authorizes healthcare providers to engage in telemedicine and telehealth.

(b) This subchapter shall apply to all persons who are licensed by the Committee as audiologists and/or speech language pathologists.

(c) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:1-62, an audiologist and/or speech language pathologist must hold a license issued by the Committee if he or she:

1. Is located in New Jersey and provides health care services to any patient located in, or out of, New Jersey by means of telemedicine or telehealth; or

2. Is located outside of New Jersey and provides health care services to any patient located in New Jersey by means of telemedicine or telehealth.

(d) Notwithstanding N.J.S.A. 45:1-62 and (c) above, a healthcare provider located in another state who consults with a licensee in New Jersey through the use of information and communications technologies, but does not direct patient care, will not be considered as providing health care services to a patient in New Jersey consistent with N.J.S.A. 45:3B-1et seq., and will not be required to obtain licensure in New Jersey in order to provide such consultation.

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