Tex. Ins. Code § 1455.001 · Chapter 1455. TELEMEDICINE, TELEDENTISTRY, AND TELEHEALTH
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry in this state under Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(1-a) "Distant site" means the location where a health professional provides a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
(1-b) "Health professional" means:
(A) a physician;
(B) an individual who is:
(i) licensed or certified in this state to perform health care services; and
(ii) authorized to assist:
(a) a physician in providing telemedicine medical services that are delegated and supervised by the physician; or
(b) a dentist in providing teledentistry dental services that are delegated and supervised by the dentist;
(C) a licensed or certified health professional acting within the scope of the license or certification who does not perform a telemedicine medical service or a teledentistry dental service; or
(D) a dentist.
(1-c) "Originating site" means the location where an individual receives a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
(2) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(2-a) "Platform" means the technology, system, software, application, modality, or other method through which a health professional remotely interfaces with a patient when providing a health care service or procedure as a telemedicine medical service or telehealth service.
(3) "Teledentistry dental service," "telehealth service," and "telemedicine medical service" have the meanings assigned by Section 111.001, Occupations Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1107), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2018.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 3345), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 811 (H.B. 2056), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 1052), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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