“Virtual care” means technology-enabled health care services in which the patient and provider are not in the same location. Virtual care is an umbrella term that encompasses terms associated with a wide variety of synchronous and asynchronous care delivery modalities enabled by technology, such as telemedicine, telehealth, m-health, e-consults, e-visits, video visits, remote patient monitoring, and similar technologies. Virtual care is considered to be rendered at the physical location of the patient.

SOURCE: ID Code Sec. 54-5703(6),  (Accessed Jun 2025).

“Telehealth services” means health care services provided by a provider to a person through the use of electronic communications, information technology, asynchronous store and forward transfer or synchronous interaction between a provider at a distant site and a patient at an originating site. Such services include, but are not limited to, clinical care, health education, home health and facilitation of slef-managed care and caregiver support.

SOURCE: ID Admin Code 24.33.03 (201)(06). (Accessed Jun 2025).

Telepsychology Services mean psychological services provided by a provider through the use of electronic communications, information technology, asynchronous store and forward transfer of information or synchronous interaction between the provider at a distant site and a service recipient at an original site. Such services include, but are not limited to, assessing, testing, diagnosing, treating, education, and consulting.

SOURCE: ID Admin Code 24.12.01 (601). (Accessed Jun 2025).