Miscellaneous
A health care provider may not be required to document a barrier to an in-person visit to provide health care services through telehealth. The department or a board may not limit the physical setting from which a health care provider may provide health care services through telehealth.
SOURCE: AK Statute Sec. 08.02.130, (Accessed Mar. 2025).
To be registered on the telemedicine business registry established and maintained under AS 44.33.381, and before providing telemedicine services to a recipient located in this state, a business performing telemedicine services must submit to the department
- a complete registration on a form provided by the department; the registration must include the business’s name, address, and contact information;
- a copy of the business’s valid business license issued under AS 43.70 and 12 AAC 12; and
- the applicable fee established in 12 AAC 02.106.
A business performing telemedicine services must register with the name it is using to perform telemedicine services in this state. A business operating under multiple names to perform telemedicine services shall file a separate registration for each name.
If the name, address, or contact information of a business on the telemedicine business registry changes, the business performing telemedicine services must submit to the department, not later than 30 days after the change or termination:
- a complete report, on a form provided by the department, of each change; and
- the applicable fee established in 12 AAC 02.106.
A business that fails to comply timely with (c) of this section may not perform telemedicine services in this state and must submit a new application under (a) of this section before resuming the provision of telemedicine services to a recipient located in this state.
If a business terminates the performance of telemedicine services in this state, the business shall notify the department, requesting that the department remove the business from the telemedicine business registry. If a business gives notification under this subsection, the business must submit a new application under (a) of this section before resuming the provision of telemedicine services to a recipient located in this state.
See telemedicine business registry webpage for more information on applying. [page under construction as of Feb. 2024].
SOURCE: AK Admin Code. Sec. 600, (Accessed Mar. 2025).
The following fees are established for registration under AS 44.33.381 (telemedicine business registry) for businesses performing telemedicine services in this state;
- initial registration fee, $50;
- fee to report changes in the information on the initial registration, $50.
SOURCE: AK Admin Code 12-02.106 (Accessed Mar. 2025).
A person who is licensed or registered under AS 08.11 may provide telemedicine services to a client in the state if:
- The telemedicine services are of the same scope, nature, and quality as those services provided in person;
- The quality of electronic transmissions used to provide telemedicine services allow the licensee or registrant to provide services equivalent to those provided in person;
- The licensee or registrant has the skill and ability to operate the equipment used to provide telemedicine services;
- The licensee or registrant assesses the client’s level of comfort in receiving telemedicine services and makes appropriate adjustments to the treatment plan based on that assessment;
- The licensee or registrant ensures the presence of a telemedicine facilitator who is physically present with the client when appropriate;
- The licensee or registrant ensures that the client can contact a licensed health care provider in person as part of the client’s treatment plan;
- The licensee or registrant ensures that the electronic transmissions used to provide telemedicine services have sufficient security to ensure the protection of the client’s medical records as if the client were receiving in-person treatment; and
- The licensee or registrant does not provide telemedicine services solely through written correspondence; however, written correspondence may be used to supplement telemedicine services.
Nothing in this section prevents the use of asynchronous telemedicine.
SOURCE: AK Admin code 12-07.020 (Accessed Mar. 2025).
See telerehabilitation regulations for supervision requirements.
SOURCE: AK Admin Code Title 12, Sec. 54. 520. (Accessed Mar. 2025).
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a health care provider who 02 provides health care services to another person is not liable for civil damages resulting 03 from an act or omission in providing the health care services if the health care … services were provided …
- through telehealth under AS 08.02.130 while the health care provider was located at a clinic, facility, or site listed in (A) of this paragraph or the private office of the health care provider and the health care provider was acting within the scope of the provider’s responsibilities at the clinic, facility, or site listed in (A) of this paragraph;
SOURCE: AS 09.65.300 as amended by House Bill 126 (2024 Session, (Accessed Mar. 2025).
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