HB423 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would allow licensed physicians, including osteopathic physicians, to practice telemedicine in the state.

This bill would proscribe the duties and responsibilities of a physician practicing telemedicine.

This bill would provide that licensed physicians practicing telemedicine may prescribe certain medications without meeting a patient in person.

This bill would authorize the Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission to adopt rules related to telehealth and telemedicine.

This bill would repeal existing law relating to the practice of medicine and osteopathy across state lines.

Relating to the practice of medicine; to repeal Sections 34-24-500 through 34-24-508, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the licensing of the practice of medicine and osteopathy across state lines; to add a new Article 12 to Chapter 24 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the practice of telemedicine in the state.