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Health Information Technology in Idaho

 

Health Information Technology in Idaho

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Electronic reporting requirements Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.01.06.100, EMS Agency Compliance Requires EMS agencies to collect and submit EMS response records through the Prehospital Electronic Record Collections System (PERCS) and Patient...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.10.040, Report Contents and Method of Reporting Specifies the information that must be included in communicable disease reports (e.g., the name and address of the person reporting, the diagnosed...
Idaho Code Ann. § 37-3303, Limitations on Sales and Purchases Prohibits the retail sale or purchase of pseudoephedrine products to a single customer on a single day that contain an aggregate amount of...
Idaho Code Ann. § 37-3303A, Electronic Tracking System Requires the Board of Pharmacy to create an electronic tracking system as a means of monitoring the sale of pseudoephedrine products. Specifies the...
Telemedicine and telehealth Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.723, Home Health Services: Procedural Requirements Requires a physician to order home health services and specifies the information that physicians must include in these orders (e.g., the physician...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 19.01.01.055, Telehealth Services Authorizes dentists and dental hygienists to provide telehealth services to patients located within 75 miles of their practice. Requires dental...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.05.202, Idaho License Required Requires specified health care providers (e.g., physicians, athletic trainers, physician assistants, etc) to have an active Idaho license to practice...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.05.203, Provider-Patient Relationship Requires health care providers that provide telehealth services to verify a patient’s location and identity, disclose their identity and...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.05.204, Standard of Care Requires providers of telehealth services to comply with the Idaho community standard of care when serving patients located in Idaho. Prohibits...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.05.205, Informed Consent Requires providers of telehealth services to obtain and document patients’ informed consent. Specifies the information that must be addressed...
Idaho Code Ann. § 39-5906, Categories of Rural Health Care Access and Physician Incentive Grants Establishes three categories of rural health care access grant assistance: “telehealth projects”, “community development projects,...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5704, Scope of Practice Requires providers that offer telehealth services to act within the scope of their license and comply with all applicable laws.
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5705, Provider-Patient Relationship Requires providers that do not have an existing provider-patient relationship with a patient seeking telehealth services to establish that...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5706, Evaluation and Treatment Requires providers of telehealth services to gather a patient’s clinical history before providing treatment. Applies Idaho’s community...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5707, Prescriptions Permits providers that have an existing provider-patient relationship to write prescriptions for that patient via telehealth services so long as they...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5708, Informed Consent Requires providers to obtain a patient’s informed consent for telehealth services in accordance with applicable law.
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5710, Referral to Other Services  Requires telehealth providers to have the knowledge and ability to refer patients to emergency care or other providers near the patient’s...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-5711, Medical Records Requires providers of telehealth services to maintain medical records in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and to make such records...
Health Information Technology Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.05.206, Medical Records Requires providers of telehealth services to maintain medical records for each patients and specifies the information that they must document in...
Electronic health records (EHRs) Idaho Admin. Code r. 27.01.01.300, Drug Outlets: Minimum Facility Standards Establishes standards for drug outlets that dispense prescription drugs to patients. Requires these outlets to have sufficient privacy and security...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 27.01.01.500, Recordkeeping: Maintenance and Inventory Requirements Requires pharmacies to maintain records for at least three years unless otherwise stated. Requires pharmacies to maintain prescriptions drug orders...
Electronic pharmacy, including e-prescriptions and e-prescribing Idaho Admin. Code r. 27.01.01.300, Drug Outlets: Minimum Facility Standards Establishes standards for drug outlets that dispense prescription drugs to patients. Requires these outlets to have sufficient privacy and security...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 27.01.01.500, Recordkeeping: Maintenance and Inventory Requirements Requires pharmacies to maintain records for at least three years unless otherwise stated. Requires pharmacies to maintain prescriptions drug orders...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-1733A, Transmission of Prescription Drug Orders Specifies the methods by which prescription drug orders may be transmitted to pharmacies (e.g., in hard copy, verbally, electronically, by fax, etc...
Idaho Code Ann. § 54-1769, Communication Regarding Biological Products Requires pharmacists that dispense a biological product to notify the prescribing practitioner of the name and manufacturer of the dispensed...
Health Information Exchanges Idaho Code Ann. § 56-1054, Health Quality Planning Establishes the Health Quality Planning Commission (“Commission”) within the Department of Health and Welfare (“Department...