Executive Order Provides Temporary Suspension of Requirements Related to Telehealth

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Executive Order Provides Temporary Suspension of Requirements Related to Telehealth

Dear Licensee:

On April 1, 2020, Gov. Jared Polis issued Executive Order D2020 020, Ordering the Temporary Suspension of Certain Statutes to Expand the Use of Telehealth Services Due to the Presence of COVID-19.

Among the directives, aimed at protecting the public health and mitigating exposure to and the spread of Coronavirus, is the temporary suspension of the requirements in Section 12-245-217(2)(e)(II), Colorado Revised Statutes, which state that “a person residing in and licensed or certified in another state as a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, professional counselor, or addiction counselor does not exceed twenty (20) days per year of performing activities or services in Colorado.”

The Order states that the use of telehealth services, including low-cost telephone, internet, audio-only, and live video, are widely available and accessible to health care providers and patients, and that Colorado healthcare providers must be able to use telehealth services whenever possible. 

We are working diligently to issue regulatory guidance in the coming days to provide you with further clarity related to the Order. As further guidance on the use of telehealth services is forthcoming, please check your email regularly and DORA’s COVID-19 informational website for these updates as they become available.

 

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