WSR 25-02-056

POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed December 20, 2024, 3:27 p.m.]

This memo serves as notice that the Washington medical commission (commission) is rescinding POL2021-02 Telemedicine, which was filed December 12, 2021, and published under WSR 22-01-092.

The purpose of this policy statement was to provide guidance to allopathic physicians and physician assistants who use telemedicine to provide medical services to Washington patients.

The commission is rescinding this policy statement because the state of Washington became the first state to enact ESSB 5481, the Uniform Telemedicine Act, and this statute just recently went into effect on June 6, 2024. As such, the commission's telemedicine policy, POL2021-02, became superseded by statutory law.

Individuals requiring additional information on this should contact Amelia Boyd, program manager, at amelia.boyd@wmc.wa.gov.