DE Telemedicine

Updated on January 30, 2019.  Medical content reviewed by Dr. Richard Koffler, MD, Board Certified Physiatrist

Delaware Medical Marijuana Telemedicine Laws

To date, Delaware has yet to pass legislation that would enact a telehealth/telemedicine policy, despite a large majority of its people living in areas, that have health professional shortages or are medically underserved. Telemedicine provides a solution to the need for primary and specialty medical care. In order to improve access to behavioral health services, general health, and medical subspecialties not widely available in Delaware, the Delaware Medical Assistance Program makes reimbursements for telemedicine-delivered services, as of July 01, 2012.

Fully integrated into Delaware’s healthcare system, Telehealth provides all residents with affordable and accessible medical service. As per the Delaware Medical Board, health care practitioners providing telemedicine services, are required to adhere to the same standard of professional conduct and practice, as healthcare practitioners of the same practice or specialty, providing services in-person — with the exception of prescription.

All out-of-state health care practitioners intending to provide telemedicine services, to patients geographically situated in the state of Delaware, must first obtain a valid medical license, from the Delaware Medical Board, prior to commencing service — however, physician-to-physician (P2P) exemptions apply.

With its progressive policy towards the further growth and development of telehealth/telemedicine, Delaware is ready for the future of medicine.

Using Medical Marijuana Telemedicine Services in Delaware

Qualified medical marijuana patients please be advised that for the purposes of using medical marijuana telemedicine services online, in Delaware:

• The State of Delaware requires that, in order for a marijuana doctor to conduct a medical marijuana evaluation, the physician must first conduct a patient examination, in-person.
• Although patients may not see a marijuana doctor online for the initial visit, patients may choose to use medical marijuana telemedicine services online for all follow-up visits.

If you are a qualified Delaware medical marijuana patient who has already established a bonafide relationship with a medical marijuana doctor, and want to see a marijuana doctor online and on-demand now, via the medical marijuana telemedicine portal, please click here.

Useful Resources

• Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance Statutory Authority: 31 Delaware Code, Section 512 (July 2014)
  
• Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance Statutory Authority: 31 Delaware Code, Section 512 (July 2012)
• Supporting The Practice of Telemedicine  in Delaware
• Delaware Code Title 18 Chapter 33
• Delaware Code Title 24 Chapter 17 Medical Practice Act Subchapter Miscellaneous Provisions
• Delaware Code Title 24 Chapter 17 Medical Practice Act Subchapter General Provisions 
• American Telemedicine Association — Delaware
• Center For Connected Health Policy — Delaware

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