Can the pre-treatment exam be done by telehealth in Montana?

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Every other rule we have verified under good-faith examination, each linked to its primary source.

• A person licensed under this title to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession may provide services by means of telehealth when the use of telehealth: (a) is appropriate for the services being provided; (b) meets the standard of care for delivery of services; and (c) complies with any administrative rules for telehealth adopted by the board that licenses the health care provider.

  Mont. Code Ann. § 37-2-305(1) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• Treatment of a patient who is physically located in Montana by a licensee using telemedicine occurs where the patient is physically located. (2) The licensee using telemedicine in the treatment and care of patients in Montana shall adhere to the same standards of care required for in-person medical care settings.

  Mont. Admin. R. 24.156.813(1)-(2) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• A provider-patient relationship may be established for purposes of telemedicine: (a) by an in-person medical interview and physical examination when the standard of care requires an in-person encounter; (b) by consultation with another licensee or health care provider who has a documented relationship with the patient and who agrees to participate in, or supervise, the patient's care; or (c) through telemedicine if the standard of care does not require an in-person encounter.

  Mont. Admin. R. 24.156.813(3) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• The licensee using telemedicine in patient care shall: (a) make available to the patient verification of the licensee's identity and credentials; (b) verify the identity of the patient; (c) establish a provider-patient relationship prior to initiating care; (d) obtain a medical history sufficient for diagnosis and treatment in keeping with the applicable standard of care prior to providing treatment or issuing prescriptions, or delegating the patient's medical services to other health care providers; (e) delegate the patient's medical care only to health care providers: (i) who are known by the licensee to be qualified and competent to perform the delegated services; (ii) with whom the patient has an established provider-patient relationship; or (iii) who have physical or electronic access to the licensee for consultation and follow-up while the patient is under the licensee's or the delegee's care;

  Mont. Admin. R. 24.156.813(5)(a)-(e) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• "Compounding" means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device based on: (a) a practitioner's prescription drug order; (b) a professional practice relationship between a practitioner, pharmacist, and patient; (c) research, instruction, or chemical analysis, but not for sale or dispensing; (d) the preparation of drugs or devices based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns; or (e) the preparation of drugs based on a facility being registered as an outsourcing facility with the FDA.

  Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-101(9) · verified Sep 8, 2026

• this chapter does not: (1) subject a medical practitioner, as defined in 37-2-101 , who is not a pharmacist or a person who is licensed in this state to practice veterinary medicine to inspection by the board, prevent the person from compounding or using drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons in the person's practice, or prevent a medical practitioner from furnishing to a patient drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons that the person considers proper in the treatment of the patient;

  Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-103(1) · verified Sep 8, 2026

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