A health care practitioner may use teletherapy if: (1) The health care practitioner complies with any regulations adopted under this subtitle; and (2) The health care practitioner: (i) Establishes a patient–practitioner relationship with the patient for whom teletherapy is being used; (ii) Provides for the privacy of communications made through teletherapy; and (iii) Addresses, to the extent practicable, the need to maintain the safety and well–being of patients for whom teletherapy is being used.
Maryland Legal Code