OK SB726

Defines "telemedicine" as two-way, real-time interactive communication for health care delivery, diagnosis, and treatment, excluding audio-only calls, emails, text messages, and website questionnaires.

Permits allopathic and osteopathic physicians licensed in Oklahoma to establish valid physician-patient relationships through telemedicine if they confirm patient identity and location and provide their professional credentials.

Requires telemedicine encounters to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and ensure all patient communications and records remain secure and confidential.

Prohibits telemedicine encounters from establishing physician-patient relationships for prescribing opiates, synthetic opiates, semisynthetic opiates, benzodiazepines, or carisoprodol, though opioid antagonists and partial agonists may be prescribed.

Becomes effective November 1, 2017.