Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1223.3. Definitions

(1) “Asynchronous store and forward transfer” means the transmission of a patient's medical information from an originating site to the provider at the distant site without the patient being present.

(2) “Distant site” means the site at which the healthcare provider delivering the service is located at the time the service is provided via a telecommunications system.

(3) “Healthcare provider” means a person, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, corporation, facility, or institution licensed or certified by this state to practice medicine or provide health care or healthcare professional services which may be provided by telehealth in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.

(4) “Originating site” means the location of the patient at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system or when the asynchronous store and forward transfer occurs.

(5) “Synchronous interaction” means communication through interactive technology that enables a healthcare provider and a patient at two locations separated by distance to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.