Maryland Code, Health Occupations § 1-1003

(1) Be held to the same standards of practice that are applicable to in-person health care settings; and

(2) If clinically appropriate for the patient, provide or refer a patient to in-person health care services or another type of telehealth service.

(b)(1) A health care practitioner shall perform a clinical evaluation that is appropriate for the patient and the condition with which the patient presents before providing treatment or issuing a prescription through telehealth.

(2) A health care practitioner may use a synchronous telehealth interaction or an asynchronous telehealth interaction to perform the clinical evaluation required under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(c)(1) A health care practitioner may not prescribe an opiate described in the list of Schedule II substances under § 5-403 of the Criminal Law Article for the treatment of pain through telehealth, unless:

(2) Subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, a health care practitioner who through telehealth prescribes a controlled dangerous substance, as defined in § 5-101 of the Criminal Law Article, is subject to any applicable regulation, limitation, and prohibition in federal and State law relating to the prescription of controlled dangerous substances.