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What California privacy laws are relevant for physicians providing telehealth services?

posted on 4/8/2020 8:02:00 PM

The California Medical Information Act (CMIA), Health & Safety code section 1280.15 1280.18, and Civil Code 1798.82 each obligate health care providers to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to and disclosure of patients' medical information and safeguard patients' medical information – penalties for failure to do so during the good faith provision of telehealth services were suspended in the Governor's April 3 Executive Order. However, providers must still comply with notification requirements in Health and Safety Code section 1280.18, but the time period for such notifications was extended from 15 days to 60 days. Penalties have not been suspended for the provision of any services that are not telehealth.

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