Podiatry

Practice Guidelines

While current law, rules and regulations provide no specific reference to this emerging area of professional practice, all laws, rules and regulations governing professional practice apply to all methods of practice, including telepractice.

Engaging in Telepractice

"Telepractice" is providing a service not "in person", but facilitated by the use of technology. Technology may include, but is not limited to, telephone, telefax, e-mail, internet, or videoconference.

• Telepractice, when used as a form of podiatry practice, is subject to all practice and ethical considerations discussed in this document and in the law, rules and regulations governing podiatry practice in New York State.
• You should consider the particular impact of telepractice on dimensions of podiatry practice, including, but not limited to:
  
  
  1. Awareness and assessment of non-verbal and unobservable behavior;
  2. Confidentiality and privacy of patients and their transmissions;
  3. Access issues such as distribution of computers and familiarity with technology;
  4. Continuing education credits for participation in podiatric residency programs will be awarded at the discretion of the State Board.
  5. Temporal factors such as simultaneous communication, time between responses, and formalized "sessions"; and
  6. Development of technological proficiencies and on-line culture/language.