The New York Workers’ Compensation Board readopted emergency rules allowing telemedicine in some circumstances for 90 days as it develops permanent regulations for remote exams.
“This amendment is adopted as an emergency measure because the board wants to avoid health and safety risks that can be avoided through social distancing due to COVID-19, including new variants, by allowing telemedicine in some circumstances, and to supersede the previous emergency adoption addressing this topic,” the board said in a notice Wednesday. “Additionally, the board has seen these eme...
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