Clinical guidelines for school-based telehealth can be difficult to find as there are many terms for the same mode of providing clinical service over HIPAA-secure technology to clients or patients.

It is important to note that school-based telehealth is a mode of providing medical and behavioral health services and is not a separate service in and of itself. This mode requires specific training, preparation and protocols to provide safe, effective, legal and ethical clinical services.

School-based telehealth clinical guidelines may be found in:

• State license regulations and state guidance – Each state and each profession may be different.
• Profession-specific Code of Ethics – Each profession has their own set of guidelines and state license regulations often require adherence to these Codes of Ethics.
• Reimbursement requirements – Payors may require certain types of technology (i.e. HIPAA-secure) and only permit certain practices and locations.
• Telemedicine industry best practices for adults and adolescents.

It is also important to note that guidelines are very different for medical and non-medical services. The directory below includes many types of school-based telehealth clinical guidelines separated by profession.