{"id":"VT-067","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Financial Regulation","authority":"2020 Acts and Resolves No. 140 §§ 6-7 (amending Act 91); 18 V.S.A. § 9414; 8 V.S.A. § 15","instrument":"Emergency Rule H-2020-05-E","title":"Relaxation of Credentialing Verification Practices","dateIssued":"2020-09-16","effective":"September 16, 2020","end":"\u0027until the last to terminate of a declared state of emergency in Vermont as a result of COVID-19, a declared federal public health emergency as a result of COVID-19, and a declared national emergency as a result of COVID-19\u0027 (the federal public health emergency continued through 2021), so in force through the third quarter of 2021 by its own terms","startDate":"2020-09-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["managed care organizations and health insurers","out-of-state licensed physicians and health care professionals providing care to Vermont patients","provisionally licensed professionals"],"clause":"Effective as of September 16, 2020 until the last to terminate of a declared state of emergency in Vermont as a result of COVID-19, a declared federal public health emergency as a result of COVID-19, and a declared national emergency as a result of COVID-19, the requirements of Section 5.2 of Rule H-2009-03... are hereby suspended with respect to physicians or other health care professionals who hold a license in another State and provide health care services to or on behalf of patients in Vermont, either in person or remotely, by means of telemedicine or otherwise.","enforcement":"DFR","functions":["HR credentialing","TM telehealth by out-of-state providers","IN insurer credentialing operations"],"notes":"Not among the rules rescinded by H-2020-06-E (which named H-2020-02-E, -03-E and -04-E) or H-2021-01-E (which superseded -06-E).","sourceUrl":"https://dfr.vermont.gov/sites/finreg/files/regbul/dfr-regulation-health-h-2020-005-e-credentialing-verification.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":149325,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-067","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-067","citation":"Department of Financial Regulation, Emergency Rule H-2020-05-E (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-067)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-077","VT-068","VT-069"]}