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Telemedicine can be basically defined as the provision of healthcare services by providing communication between the patient and the physician without the need for them to be in the same environment, by using technological tools. This method provides significant benefits in terms of time and cost savings in the patient’s access to health care. Telemedicine, under the name of distance health service has been the subject of legal regulation for the first time in Turkish Law, with the Regulation on the Delivery of Distance Health Services published in the Official Gazette on 10.02.2022. In accordance with the aforementioned Regulation, the distance health service contract is between the health facility authorized to provide remote health services and the patient (or the patient’s authorized representative), the physician undertakes the act of medical intervention (diagnosis and/or treatment) over the remote health information system, and the patient undertakes to pay the determined or can be determined fee. In this article, the parties of the distance health service contract, the acts of the parties, the establishment and termination of the contract and its legal status are examined.

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