Definitely. Your nurse ( duly trained and registered in Nursing Council ) can consult on your behalf if you record your consent with the RMP for the same during tele-consultation. The RMP can request your Nurse to do routine clinical examination (for which nurse is duly trained) and provide requisite information, and then RMP can provide health care advice, counselling and prescribe appropriate medications.

Yes, you may call any RMP for an advice for a medical emergency, but you cannot insist for an advice if the RMP chooses not to reply or give any specific advice.

In case alternative care is not immediately feasible, tele-consultation might be the only way to provide timely care. In such situations, RMPs may provide consultation to their best judgement. Such services might be limited to first aid, life-saving measure, counselling and advice on referral. However, telemedicine should be avoided for emergency care to the possible extent specially when alternative in-person care is available.

As per the guidelines, an RMP is authorized to charge a fee for a consultation and provide a receipt for the same.

The guidelines allow a RMP to refuse or discontinue a teleconsultation, with due notice to the patient , during any time of the consultation process. Similar liberty has also been provided to the patients.

It is mandated in the guidelines that for all teleconsultations, the RMP should identify him/herself and also mention/ display his/her MCI/State Medical Council registration number. It is also mandatory that the RMP issues prescription as per the specified format, which should have his/her digital signature and the Registration number. The Registration of the RMP can always be counter checked, if desired on the websites of relevant Medical Councils.