The legal situation of telemedicine in Austria.
Searches were conducted of two legal databases dealing with civil law in Austria. The searches produced 12 references relevant to telemedicine, which were obtained from a university legal library. From the literature, it can be concluded that Austrian civil regulations are sufficient to clarify the questions of liability arising in connection with the practice of telemedicine. Although no specific legislation has been enacted as yet, we would not expect such legislation to produce different results in the legal assessment of the case patterns discussed in this paper.
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Department of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Thomas.Mairinger@uibk.ac.at
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Gschwendtner
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Markl
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D001317:Austria; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*