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Sec. 47.37.145. Telehealth. (a) A public or private treatment facility approved under AS 47.37.140 may provide health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030 — 47.37.270 through telehealth to a patient in this state. (b) If an individual employed by a public or private treatment facility approved under AS 47.37.140, in the course of a telehealth encounter with a patient, determines that some or all of the encounter will extend beyond the health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030 — 47.37.270, the individual shall advise the patient that the facility is not authorized to provide some or all of the services to the patient, recommend that the patient contact an appropriate provider for the services the facility is not authorized to provide, and limit the encounter to only those services the facility is authorized to provide. The facility may not charge a patient for any portion of an encounter that extends beyond the health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030 — 47.37.270. (c) A fee for a service provided through telehealth under this section must be reasonable and consistent with the ordinary fee typically charged for that service and may not exceed the fee typically charged for that service. (d) A facility permitted to practice telehealth under this section may not be required to document a barrier to an in-person visit to provide health care services through telehealth. The department may not limit the physical setting from which a facility may provide health care services through telehealth. (e) Nothing in this section requires the use of telehealth when an individual employed by a facility approved under AS 47.37.140 determines that providing services through telehealth is not appropriate or when a patient chooses not to receive services through telehealth. (f) In this section, “telehealth” has the meaning given in AS 47.05.270(e). Sec. 47.37.150. Admission for treatment. The department shall adopt regulations for the admission of persons into the treatment program, considering available treatment resources and facilities, for the purpose of early and effective treatment of alcoholics, intoxicated persons, drug abusers, and inhalant abusers. In adopting the regulations the department shall be guided by the following standards: (1) if possible a patient must be treated on a voluntary rather than an involuntary basis; (2) a patient must be initially assigned or transferred to outpatient or intermediate treatment, unless the patient is found to require inpatient treatment; (3) a person may not be denied treatment solely because the person has withdrawn from treatment against medical advice on a prior occasion or because the person has relapsed after earlier treatment; (4) an individualized treatment plan must be prepared and maintained on a current basis for each patient; (5) provision must be made for a continuum of coordinated treatment services, so that a person who leaves a facility or a form of treatment will use other appropriate treatment and facilities.