[Legal aspects of teledermatology].

Teledermatology places special demanding on participating physicians who are not only required to exercise the normal standard of care in diagnosis and treatment, but must also have additional obligations. The teledermatologist must have sufficient technical background to recognize if and how information transmitted by electronic media can serve as a basis for reliable diagnosis. He must work with an information transfer system which meets technical standards and legal requirments. Patient data security and data privacy requires special attention, as does the competence and legal status of the referring physician worker.