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Telehealth for occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech and language pathology (SLP) have produced service delivery venues that are of great benefit during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The concept of telehealth for rehabilitation services is relatively new in the Middle East, and no specialty-specific clinical practice standards or guidelines are published to guide the rehabilitation practitioners. Therefore, a specialty-specific telehealth practice guide for rehabilitation practitioners has been developed by an expert panel in the field of rehabilitation. This guide is documented in this article. Such a guide will be beneficial when providing tele-evaluation, teleintervention\/telerehabilitation, teleconsultation, and telemonitoring through communication technologies. The purpose of this guide is to enable understanding of core telehealth clinical principles and aid the provision of OT, PT, and SLP telehealth services in Saudi Arabia. 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