This article addresses problems stemming from the implementation and development of digital health in general and telehealth in particular. It focuses on ethical and legal issues associated with the progress of new information technologies and other technologies used in health care. The aim of the article was to define the role of ethical and legal norms in the implementation and development of telehealth. The analysis of the currently effective legislation, its application and lacunae in the regulation of new forms of social relations suggests the need to expedite development of legal and ethical guidelines for the implementation of new technologies in health care. Higher standards of data security for vulnerable groups of patients should be established in the legislation and ethical guidelines.