Section 3. Health care practitioners.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation to the contrary, a health care practitioner
may issue a prescription for or personally furnish antibiotics
to treat sexually transmitted infections, without having
examined the individual for whom the drug is intended, in
accordance with the Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management
of Sexually Transmitted Diseases guidance document issued by the
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if:
(1) The individual is a sexual partner of the health
care practitioner's patient.
(2) The patient has been diagnosed with a sexually
transmitted infection.
(3) The patient reports to the health care practitioner
that the individual is unable or unlikely to be evaluated or
treated by a health professional.
(b) Name on prescription.--If the health care practitioner
is unable to obtain the individual's name, the prescription
shall include the words "expedited partner therapy" or the
letters "EPT."
(c) Prescribed drug.--For each drug prescribed, the health
care practitioner shall do all of the following:
(1) Recommend to the patient that the individual seek
treatment from a health professional.
(2) Document the name of the drug prescribed and its
dosage in the patient's record.
(d) Furnished drug.--For each drug personally furnished, the
health care practitioner shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide the patient with information concerning the
drug for the purpose of sharing the information with the
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