"Pharmacy." As defined in section 2(12) of the Pharmacy Act.
Section 3. Health care practitioners.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, 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
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