214.430 Expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections.
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(1)For the purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)"Dispense" means to deliver a drug or device to an ultimate user or research
subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the
packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for
that delivery;
(b)"Expedited partner therapy" means the prescribing or dispensing of antibiotic
drugs to a practitioner's diagnosed patient's sexual partner or partners for the
same disease without examination of that diagnosed patient's partner or
partners;
(c)"Legend drug" means any drug defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, as amended, and under which definition its label is required to
bear the statement, "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without
prescription.";
(d)"Practitioner" means medical or osteopathic physicians who are licensed
under the professional licensing laws of Kentucky to prescribe and administer
drugs and devices. "Practitioner" includes advanced practice registered nurses
as authorized in KRS 314.011 and 314.042 and physician assistants when
administering or prescribing pharmaceutical agents as authorized in KRS
311.858; and
(e)"Prescription" means a written or oral order for a drug or medicine, or
combination or mixture of drugs or medicines, or proprietary preparation, that
is signed, given, or authorized by a practitioner, and intended for use in the
diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans.
(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a practitioner who is licensed to
diagnose and prescribe drugs for sexually transmitted infections, including but not
limited to trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection, who diagnoses a
sexually transmitted infection in a patient may provide expedited partner therapy
for a sexually transmitted infection to that patient's sexual partner or partners.
(3)A practitioner that provides expedited partner therapy shall:
(a)Adhere to prescribing and dispensing standards for expedited partner therapy
pursuant to the current United States Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines for expedited
partner therapy; and
(b)Utilize forms established by the Department for Public Health for patients and
their sexual partner or partners explaining expedited partner therapy.
(4)A practitioner who reasonably and in good faith renders expedited partner therapy
in accordance with this section and administrative regulations promulgated by the
board having professional jurisdiction shall not be subject to civil or criminal
liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct.