Legal Status of EPT in Alabama
EPT
is potentially allowable.
I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation) |
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II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) | |
III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) | |
IV. Legislative bills or prospective regulations concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) | |
V. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation) | |
VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) | Ala. Code ยง 34-23-11(b) |
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
Under general circumstances, a physician must conduct a physical exam prior to prescribing a medication. The administrative opinion provides that under some circumstances, a physician may delegate the authority to dispense drugs to a nurse (and perhaps others as well, such as the patient). When coupled with authority of the State Comm. of Public Health to recommend EPT as consistent with recognized medical and epidemiological evidence, EPT is potentially allowable. |
Status as of August 16, 2006 |
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