Legal Status of EPT in Kansas
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) | There is no statutory requirement that patients be examined by a physician prior to being given a prescription at a non-profit clinic. However, the need for a physical examination depends on the facts and standards of competent medical practice. XVI Kan. Op. Att’y Gen. 60, No. 82-162 (1982). |
IV. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation) | |
V. Prescription requirements (Explanation) |
A dispensing physician shall clearly label each drug dispensed. The label shall be typed or machine printed and shall include the following: (b) The full name of the patient. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-21-2
“Dispense” means “to deliver prescription medication to the ultimate user . . . by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner.” Kan. Stat Ann. § 65-1626 |
VI. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
EPT is potentially allowable.
Although physicians may prescribe drugs without conducting a physical exam, a pharmacist may only dispense drugs to an ultimate user (which may not include partners of patients). |
Status as of August 16, 2006 |
supports the use of EPT
negatively affects the use of EPT
EPT is permissible
EPT is potentially allowable
EPT is prohibited
EPT is permissible in 46 states: | EPT is potentially allowable in 4 states: | EPT is prohibited in 0 states: |
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Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming EPT is permissible in the District of Columbia. EPT is permissible in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. |
Alabama Kansas Oklahoma South Dakota EPT is potentially allowable in Puerto Rico and Guam. |
Summary Totals
The information presented here is not legal advice, nor is it a comprehensive analysis of all the legal provisions that could implicate the legality of EPT in a given jurisdiction. The data and assessment are intended to be used as a tool to assist state and local health departments as they determine locally appropriate ways to control STDs.
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