The New Hampshire State Board of Medicine adopted guidelines regarding prescribing of medications for patients unknown to the physician. The Board found that “under certain circumstances for treatment of contacts of sexually transmitted diseases, it is appropriate for a physician to give a prescription to the index patient with whom there is a physician-patient relationship for the sole purposes of treating a sex partner that has not been examined.”

Patient’s name required on prescription. N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 318:47-a.

EPT is permissible.

The medical board guidelines state that it is appropriate for a physician to give a prescription to the index patient to treat a sex partner that has not been examined.