Legal Status of EPT in Ohio

EPT is Permissible EPT is permissible.

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I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation) plus symbol Certain health care providers are authorized to prescribe or furnish treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis “without having examined the individual for whom the drug is intended” if they are the sexual partner of the provider’s patient who was diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis, and other conditions are also met.  Ohio Rev Code Ann. § 4731.93 (physicians), Ohio Rev Code Ann. § 4723.4810 (nurses), Ohio Rev Code Ann. § 4730.432 (physician assistants). (effective 3/23/2016)
II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) minus symbol Physician failed to use reasonable care when she prescribed excessive and extra doses of antibiotic to patient who insisted on giving extra dosage to husband. Reed v. State Med. Bd. Ohio, 833 N.E.2d 814 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005).*
minus symbol Physician misconduct for failing to evaluate new patients before prescription given, instead delegating to physician assistant. Royder v. State Med. Bd. of Ohio, 789 N.E.2d 1119 (Ohio 2003).*
III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation)
IV. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation)
V. Prescription requirements (Explanation) plus symbol Prescription label does not have to bear the name of the individual for whom the drug is intended if the prescription contains the words “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.” Ohio Rev Code Ann. § 4729.282.
VI. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) EPT is Permissible EPT is permissible.
Statutory authority expressly authorizes certain providers to provide EPT for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.

* This legal authority predates the effective date of the state’s law that authorizes EPT.

Status as of March 23, 2016

Legend

plus sign supports the use of EPT

minus symbol negatively affects the use of EPT

permissible EPT is permissible

potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable

prohibited EPT is prohibited

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permissible EPT is permissible in 46 states: potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable in 4 states: prohibited EPT is prohibited in 0 states:
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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