Legal Status of EPT in Kansas

I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation

[+] "A health care provider who clinically diagnoses a patient with a sexually transmitted disease may provide expedited partner therapy if, in the professional judgment of the health care provider, the patient's sexual partner is unlikely or unable to present for examination, testing, and treatment." Sub. H.B. 2250, Sec. 1(b)(1) (Kan. 2026) (effective July 1, 2026).

II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices)

III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices)

[+] 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)

V. Prescription requirements

[-] 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*

[+] “No healthcare provider or pharmacist shall be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in good faith compliance with the provisions of this section, including civil damages for refusing to provide expedited partner therapy, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct.
[…] No healthcare provider or pharmacist shall be subject to disciplinary action by the state board of healing arts, the board of nursing or the state board of pharmacy, as applicable, on the basis of an act or omission in good faith compliance with the provisions of this section, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct.” Sub. H.B. 2250, Sec. 1(c) (Kan. 2026) (effective July 1, 2026).

VI. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments

EPT is permissible. Statutory authority expressly authorizes EPT for treatment of sexually transmitted infections if, in the professional judgment of the healthcare provider, the patient’s sexual partner is unlikely or unable to present for treatment. Existing prescription requirements may impact EPT’s implementation.