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Legal Status of EPT - Massachusetts
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EPT is permissible in Baltimore, Maryland.Page last modified: December 13, 2007 Page last reviewed: December 13, 2007 Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention |
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EPT is potentially allowable.
In 2003, the Board of Registration in Medicine issued a policy on
internet prescriptions, providing that “to satisfy the requirement
that a prescription be issued by a practitioner in the usual course of
his professional practice, there must be a physician-patient relationship
that is for the purpose of maintaining the patient’s well-being and
the physician must conform to certain minimum norms and standards for the
care of patients, such as taking an adequate medical history and conducting
an appropriate physical and/or mental status examination and recording
the results.” It concluded that issuance of a prescription “by
any means, including the internet,…that does not meet these requirements
is therefore unlawful.” Note that the Board did not clarify, in citing
a statutory provision on prescriptions for controlled substances, whether
its position on issuing prescriptions without an exam also applies to the
issuance of non-controlled substances.
supports the use of EPT
EPT
is permissible
EPT is
prohibited
