I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority
to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation) |
“A physician exhibits gross negligence if he provides…any
form of treatment, including prescribing legend drugs, without first
establishing a proper physician/patient relationship.”
060-00-001 Ark. Code State Medical Board Regulation No. 2(8)
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II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) |
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III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General
or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) |
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IV. Legislative bills or prospective regulations concerning EPT
(or like practices) (Explanation) |
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V. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable
practices (including EPT) (Explanation) |
The current edition of APHA’s "Control of Communicable
Disease in Man" is accepted for applying general control measures
for communicable diseases.
Ark.
Reg. .007-15-02-001 promulgated under the authority of Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-7-101
et seq. |
VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) |
Pharmacist filling a prescription for dispensing to an ultimate patient
may affix label showing patient’s name on container, but not required.
Ark.
Code Ann. § 17-92-505. |
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
EPT is likely prohibited.
Statutory language indicates that prescriptions be granted pursuant
to a physician-patient relationship which is consistent with the pharmacist’s
duty to ensure that prescriptions are dispensed to an ultimate user.
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Status as of August 16, 2006 |