I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority
to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation) |
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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) |
It is the policy of the Board of Licensure in Medicine that prescribing,
dispensing or furnishing a prescription medication or device to a person
who is not an established patient and whom the physician has not personally
examined may be unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action pursuant
to 32 MRSA, §3282-A, 2, (f). This rule does not apply to admission
orders for a newly hospitalized patient, prescribing for a patient of another
physician for whom the prescriber is providing coverage, or continuing
medication on a short-term basis prior to a new patient's first appointment.
[Link to Medical Board Opinion] |
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) |
Incorporates by reference treatment as stated in CDC
recommendations for notifiable conditions.
Incorporates by reference prescribed care as set forth in APHA
CCD Manual, 17th edition (2000), unless specified otherwise by the
State Epidemiologist. 10-144
Me. Code R. Ch. 258, § 5.
“The health department may establish procedures for agents
of the department to use in the . . . treatment of individuals having
or reasonably believed to have a communicable disease.” Me.
Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22, § 807.
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VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) |
Prescription drug orders shall contain, at a minimum, Name and Address
of the Patient.
02-392 CMR
Part 4, Ch. 19, p. 72.
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VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
EPT is potentially allowable.
Lacking statutory guidance, the medical board opines that failure to
conduct a physical exam “may” constitute unprofessional conduct.
The state, however, has incorporated by reference CDC’s guidelines
for notifiable conditions and APHA’s CCD Manual, each of which
may suggest the use of EPT.
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Status as of August 16, 2006 |