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) |
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. 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) |
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VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) |
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.
K.A.R. 100-21-2.
Except for specified statutory exceptions, the sale or transfer
(actual, constructive or attempted) of a drug from one person to another
must occur within a registered pharmacy by a registered pharmacist or
by a person acting under the pharmacist’s supervision. One exception
pertains to the transfer of a drug by "dispensing" the drug. "Dispense" means "to
deliver prescription medication to the ultimate user . . . by or pursuant
to the lawful order of a practitioner." K.S.A.
65-1626(g). |
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
EPT is potentially allowable.
Although physicians may prescribe drugs without conducting a physical
exam, a pharmacist may only dispense drugs to an ultimate user (which
may not include partners of patients).
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Status as of August 16, 2006 |