I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority
to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation) |
Any person infected, or reasonably suspected of being infected,
with an STD shall undergo such medical examination as is necessary to
determine the existence or nonexistence of diagnosis, and if found to
be infected, shall submit to treatment. 902
Ky. Admin. Regs. 2:080. |
VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) |
Label not required to have patient name. KRS
217.015 (26); see also
KRS 217.065 (2), 217.065
(6), and 217.065 (11)(b).
Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, “dispense” means
to “deliver a drug…to an ultimate user…by or pursuant
to the lawful order of a practitioner….” KRS
217.015(9);
Occupations and Professions Code on Pharmacists, which defines “dispense” as
delivering a drug “to or use by a patient or other individual entitled
to receive the prescription drug.” KRS 315.010
Pharmacists must create and maintain patient information, including
name address, age, list of all prescriptions from the last 12 months,
etc., and give counseling to the patient to optimize drug therapy, as
appropriate.
201 KAR 2:210; see also KRS 315.191(1), (5), (6), 42 C.F.R. Part 456 |
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) |
EPT is likely prohibited.
Physicians are precluded from prescribing drugs for an STD without conducting
a physical exam. Physicians may not delegate their authority to dispense
drugs to any other person. Pharmacists must ensure that all drugs are
dispensed to an ultimate user (which may not include partners of the
patient).
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