Legal Status of EPT

Legal Status of EPT - Nebraska

EPT is potentially allowable.

I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation)	Prophylactic treatment for STDs allowed after diagnostic evaluation of STD when the person either has an STD or is suspected of having contact with someone with an STD. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-504.
II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation)
III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation)
IV. Legislative bills or prospective regulations concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation)
V. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation)	Regulations incorporate by reference: (1) APHA’s CCD Manual (latest edition); (2) CDC disease-specific recommendations via MMWR (latest edition). 173 Neb. Admin. Code Ch. 1, § 006
VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation)	Prescription label need not bear the patient’s name. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5404.
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation)	EPT is potentially allowable. A diagnostic evaluation that does not mandate a physical examination, along with the incorporation of CDC disease-specific recommendations, may allow EPT for the treatment of specific STDs.
Status as of August 16, 2006

Legend:
supports the use of EPT	EPT is permissible
negatively affects the use of EPT	EPT is potentially allowable
	EPT is prohibited

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Exception: EPT is permissible in Baltimore, Maryland.

Page last modified: December 20, 2007
Page last reviewed: December 19, 2007
Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention