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Legal Status of EPT - Arizona

permissible EPT is permissible.

I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation)

minus symbol Unprofessional conduct includes “Prescribing, dispensing or furnishing a prescription medication to a person unless the licensee first conducts a physical examination of that person or has previously established a doctor-patient relationship. This subdivision does not apply to: (iv) Prescriptions written or prescription medications issued for use by a county or tribal public health department for immunization programs, emergency treatment, in response to an infectious disease investigation, public health emergency, infectious disease outbreak or act of bioterrorism.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 32-1401 (27)(ss)

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) plus sign SB 1078 authorizes an allopathic or osteopathic physician to write a prescription for a person without first conducting an examination of that person, within certain parameters. SB 1078 by the State Legislature and was signed into law by the Governor on April 4, 2008.
V. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation)  
VI. Prescription requirements (Explanation) minus symbol Drugs dispensed by physicians must bear patient’s name. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 32-1491.
VII. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation)

permissible EPT is permissible.

Statutory authority expressly authorizes EPT for treatment of person believed to have had significant exposure risk with another person who has been diagnosed with a communicable disease by the prescribing or dispensing health professional.

Status as of August 1, 2008
Legend:  
plus sign supports the use of EPT permissible EPT is permissible
minus symbol negatively affects the use of EPT potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable
  prohibited EPT is prohibited

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Exception: EPT is permissible in Baltimore, Maryland.

Page last modified: August 1, 2008
Page last reviewed: August 1, 2008

Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention