Section 16-4F-1 - DefinitionsAs used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Health.(2) "Expedited partner therapy" means prescribing, dispensing, furnishing or otherwise providing prescription antibiotic drugs to the sexual partner or partners of a person clinically diagnosed as infected with a sexually transmitted disease without physical examination of the partner or partners.(3) "Health care professional" means: (A) An allopathic physician licensed pursuant to article three, chapter thirty of this code;(B) An osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to article fourteen, chapter thirty of this code;(C) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to §30-3E-4 of this code;(D) An advanced practice registered nurse authorized with prescriptive authority pursuant to §03-7-15a of this code; or(E) A pharmacist licensed pursuant to article five, chapter thirty of this code.(4) "Sexually transmitted disease" means a disease that may be treated by expedited partner therapy as determined by rule of the department.Amended by 2024 Acts, ch. TBD (HB 4274), eff. 1/22/2024.Added by 2016 Acts, ch. 198 (SB 123), eff. 2/25/2016.