§ 1369 - Treatment of partner of patient diagnosed with chlamydia infection - Vermont Statutes

§ 1369. Treatment of partner of patient diagnosed with chlamydia infection

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, an individual licensed to practice medicine under this chapter or chapter 33 of this title, an individual certified as a physician's assistant under chapter 31 of this title, or an individual licensed to practice nursing under chapter 28 of this title who is authorized to prescribe and dispense prescription drugs and who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia infection in an individual patient may prescribe and dispense those prescription drugs to the patient's sexual partner or partners for the treatment of chlamydia without an examination of the sexual partner or partners.

(b) A health care professional who prescribes prescription drugs to a patient's sexual partner or partners without an examination pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include with each such prescription a letter that:

(1) cautions the partner not to take the medication if he or she is allergic to the drug prescribed; and

(2) recommends that the partner visit a health care professional for an evaluation. (Added 2009, No. 61, § 39.)