§ 2312 — Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia trachomatis infection and other sexually transmitted infections

§ 2312. Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia trachomatis infection\nand other sexually transmitted infections. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law and consistent with section two thousand three hundred\nfive of this title, a health care practitioner (who is authorized under\ntitle eight of the education law to diagnose and prescribe drugs for\nsexually transmitted chlamydia trachomatis infection and other sexually\ntransmitted infections, acting within his or her lawful scope of\npractice) who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia trachomatis\ninfection or other sexually transmitted infection in an individual\npatient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide\nprescription antibiotic drugs for the sexually transmitted infections\nfor which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the\nuse of expedited partner therapy to that patient's sexual partner or\npartners without examination of that patient's partner or partners.\n 2. A health care practitioner who reasonably and in good faith renders\nexpedited partner therapy in accordance with this section and following\nthe rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall not be\nsubject to civil or criminal liability or be deemed to have engaged in\nunprofessional conduct.\n 3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning\nthe implementation of this section and shall also develop forms for\npatients and their partners explaining expedited partner therapy for a\nchlamydia trachomatis infection and other sexually transmitted\ninfections for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\nrecommends the use of expedited partner therapy. Such forms shall be\nwritten in a clear and coherent manner using words with common, everyday\nmeanings.\n