Legal Status of EPT in Nebraska

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

[+] “If a physician, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse midwife… diagnoses a patient as having chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis, the physician may prescribe, provide drug samples of, or dispense pursuant to section 38-2850, and the physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife may prescribe or provide drug samples of, prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners.” Neb.Rev.Stat. § 71-503.02.

II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices)

III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices)

IV. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT)

[+] Regulations incorporate by reference: (1) APHA’s CCD Manual (latest edition); (2) CDC disease-specific recommendations via MMWR (latest edition). 173 Neb. Admin. Code § 1-007

V. Prescription requirements

[-] “Prescriptions for the patient’s sexual partner or partners must include the partner’s name.” Neb.Rev.Stat. § 71-503.02.

VI. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments

EPT is permissible. Statutory authority expressly authorizes EPT for the treatment of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.