PENNSYLVANIA, April 21 - "Pharmacy." As defined in section 2(12) of the Pharmacy Act.

Section 3. Health care practitioners.

(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of

law or regulation, a health care practitioner may issue a

prescription for or personally furnish antibiotics to treat

sexually transmitted infections, without having examined the

individual for whom the drug is intended, in accordance with the

Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually

Transmitted Diseases guidance document issued by the United

States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if:

(1) The individual is a sexual partner of the health

care practitioner's patient.

(2) The patient has been diagnosed with a sexually

transmitted infection.

(3) The patient reports to the health care practitioner

that the individual is unable or unlikely to be evaluated or

treated by a health professional.

(b) Name on prescription.--If the health care practitioner

is unable to obtain the individual's name, the prescription

shall include the words "expedited partner therapy" or the

letters "EPT."

(c) Prescribed drug.--For each drug prescribed, the health

care practitioner shall do all of the following:

(1) Recommend to the patient that the individual seek

treatment from a health professional.

(2) Document the name of the drug prescribed and its

dosage in the patient's record.

(d) Furnished drug.--For each drug personally furnished, the

health care practitioner shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide the patient with information concerning the

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