2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 23 - CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Title 1 - (2304 - 2312) CARE AND TREATMENT
2312 - Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia trachomatis infection.

 
    § 2312. Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia trachomatis infection.
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  and consistent with
  section two thousand three hundred five of this  title,  a  health  care
  practitioner  (who  is authorized under title eight of the education law
  to diagnose and  prescribe  drugs  for  sexually  transmitted  chlamydia
  trachomatis  infection,  acting  within  his  or  her  lawful  scope  of
  practice) who diagnoses a  sexually  transmitted  chlamydia  trachomatis
  infection  in an individual patient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or
  otherwise provide prescription antibiotic drugs to that patient's sexual
  partner or partners without examination of  that  patient's  partner  or
  partners.
    2. A health care practitioner who reasonably and in good faith renders
  expedited  partner therapy in accordance with this section and following
  the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall  not  be
  subject  to  civil or criminal liability or be deemed to have engaged in
  unprofessional conduct.
    3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations  concerning
  the  implementation  of  this  section  and shall also develop forms for
  patients and their partners explaining expedited partner therapy  for  a
  chlamydia  trachomatis infection. Such forms shall be written in a clear
  and coherent manner using words with common, everyday meanings.