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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A health professional may, in addition to treating a patient, provide expedited partner therapy to the partners of the patient if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The patient has a laboratory-confirmed or suspected clinical diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease;
(2) The patient indicates that the patient has partners with whom the patient has engaged in sexual activity within the sixty-day period immediately preceding the diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease; and
(3) The patient indicates that the patient's partners are unable or unlikely to seek clinical services in a timely manner.
(b) A health professional who provides expedited partner therapy as authorized in this section shall do all of the following:
(1) Dispense or prescribe antibiotic therapy in the name of the partners, if known, without the physical examination of the partners by the health professional. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the name of the partners are not known, the health professional shall dispense or prescribe the antibiotic therapy in the name of “Expedited Partner Therapy”;
(2) Convey to the patient that it is important to notify the patient's partners of the patient's diagnosis and that it is important for the partners to obtain medical care for a complete evaluation, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, counseling, and treatment;
(3) Distribute to the patient the information sheet developed pursuant to section 453-53; and
(4) Follow all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines related to the practices and recommendations for expedited partner therapy.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 453-52 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-2-business/hi-rev-st-sect-453-52/
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