Ohio Revised Code Title XLVII. Occupations Professions § 4730.432

(A)(1) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the state medical board, a physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the board and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority may issue a prescription for or personally furnish a complete or partial supply of a drug to treat chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis without having examined the individual for whom the drug is intended, if all of the following conditions are met:

(2) A prescription issued under this section shall include the individual's name and address, if known. If the physician assistant is unable to obtain the individual's name and address, the prescription shall include the patient's name and address and the words “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.”

(3) A physician assistant may prescribe or personally furnish a drug under this section for not more than a total of two individuals who are sexual partners of the physician assistant's patient.

(1) Provide the patient with information concerning the drug for the purpose of sharing the information with the individual, including directions for use of the drug and any side effects, adverse reactions, or known contraindications associated with the drug;

(2) Recommend to the patient that the individual seek treatment from a health professional;

(3) Document all of the following in the patient's record:

(1) If the physician assistant contacts the individual, the physician assistant shall do all of the following:

(2) If the physician assistant does not contact the individual, the physician assistant shall document that fact in the patient's record.

(1) Damages in any civil action;

(2) Prosecution in any criminal proceeding;

(3) Professional disciplinary action.