Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 603. 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:

(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:

(d) Furnished drug.--For each drug personally furnished, the health care practitioner shall do all of the following:

(e) Contact permitted.--A health care practitioner who prescribes or personally furnishes a drug may contact the individual for whom the drug is intended.

(f) Liability for prescribing or furnishing drug.--A health care practitioner who in good faith prescribes or personally furnishes a drug is not liable for or subject to any of the following:

(g) Liability for not prescribing or furnishing drug.--A health care practitioner shall not be subject to civil, criminal or professional liability for choosing not to provide expedited partner therapy.