OAR 855-041-4000: Purpose - Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)

(1) There is substantial evidence that rates of re-infection with certain sexually transmitted diseases can be reduced by treating all sexual partners for the disease, even when the treating clinician has not examined those partners. This practice is known as Expedited Partner Therapy. (2) Because of the important public health implications, the 2009 Oregon Legislature passed HB 3022 authorizing this practice. This law permits health professional regulatory boards to adopt rules permitting practitioners to practice Expedited Partner Therapy. (3) The law specifies that a prescription issued in the practice of Expedited Partner Therapy is valid, even if the name of the patient the prescription is intended for is not on the prescription.