Louisiana HB779 allows healthcare professionals to prescribe medication for sexually transmitted infections to partners without examination.
Louisiana HB779 amends the law to allow healthcare professionals to prescribe medication for gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and other sexually associated infections to partners without examination. This is known as expedited partner therapy. The Louisiana Department of Health will establish a list of eligible infections. Healthcare professionals providing this therapy in good faith will not face civil or criminal liability.
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