Legal Status of EPT in Nebraska

“If a physician, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse… diagnoses a patient as having chlamydia or gonorrhea, the physician may prescribe, provide, or dispense pursuant to section 38-2850 and the physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife may prescribe or provide drug samples of prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners.” Neb.Rev.Stat. § 71-503.02.

Prophylactic treatment for STDs allowed after diagnostic evaluation of STD when the person either has an STD or is suspected of having contact with someone with an STD. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-504.

Regulations incorporate by reference: (1) APHA’s CCD Manual (latest edition); (2) CDC disease-specific recommendations via MMWR (latest edition). 173 Neb. Admin. Code § 1-007

Prescription label need not bear the patient’s name. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5404.

EPT is permissible.

Statutory authority expressly authorizes EPT for the treatment of chlamydia and gonorrhea.