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Iowa Code § 139A.41: Chlamydia and gonorrhea treatment.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)
  2. Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS
  3. Subchapter II - CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND INFECTIONS

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia or gonorrhea infection in an individual patient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners. If the infected individual patient is unwilling or unable to deliver such prescription drugs to a sexual partner or partners, a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner may dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide the prescription drugs to the department or local disease prevention investigation staff for delivery to the partner or partners.

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