{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4f-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-4F-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:\n(1) \"Department\" means the Department of Health.\n(2) \"Expedited partner therapy\" means prescribing, dispensing, furnishing or otherwise providing prescription antibiotic drugs to the sexual partner or partners of a person clinically diagnosed as infected with a sexually transmitted disease without physical examination of the partner or partners.\n(3) \"Health care professional\" means:\n(A) An allopathic physician licensed pursuant to article three, chapter thirty of this code;\n(B) An osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to article fourteen, chapter thirty of this code;\n(C) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to §30-3E-4 of this code;\n(D) An advanced practice registered nurse authorized with prescriptive authority pursuant to §03-7-15a of this code; or\n(E) A pharmacist licensed pursuant to article five, chapter thirty of this code.\n(4) \"Sexually transmitted disease\" means a disease that may be treated by expedited partner therapy as determined by rule of the department.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 4F. EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-4F-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:14Z","sha256":"20c96e038c7f30ab3df6c59472aeca157fd769daa25757431539669e70721068","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4e-6","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4f-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}