Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-522.1

A. “Expedited partner therapy” means to prescribe, administer,

dispense, or otherwise provide antimicrobial drugs to a sexual

partner of a patient clinically diagnosed by a health care provider

as infected with a sexually transmitted infection without a physical

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examination of such sexual partner, shall not apply to any sexually

transmitted infection that could be chronic or require multiple

treatment courses.

B. 1. Subject to limitations provided by law or rule including

but not limited to laws or rules governing scope of practice,

supervision of health care providers, and delegation of health care

services, a health care provider who clinically diagnosed a patient

with a sexually transmitted infection may provide expedited partner

therapy if, in the professional judgment of the health care

provider, the patient’s sexual partner is unlikely or unable to

present for examination, testing, and treatment.

2. A health care provider who provides expedited partner

therapy shall provide counseling to the patient, including

distributing written materials developed and provided by the State

Department of Health to be given by the patient to the patient’s

sexual partner.

3. A health care provider shall use expedited partner therapy

only for a patient’s sexual partner who may have been exposed to a

sexually transmitted infection and who is able to be contacted and

identified by the patient.

C. 1. No health care provider or pharmacist shall be liable

for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in good-faith

compliance with the provisions of this section, including civil

damages for refusing to provide expedited partner therapy, other

than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or

wanton misconduct.

2. No health care provider or pharmacist shall be subject to

disciplinary action by the provider’s or pharmacist’s licensing

board on the basis of an act or omission in good-faith compliance

with the provisions of this section, other than an act or omission

constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

D. The Department shall include the following information in

written materials developed and provided for distribution as

required by paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section:

1. A warning that a woman who is pregnant or might be pregnant

should not take certain antibiotics and should immediately contact a

health care provider for an examination;

2. Information about the antimicrobial drug and dosage provided

or prescribed, including a warning that a sexual partner who has a

history of allergy to the drug or the pharmaceutical class of drug

should not take the drug and should immediately contact a health

care provider for examination;

3. Information about the treatment and prevention of sexually

transmitted infections;

4. The requirement of sexual abstinence until a period of time

after treatment to prevent infecting other sexual partners;

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5. Notification of the importance of the sexual partners

receiving examination and testing for human immunodeficiency virus

and other sexually transmitted infections and information about

available resources;

6. Notification of the risk to the patient, the patient’s

sexual partner, and the general public if the sexually transmitted

infection is not completely and successfully treated;

7. The responsibility of the sexual partner to inform the

sexual partner’s own sexual partners of the risk of sexually

transmitted infections and the importance of prompt examination and

treatment by a health care provider; and

8. Such other information deemed necessary by the State

Commissioner of Health.

E. The State Commissioner of Health, the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners,
inform the

sexual partner’s own sexual partners of the risk of sexually

transmitted infections and the importance of prompt examination and

treatment by a health care provider; and

8. Such other information deemed necessary by the State

Commissioner of Health.

E. The State Commissioner of Health, the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners,

the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, and the State Board of Pharmacy may

promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.