Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB123%20ENR.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=123
Timestamp: 2017-11-25 02:16:55
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30']

Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 123 History
[Passed February 16, 2016;
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-4F-1, §16-4F-2, §16-4F-3, §16-4F-4 and §16-4F-5; to amend and reenact §30-3-14 of said code; to amend and reenact §30-3E-17 of said code; to amend and reenact §30-5-14 of said code; to amend and reenact §30-7-11 of said code; and to amend and reenact §30-14-11 of said code, all relating to treatment for sexually transmitted diseases; providing for expedited partner therapy; defining terms; allowing prescribing of antibiotics to sexual partners of patient without prior examination of partner; requiring patient counseling; establishing counseling criteria; requiring informational materials be prepared by the Department of Health and Human Resources; providing limited liability for providing expedited partnership therapy; requiring rulemaking; and providing that physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists and advanced practice registered nurses are not subject to disciplinary action for providing certain treatment for sexually transmitted diseases for sexual partners of patient.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-4F-1, §16-4F-2, §16-4F-3, §16-4F-4 and §16-4F-5; that §30-3-14 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §30-3E-17 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §30-5-14 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §30-7-11 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §30-14-11 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows: