Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 4F - Expedited Partner Therapy

• Department: means the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. See West Virginia Code 16-4F-1
• 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. See West Virginia Code 16-4F-1
• Health care professional: means :

  (A) An allopathic physician licensed pursuant to article three, chapter . See West Virginia Code 16-4F-1

• Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources: Provided, That beginning January 1, 2024, as used in this chapter, "secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
• Sexually transmitted disease: means a disease that may be treated by expedited partner therapy as determined by rule of the department. See West Virginia Code 16-4F-1