(a) Recognizing a provider’s duty to adhere to the applicable standard of care, the following situations are hereby excluded from the requirements of this subpart:
- (1) Emergency situations where the life or health of the patient is in danger or imminent danger; and
- (2) Simply providing information of a generic nature not meant to be specific to an individual patient.
- (b) This subpart does not apply to prescriptions written or medications issued for use in expedited heterosexual partner therapy for the sexually transmitted diseases of gonorrhea and/or chlamydia.
- (c) This subpart does not apply to the administration of vaccines containing tetanus toxoid, e.g., DTaP, DTP, DT, Tdap, Td, or TT, or inactive influenza vaccines.