(1) As used in this section:
- (a) “HIV test” has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.045.
- (b) “Post-exposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapy” means a drug or other therapy intended to reduce the likelihood of the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus following a possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
- (c) “Preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapy” means a drug or other therapy intended to prevent the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus.
(2) A pharmacist may prescribe, dispense and administer:
- (a) Preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies; and
- (b) In accordance with any rules adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 689.645, post-exposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies.
(3)
- (a) A pharmacist may perform an HIV test or may order an HIV test performed by a laboratory. A laboratory that performs an HIV test ordered under this subsection shall submit the results of the HIV test to the pharmacist who ordered the test.
- (b) A pharmacist who orders or performs an HIV test under this subsection shall comply with the requirements of ORS 433.045.
- (4) The State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt rules to carry out this section. The rules adopted under this subsection must allow a pharmacist to prescribe, dispense and administer up to a 30-day supply of a preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapy to a patient based solely on the pharmacist’s interpretation that the results of an HIV test administered under this section indicate the patient is HIV-negative.
[2021 c.365 §2]