To ensure the best experience possible, below are instructions to help you prepare for your visit. Please select the type of visit you have scheduled.
If you have any questions regarding these instructions or your appointment, please feel free to contact us at 800-230-7526 (PLAN).
All of our patients will be able to use a MyChart account to schedule appointments, track test results and keep in touch with our clinical staff. When you schedule your next appointment, you will be given instructions on how to access MyChart.
For all General Visits:
If you have scheduled a telehealth appointment:
If you are visiting to get a prescription for a birth control method:
If you are visiting for preventative care:
If you are menstruating at the time of your appointment, you may need to reschedule if you are due for a pap smear. Please do not put anything in your vagina or have sex for 24 hours before your appointment.
If you are visiting for a hormonal implant insertion:
Continue your current birth control as usual up until the time of the appointment. Please do not have any unprotected sex (sex without a birth control method) from the time your last period started until your Implant insertion appointment.
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If you are visiting for an infection check:
If you are under the age of 18, you will need a parent or legal guardian to come with you to your appointment to provide consent. Please note that PPLM is unable to test and treat for UTIs in men.
If you have scheduled a telehealth for abortion pills appointment:
For special instructions for a telehealth for abortion pills appointment, click here.
If your visit is for in-clinic abortion care:
For special instructions for an in-clinic procedural abortion appointment, click here.
For special instructions for an in-clinic medication abortion appointment, click here.
If your visit is for IUD/IUC insertion:
Continue your current birth control as usual up until the time of the appointment. Please do not have any unprotected sex (sex without a birth control method) from the time your last period started until you IUD insertion appointment. If you have had sex without birth control since your last period started, we may need to reschedule your appointment.
If you have had unprotected sex and are looking to have the Paragard or Liletta IUD inserted as emergency contraception, please call us.
If your visit is for emergency contraception (Plan B, or the-morning-after pill):
If your visit is for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV prevention:
PEP treatment (Post exposure HIV prophylaxis) to learn more click here
PEP medications can reduce the risk of contracting HIV if administered within 72 hours of a possible exposure to HIV. Please call us to schedule an appointment right away. If we are not able to see you within 72 hours, we can help refer you to an emergency department that provides PEP.
If your visit is for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention:
If your visit is for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy:
If you are visiting for a vaccine:
If you are under the age of 18, you will need a parent or legal guardian to come with you to your appointment to provide consent. If you have received previous HPV vaccinations from a provider other than PPLM, please bring your medical records to your appointment.
If your visit is regarding a miscarriage:
If your visit is for an Abnormal Pap follow-up, Colposcopy, or LEEP:
If you are menstruating at the time of your appointment, you may need to reschedule. Please do not put anything in your vagina or have sex for 24 hours before your appointment.
Or call 1-800-230-7526