Title XXX, Occupations and Professions

I. In addition to any other penalties provided for by law, any person who negligently stores marijuana-infused products, where the negligent storage causes such products to be possessed by a person under 18 years of age, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The storing of marijuana-…

I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if they knowingly combine, mix, or adulterate a controlled substance with any substance not approved for human consumption, with the intent to distribute the resulting mixture. The state may establish intent through the presence of proces…

I. No one shall impersonate an applicant before the board of pharmacy applying for licensure under the provisions of this chapter. II. No third party shall sign an application, complete an application, call to check on the status of an application, or submit an application and do…

Information communicated to a practitioner in an effort unlawfully to procure a controlled drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.

In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, it shall not be necessary to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained herein, and the burden of proof of any such excep…

It is hereby made the duty of the department of health and human services, its officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives; the pharmacy board, its officers, agents, inspectors and representatives; and of all peace officers within the state, and of all county attorneys, to …

I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, in conjunction with the pharmacy board, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: (a) Investigations and hearings on controlled drugs under RSA 318-B:1, VI. (b) Official forms required by RSA 318-B:1…

All officers, agents, inspectors and representatives of the department of health and human services who are charged with the responsibility to enforce this chapter; all officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives of the pharmacy board who are charged with the responsibility…

I. Any person who manufactures, sells, prescribes, administers, or transports or possesses with intent to sell, dispense, or compound any controlled drug, controlled drug analog or any preparation containing a controlled drug, except as authorized in this chapter; or manufactures…

I. Upon the request of the attorney general, a county attorney or any law enforcement agency, the laboratory employee performing the chemical analysis shall prepare a certificate. The employee shall sign the certificate subject to the penalties under this paragraph and shall incl…

Any pharmacist, licensed advanced pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician who changes his or her name, place or status of employment, or residence shall notify the office of professional licensure and certification in writing within 15 days. For failure to report such a chang…

In the case of any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter or RSA 318-D, who has previously been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony level violation of the laws of the United States or any state, territory or the District of Columbia relating to controll…

All licenses as pharmacists shall be readily retrievable in the pharmacy where the licensee is engaged as such.

No court shall order an annulment, pursuant to RSA 651:5 or any other provision of law, of any record of conviction for a felony under RSA 318-B until 7 years after the date of conviction.

I. As used in this section: (a) "Drug overdose" means an acute condition resulting from or believed to be resulting from the use of a controlled drug which a layperson would reasonably believe requires medical assistance. (b) "Medical assistance" means professional services provi…

No person shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this chapter if such person has been acquitted or convicted under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 , as amended, or under the federal food and drug laws of the same act or omission wh…

I. Any pharmaceutical peer review committee may report relevant facts to the board or office of professional licensure and certification relating to the acts of any pharmacist in this state if they have knowledge relating to the pharmacist which, in the opinion of the peer review…

A pharmacist who dispenses drugs to a midwife certified under RSA 326-D shall not be liable for any adverse reactions caused by any method of use by the midwife.

No person shall manufacture controlled drugs, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply the same, without first having obtained a license to do so as provided in RSA 318:51-a.

The legislature finds and declares all of the following: I. Every community in the country is affected by the marketing and distribution of illegal drugs. A vast amount of state and local resources are expended in coping with the financial, physical, and emotional toll that resul…

I. A person shall be guilty of an offense if that person recklessly causes serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant, or social worker, civilian government employee, or hazardous material…

I. Pharmacist members of the board shall have been licensed pharmacists for at least 10 years, and at the time of their appointment shall have practiced pharmacy in this state for at least 5 years. II. The pharmacy technician member of the board shall have been licensed or certif…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

I. No person shall conduct or operate a pharmacy for the sale at retail of drugs and medicines unless such pharmacy is registered with and a permit therefor has been issued by the office of professional licensure and certification in accordance with rules adopted by the pharmacy …

Application for a permit shall be made in such manner and in such form as the board may determine. The permit shall at all times be posted in the pharmacy for which it is issued.

As used in this chapter: I. "Illegal drug" means any drug which is a schedule I-IV drug under RSA 318-B. II. "Illegal drug market" means the support system of illegal drug related operations, from production to retail sales, through which an illegal drug reaches the user. III. "I…

Any sale, transfer, lease, or rental of real property on which methamphetamine has been produced shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 477:4-g.

Except as provided by RSA 318:42, no person shall engage in the practice of pharmacy without first being licensed by the office. No person shall impersonate a pharmacist or falsely claim to be a pharmacist. No person owning, managing, or conducting any store, not being a licensed…

I. (a) Before September 1, 2016, the following boards shall submit to the joint legislative committee on administrative rules final proposed rules for prescribing schedule II, III, and IV opioids, for the management or treatment of pain: (1) The board of medicine, concerning phys…

Each pharmacy shall be equipped with those pharmaceutical utensils, technical equipment and professional references which the board deems necessary for the safe, effective practice of pharmacy. The prescribed equipment and references shall be open to the inspection of the board a…

It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed pharmacist in a pharmacy registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to manufacture, compound, dispense, sell, offer for sale or have in possession any prescription drug as defined in RSA 318:1, XVII, prov…

I. A pharmacy may provide pharmacy services to a long-term care facility or hospice licensed under RSA 151 or to a state correctional institution through the use of an automated pharmacy system that need not be located at the same location as the pharmacy. II. The board shall ado…

I. (a) The following entities, if self-funded, may operate a syringe service program in New Hampshire to prevent the transmission of disease and reduce morbidity and mortality among individuals who inject drugs, and those individuals' contacts: (1) Federally qualified health cent…

I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person authorized under RSA 318-B:43 to operate a syringe service program may engage in eligible activities, as defined in paragraph IV. II. State funds including, but not limited to, funds received by the state in the New Ham…

It is an affirmative defense, as provided in RSA 626:7, to prosecution for possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle that the item was obtained through participation in a syringe service program. Nothing in this section shall be construed as an affirmative defense for any offe…

No syringe service program shall be located within a drug-free school zone as defined in RSA 193-B:1, II. Exceptions to this prohibition may be granted by the applicable district school board when a request is initiated by a syringe service program administrator.

In this subdivision: I. "Distributor" means a person, other than a manufacturer or wholesaler, that sells, delivers, transfers, or in any manner furnishes a drug product to any person that is not the ultimate user or consumer of the product. II. "Knowingly" means having actual kn…

Whenever a pharmacist dispenses a noncontrolled drug pursuant to a prescription, he or she shall affix to the container in which such drug is dispensed a label that meets the requirements of the New Hampshire board of pharmacy; the prescription identification number assigned by t…

Labeling requirements as specified in 318:47-a are exempted when medication is dispensed to institutionalized patients and as provided for under RSA 141-C:17.

I. (a) A prescription may be written, oral, or electronically transmitted. All oral prescriptions shall be immediately reduced to writing by the pharmacist, authorized technician, or licensed advanced pharmacy technician receiving the oral prescription and shall indicate at least…

Pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, may substitute generically equivalent drug products for all legend and non-legend prescriptions unless the prescribing practitioner handwrites "medically necessary" on each paper prescription, or uses electronic indications when transm…

I. In this section: (a) "Biological product" means a virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, protein (except any chemically synthesized polypeptide), or analogous product, or arsphenamine or derivative of arsp…

Records relative to prescription information containing patient-identifiable and prescriber-identifiable data shall not be licensed, transferred, used, or sold by any pharmacy benefits manager, insurance company, electronic transmission intermediary, retail, mail order, or Intern…

I. Following the close of each calendar year, any clearinghouse that provides information to New Hampshire residents about pharmaceutical manufacturers' patient assistance programs shall, to the extent that the clearinghouse collects such information, provide aggregate informatio…

I. A pharmacy benefits manager or insurer shall require a contracted pharmacy to charge an enrollee or insured person the pharmacy's usual and customary price of filling the prescription or the contracted copayment, whichever is less. II. Once it has settled a claim for filling a…