Title XXX, Occupations and Professions

I. Every pharmacy licensed in this state shall make reasonable efforts to notify consumers of their right to request the lowest available price for a prescription drug. Such notice may include, but is not limited to, verbal instruction from pharmacy staff, signage at check out, o…

I. No person shall knowingly and unlawfully possess a drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine with the intent to use the product as a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine or another controlled substance. II. A drug product containing ephedri…

I. (a) Retail establishments shall use an electronic registry system to record the sale of products made pursuant to RSA 318-B:48. The electronic registry system shall have the capacity to block a sale of nonprescription drug products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phe…

A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense controlled drugs only to any of the following persons, and only on official written orders: I. To a manufacturer, wholesaler, or pharmacist. II. To a practitioner. III. To that person in each hospital designated as …

I. In this section, "tamper" means action taken by a person not authorized to take that action by law, or by the owner or authorized custodian of an anhydrous ammonia container, or of equipment where anhydrous ammonia is used, stored, distributed, or transported. II. No person sh…

I. A person who knowingly participates in the illegal drug market within this state is liable for civil damages as provided in this chapter. A person may recover damages under this chapter for injury resulting from an individual's use of an illegal drug. II. A law enforcement off…

The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. [Repealed.] II. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by statute; III. [Repealed.] IV. How an applicant shall be examined, including: [Paragraph IV(a) effective until September 8,…

The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, requiring, as part of the license renewal process, completion by licensees of a survey or opt-out form provided by the office of rural health, department of health and human services, for the purpose of collecting data regarding…

I. Any person who violates this subdivision shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. II. This subdivision shall not apply to a manufacturer that has obtained an exemption from the Attorney General of the United States under section 711(d) of the federal Combat Methamphetamine Ep…

I. No person shall manufacture legend drugs or controlled drugs as that term is defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI and no person as a wholesaler, distributor, or reverse distributor shall supply the same without first having obtained a license to do so from the office of professional lic…

I. No person shall operate as a limited retail drug distributor, as defined in RSA 318:1, VII-a, without first having obtained a license to do so from the office of professional licensure and certification according to the eligibility requirements set forth in rule by the pharmac…

I. No person shall compound legend drugs or controlled drugs, as defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI, and no person acting as or employed by an outsourcing facility shall supply such drugs, without first having obtained a license from the office of professional licensure and certification…

The board shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to: I. [Repealed.] II. Content of the application; III. The standards for licensing of outsourcing facilities; IV. [Repealed.] V. Standards for denial and revocation of license; VI. Inspection requirements; VII. Dispensin…

I. No research organization shall procure or conduct research operations with prescription drugs by researchers without first having obtained a license from the office of professional licensure and certification according to the eligibility requirements set forth in rule by the p…

I. No person shall act as a prescription drug or device distribution agent, which includes controlled drugs as the term is defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI, without first having obtained a license to do so from the office of professional licensure and certification according to the eli…

It is unlawful to obtain or attempt to obtain a drug or device sold by prescription of a physician, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist, veterinarian, naturopathic doctor, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse that bears a statement that it is to be dispensed or…

It shall be unlawful for any possessor of a hypodermic syringe, needle, or any instrument adapted for the administration of controlled drugs, in health care facilities, to dispose of or discard any such instrument in any manner other than that provided in this section. Disposable…

I. No person shall sell, furnish, or give to any person, under 18 years of age, an instrument commonly known as a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle without the written or oral prescription of a licensed physician, physician associate, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or a…

No person under 18 years of age shall have under such person's control or possess a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle, unless the person has received a written or oral prescription issued under RSA 318:52-c, or the recipient is acting as an authorized agent for another as d…

I. One or more of the following persons may bring an action for damages caused by an individual's use of an illegal drug: (a) A parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or sibling of the individual drug user. (b) An individual who was exposed to an illegal drug in utero. (c) An emp…

Possession of or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized shall be lawful if in the regular course of business, occupation, profession, employment, or duty of the possessor. A person who obtains controlled drugs under the provisions of RSA 318-B:5 or otherwise shall not…

In this subdivision, "responsible party" means the entity responsible for payment of claims for health care services other than the individual to whom the health care services were rendered or that individual's guardian or legal representative.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a managed care company, insurance company, third-party payer, or any entity that represents a responsible party conducts an audit of the records of a pharmacy, the pharmacy has a right to all of the following: I. To have at lea…

I. Each entity that conducts an audit of a pharmacy shall establish an appeals process under which a pharmacy may appeal within 30 days after the report an unfavorable audit report to the entity. II. If, following the appeal, the entity finds that an unfavorable audit report or a…

I. Recoupments of any disputed funds shall occur only after final internal disposition of an audit, including the appeals process, unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected or the discrepant amount exceeds $10,000. II. Recoupment on an audit shall be refunded to t…

An audit report shall be delivered to the pharmacy within 75 days, unless otherwise agreed to, after the conclusion of the audit. A pharmacy shall be allowed at least 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to, following receipt of the audit report to appeal any discrepancy found in the…

This subdivision shall not apply to any audit, review, or investigation that is based on suspected or alleged fraud, willful misrepresentation, or abuse. Nothing in this subdivision shall apply to claims that were paid for in part or in whole by Medicare or Medicaid program funds…

In this subdivision: I. "Department" means the insurance department. II. "Manufacturer" means any entity which is engaged in the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of prescription drugs, whether directly or indirectly by extraction from s…

I. A prescription drug manufacturer shall notify the department in writing if it is introducing a new prescription drug to market at a wholesale acquisition cost that exceeds the threshold set for a specialty drug under the Medicare Part D program. The manufacturer shall provide …

An official written order for any controlled drug in schedule II shall be signed in triplicate by the person giving said order or by his duly authorized agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the controlled drug or drugs named therein. In the …

I. An individual drug user shall not bring an action for damages caused by the use of an illegal drug, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. An individual drug user may bring an action for damages caused by the use of an illegal drug only if all of the following conditi…

A person in charge of controlled drugs in a hospital or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any other state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed, or a p…

I. It shall be the duty of the board, through officials and employees appointed by it or under its supervision for that purpose, and of all peace officers within the state, and of all county attorneys, to enforce all the provisions of this chapter. When so requested, the departme…

A third party shall not pay damages awarded under this chapter, or provide a defense or money for a defense, on behalf of an insured under a contract of insurance or indemnification.

All physicians, veterinarians, dentists, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician associates, and clinics under contract to the department of health and human services and agricultural, technical, or industrial users of prescription drugs shall be subject to inspection …

I. A pharmacist, in good faith and in the course of his or her professional practice, may sell, dispense, and administer controlled drugs exempt under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, as amended, and federal food and drug laws from prescription req…

A person whose participation in the illegal drug market constitutes the following level offense shall be considered to have the following illegal drug market target community: I. For a level 1 offense, the New Hampshire house of representatives' legislative district in which the …

The office of professional licensure and certification shall provide inspectional services under this chapter and RSA 318-B:25 to the board of medicine, the board of veterinary medicine, the board of podiatry, the board of registration in optometry, the board of dental examiners,…

No electrician installation shall be made for compensation, unless made by an electrician or other person licensed by the office of professional licensure and certification, except as provided in this chapter.

In this chapter: I. "Communications services" has the same meaning as provided in RSA 82-A:2, III. II. "Critical infrastructure" means real property and tangible personal property, including, but not limited to, buildings, conduits, lines, fiber optic cables, poles, pipes, struct…

I. The office may issue a license to corporations and partnerships engaged in the business of making electrical installations, provided that one or more officers or employees of any such corporation directly in charge of the business affairs of such corporation, or a member of su…

The board shall keep a record of the name and residence of all persons licensed under this chapter in accordance with the retention policy established by the office of professional licensure and certification, and said record or duplicate thereof shall be open for inspection duri…

Whenever the state fire marshal finds that a principal cause of a fire was faulty wiring, he shall notify the board which shall conduct its own investigation of the occurrence. If the board finds that the wiring in question was installed by a person currently licensed by the boar…

I. A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, if a natural person, or a felony if any another person, who: (a) Makes electrical installations without being licensed under this chapter, except as provided in paragraph II; (b) Being in the electrical business, employs an unlicensed…

In this chapter: I. "Apprentice electrician" means a person who is engaged in learning and assisting in making electrical installations under the direct supervision of a master or journeyman electrician. II. "Board" means the electricians' board. III. "Electrical installations" m…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no out-of-state business or out-of-state employee who is present in the state or conducts operations in the state, to perform disaster-related or emergency-related work during a disaster response period, shall be deemed …