HB 299 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 299
AN ACT relative to the sale of hypodermic syringes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Parkhurst, Ches 4
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires a prescription for the sale of hypodermic syringes. Current law requires a prescription for the syringes for persons under 18 years of age.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0813
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the sale of hypodermic syringes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sale of Hypodermic Syringes. Amend RSA 318:52-c, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Hypodermic syringes, needles or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection shall not be sold except in registered pharmacies. No person shall sell, furnish, or give to any person[, under 18 years of age,] an instrument commonly known as a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection without the written or oral prescription of a duly licensed physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or advanced registered nurse practitioner. Such prescription shall contain the name and address of the patient, the date of the prescription, the description of the instrument prescribed, and the number of instruments prescribed.
2 Control or Possession of Hypodermic Syringe. Amend RSA 318:52-e to read as follows:
318:52-e Control or Possession of Hypodermic or Like Instruments Without Prescription Prohibited for Minors. No person [under 18 years of age] shall have under such person’s control or possess a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection, unless the person has received a written or oral prescription issued under RSA 318:52-c. For the purpose of this subdivision, no such prescription shall be valid which has been outstanding for more than one year.
3 Repeal. RSA 318:52-c, I(b), (c), and (d), relative to the needle exchange program, are repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.