CHAPTER 222
HB 1492 – FINAL VERSION
05Mar2008… 0634h
2008 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1492
AN ACT relative to prescriptions under the controlled drug act.
SPONSORS: Rep. Price, Hills 26; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill allows prescriptions for certain controlled drugs to be filled for more than a 34-day supply.
This bill also removes the limitation of 100 dosage units from current law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05Mar2008… 0634h
08-2614
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to prescriptions under the controlled drug act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
222:1 Controlled Drugs; Sale by Pharmacists. Amend RSA 318-B:9, IV to read as follows:
IV. No prescription shall be filled for more than a 34-day supply [or 100 dosage units, whichever is less,] upon any single filling for controlled drugs of schedules II or III; provided, however, that for controlled drugs, in schedules II or III, that are commercially packaged for dispensing directly to the patient, such as metered sprays and inhalers, liquids packaged in bottles with calibrated droppers, and certain topical preparations packaged with metered dispensing pumps may be filled for greater than a 34-day supply, but not more than 60 days, utilizing the smallest available product size, in order to maintain the dosing integrity of the commercially packaged containers; and, provided that with regard to amphetamines and methylphenidate hydrochloride, a prescription may be filled for up to a 60-day supply if either such prescription specifies it is being used for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy.
222:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.
Approved: June 16, 2008
Effective Date: January 1, 2009