SB 454 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
02/14/08 0453s
07May2008… 1592h
2008 SESSION
01/04
SENATE BILL 454
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill allows prescriptions for certain controlled drugs to be filled for more than a 34-day supply.
This bill also deletes 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/14/08 0453s
07May2008… 1592h
08-2853
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to certain changes to the controlled drug act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Controlled Drug Act; 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.