SB 84 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 84
AN ACT relative to the unused prescription drug program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Rep. J. Day, Rock 13; Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. Emerton, Hills 7
This bill extends immunity to students, faculty, and educational institutions with respect to the duties they perform as part of the unused prescription drug program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0895
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the unused prescription drug program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unused Prescription Drug Program; Immunity. Amend RSA 318:60 to read as follows:
318:60 Limited Immunity. Accepting or dispensing of a prescription drug manufactured by the prescription drug manufacturer that is donated by any entity pursuant to this subdivision shall not subject a prescription drug manufacturer to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date of the donated prescription drug, or for damages related to improper storage of the donated prescription drug or use after the expiration date. Except as provided in this section, nothing in this subdivision shall in any way limit liability that would have existed under the original prescription. This section shall also apply to students, faculty, and educational institutions as well as pharmacies and pharmacists participating in the program, with respect to the duties they perform as part of the program; provided that the standards of the board are followed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.