HB 1623 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
05/05/10 1648s
2010 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1623
AN ACT relative to the disposal of hypodermic syringes, lancets, needles, or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection with or without a written or oral prescription.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Day, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill clarifies the information pharmacists are to provide to purchasers of syringes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/05/10 1648s
10-2090
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the disposal of hypodermic syringes, lancets, needles, or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection with or without a written or oral prescription.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Information Required. Amend the introductory paragraph and subparagraph (1) of RSA 318:52-c, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) The following conditions shall apply to all purchases of hypodermic syringes [or], lancets, needles, or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection:
(1) Pharmacists shall provide to each purchaser at the time of purchase information regarding the safe disposal of hypodermic syringes [or], lancets, needles, or any instrument adapted for the administration of drugs by injection with or without a written or oral prescription, including local disposal locations or a telephone number to call for such information, if appropriate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.