Revision: Feb. 28, 2019, 3:07 p.m.
HB 350 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2019 SESSION
19-0701
01/08
HOUSE BILL 350
AN ACT relative to licensed prescribers of medical marijuana.
SPONSORS: Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds physician assistants as prescribing providers for purposes of the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Feb2019... 0314h 19-0701
01/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to licensed prescribers of medical marijuana.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes; Definitions; Physician Assistant Added. Amend RSA 126-X:1, VII(a)(2) and (3) to read as follows:
(2) An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to RSA 326-B:18 and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances; [or]
(3) A physician or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe drugs to humans under the relevant state licensing laws in Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances and who is primarily responsible for the patient's care related to his or her qualifying medical condition; or
(4) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to RSA 328-D and who possesses an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances, with the express consent of the supervising physician.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.