Revision: March 7, 2024, 9:20 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
March 6, 2024
2024-1000s
09/05
Amendment to SB 600
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the board of pharmacy and certified public accountant examinations.
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Pharmacy Board; Board. Amend RSA 318:2 to read as follows:
318:2 Board. There shall be a pharmacy board consisting of [5] 7 members; including [4] 5 practicing pharmacists, at least one of whom shall be a full-time hospital pharmacist, one pharmacy technician, and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the council, to a term of 5 years. No member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms and no member shall serve for more than 10 consecutive years. Only board members provided for in this section shall have the authority to vote in board determinations. The public member shall be a resident of the state of New Hampshire who is not, and never has been, a member of the pharmacy profession or the spouse of any such person. The public member shall not have, and shall never have had, a material financial interest in either the provision of pharmaceutical services or an activity directly related to pharmaceutical services, including the representation of the board or its predecessor or the profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding the date of appointment.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following and renumbering the original section 3 to read as 4:
3 New Hampshire Accountancy Act; Qualifications for a Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant. Amend RSA 309-B:5, V to read as follows:
V. An applicant shall be required to pass all sections of the examination provided for in paragraph IV in order to qualify for a certificate. A passing grade for each section shall be 75. The applicant shall pass all sections of the examination within [18 months of the examination at which the first section was passed] a time period established by the board, in accordance with rules adopted by the board pursuant to RSA 309-B:4, VI and RSA 309-B:5, IV.
2024-1000s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill increases the number of the members of the board of pharmacy to seven members, requires one member to be a pharmacy technician, and sets eligibility requirements for the pharmacy technician member of the board. This bill further requires the board of accountancy to establish the time frame that applicants to be a certified public accountant must pass all sections of an examination.