Revision: May 23, 2024, 2:20 p.m.
SB 600 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/21/2024 1000s
23May2024... 1737h
2024 SESSION
24-3159
09/05
SENATE BILL 600
AN ACT relative to the board of pharmacy and certified public accountant examinations.
SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 6; Rep. Rochefort, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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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.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/21/2024 1000s
23May2024... 1737h 24-3159
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the board of pharmacy and certified public accountant examinations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
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.
2 Pharmacy Board; Eligibility. Amend RSA 318:3 to read as follows:
318:3 Eligibility.
I. Pharmacist members of the board shall have been licensed pharmacists for at least 10 years, and at the time of their appointment shall have practiced pharmacy in this state for at least 5 years.
II. The pharmacy technician member of the board shall have been licensed or certified as a pharmacy technician for at least 10 years, and at the time of his or her appointment, shall have practiced as a pharmacy technician in this state for at least 5 years.
[II.] III. The public member of the board shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the pharmaceutical profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of pharmaceutical services or an activity directly related to pharmacy, including the representation of the board or profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment.
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.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.