New Hampshire SB 504: relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.

Bill Text

SB 504 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/26/2026 1225s

03/26/2026 1262s

2026 SESSION

 26-2100

 09/05

SENATE BILL 504

AN ACT relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists. 

SPONSORS: Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

 I. Authorizes the dispensing of up to a 30-day supply of noncontrolled oral anti-cancer medication by a licensed health care professional legally authorized to prescribe and administer medications to a patient under a provider's care or supervision subject to certain conditions.

 II. Amends the display requirements for certain licenses and permits.

 III. Authorizes licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to engage in remote processing.

 IV. Removes the requirement that a pharmacist's name or initials be on a label affixed to any controlled drug or prescription issued.

 V. Amends the definition of the "practice of pharmacy."

 VI. Removes certain authority of the board of pharmacy with respect to the regulation of collaborative pharmacy practice agreements.

 VII. Eliminates any examination requirement for licensure as an advanced pharmacy technician.

 VIII. Prohibits the pharmacy board from testing applicants on pharmacy jurisprudence or 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/26/2026 1225s

03/26/2026 1262s 26-2100

 09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists. 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Act; Dealing In or Possessing Prescription Drugs. Amend RSA 318:42 by inserting after paragraph VII-b the following new paragraph: 

 VII-c. The dispensing of up to a 30-day supply of noncontrolled oral anti-cancer medication by a licensed health care professional legally authorized to prescribe and administer medications to a patient under a provider's care or supervision so long as the following criteria are met: 

 (a) The dispensing clinic maintains on staff a full-time licensed pharmacist who is available for consultation with the prescribing provider and the patient.

 (b) In-office dispensing is conducted in a way consistent with United States Pharmacopeia standards as well as all relevant state and federal laws or rules.

 2 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Display of Licenses. Amend RSA 318:28 to read as follows: 

 318:28 [Display] Availability of Licenses. All licenses as pharmacists shall [at all times be conspicuously displayed] be readily retrievable in the pharmacy where the licensee is engaged as such. 

 3 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Licensure of Pharmacies. Amend RSA 318:39 to read as follows: 

 318:39 Application; Display. Application for a permit shall be made in such manner and in such form as the board may determine. The permit shall at all times be [exposed in a conspicuous place] posted in the pharmacy for which it is issued.

 4 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Licensed Pharmacists; Remote Processing. Amend RSA 318:15-d, I to read as follows: 

 I. New Hampshire licensed pharmacists, licensed advanced pharmacy technicians, certified New Hampshire pharmacy technicians, or registered New Hampshire pharmacy interns may engage in remote processing, provided that all work requiring pharmacist supervision is supervised by a licensed pharmacist through electronic or other remote means. 

 5 Controlled Drug Act; Labels. Amend RSA 318-B:13, II to read as follows: 

 II. Whenever a pharmacist dispenses any controlled drug on prescription issued by a practitioner, he or she shall affix to the container in which such drug is dispensed a label showing the name, address, and registry number of the pharmacy [and name or the initials of the pharmacist]; the name of the prescribing practitioner; the prescription identification number; the name of the patient; the date dispensed; any directions as may be stated on the prescription; and the name and strength and quantity of the drug dispensed. All drugs dispensed to a patient that have been filled using a centralized prescription processing system shall bear a label containing an identifiable code that provides a complete audit trail of the dispensing of the drug and pharmaceutical care activities. No person shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed. 

 6 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Definitions; Practice of Pharmacy. RSA 318:1, XIV is repealed and reenac