HB 621 - AS INTRODUCED
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2001 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 621
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires that all drug prescriptions shall be formatted in a clear understandable form and shall provide complete information for the patient. The bill also requires pharmacies to provide clear instructions to the patient for all medication dispensed.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0891
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the form of prescriptions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Prescription Accuracy. Amend RSA 318 by inserting after section 52-e the following new section:
318:52-f Prescription Accuracy. All drug prescriptions dispensed as finished products shall be in a clear and understandable form and shall provide complete information for the patient, including clear instructions for all medication dispensed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.