SB 330 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
2/14/02 2588s
2002 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 330
AN ACT relative to the administration of a patient's own prescription by emergency medical care providers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Sen. O'Hearn, Dist 12; Rep. Batula, Hills 18; Rep. French, Merr 3
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of safety to adopt rules recommended by the emergency medical and trauma services board concerning the administration of a patient's own prescription medication.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2/14/02 2588s
02-3046
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to the administration of a patient's own prescription by emergency medical care providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 153-A:20 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Training and necessary equipment recommended by the board concerning the administration of a patient's own prescription medication, including but not limited to epinephrine, when that patient is incapacitated.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.