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2004 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1419

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill allows advanced registered nurse practitioners to supervise the dispensing of noncontrolled prescription drugs by nurses in clinics under contract with the department of health and human services.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17Mar2004… 0476h

03-2317

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

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

49:1 Prescription Drugs; Clinics under Contract; Dispensing by Registered Nurses; ARNPs Added. Amend RSA 318:42, VII(a) to read as follows:

(a) The drugs are dispensed under a written protocol established by a licensed physician or by an advanced registered nurse practitioner prescribing from the formulary pursuant to RSA 326-B:10, II, and approved by the department of health and human services which provides for responsible supervision over the activities in question and mentions the name of each registered nurse for whom the physician or advanced registered nurse practitioner is assuming supervisory responsibility. A written copy of the protocol showing the date it was approved by the department of health and human services shall be kept at the clinic at all times and shall be made available during any inspection conducted under RSA 318:8.

49:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 3, 2004)

(Effective Date: July 2, 2004)