HB80: (2nd New Title) adding a pharmacy board member and requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.

CHAPTER 66

HB 80 – FINAL VERSION

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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 80

AN ACT adding a pharmacy board member and requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.

SPONSORS: Rep. Case, Rock 1; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1; Rep. Emerson, Ches 7; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill adds a pharmacy board member and requires that at least one practicing pharmacist member of the pharmacy board shall be a full-time hospital pharmacist. The bill also limits the service of pharmacy board members to 10 consecutive years.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT adding a pharmacy board member and requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.

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

66:1 Pharmacy Board; Membership; Hospital Pharmacist. Amend RSA 318:2 to read as follows:

318:2 Board. There shall be a pharmacy board consisting of [6] 7 members; including [5] 6 practicing pharmacists, at least one of whom shall be a full-time hospital pharmacist, 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.

66:2 Application. The requirement for pharmacy board membership to include at least one full-time hospital pharmacist shall not affect the appointments of any member of the board serving on the effective date of this act.

66:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 9, 2009

Effective Date: August 8, 2009