New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire SB504: (New Title) 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.
Status: Passed one chamber, May 21, 2026
What the bill says
An act 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. Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27 COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ad.
From the amended text, May 14, 2026:
AN ACT 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. Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27 COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Limits any examination requirement for licensure as an advanced pharmacy technician to scope of practice. VIII. Prohibits the pharmacy board from testing applicants on pharmacy jurisprudence or law. IX. Allows supervised certified pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines, and eliminates a requirement that vaccines be recommended by the United States Center for Disease …