New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1312: relative to the authority of various boards.
Status: Signed into law, July 16, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to the authority of various boards. Rep. Grote, Rock. 24; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15 COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Authorizes boards under the purview of the office of professional licensure and certification to establish subcommittees, subject to rules established by the office. II. Removes the authority of the board of registration in optometry to modify the list of approved pharmaceuticals for use by optometrists, except to update the formulary for pharmaceutical.
From the chaptered text, July 10, 2026:
AN ACT relative to the authority of various boards. Rep. Grote, Rock. 24; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15 COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Authorizes boards under the purview of the office of professional licensure and certification to establish subcommittees, subject to rules established by the office. II. Removes the authority of the board of registration in optometry to modify the list of approved pharmaceuticals for use by optometrists, except to update the formulary for pharmaceutical agents. III. Moves the approval of medical imaging and radiation therapy educational programs to the rulemaking authority of the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, in consultation with the advisory board of medical imaging and radiation therapy. IV. Modifies the duties of the board of family mediator certification and reallocates certain authority to the office of professional licensure and certification. V. Removes the authority of the board of accountancy to establish administrative fines by rule. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Sponsors
- Erica Layon (R, 13) · primary sponsor