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Telehealth commission urged easing of in‑person requirement for some controlled prescriptions
Summary
Senate Bill 252 would remove a statutory requirement that some controlled‑substance prescriptions be preceded by an in‑person exam, allowing appropriately licensed physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to establish treatment relationships by telemedicine in prescribed circumstances
Senate Bill 252 seeks to permit broader use of telemedicine for prescribing controlled substances by licensed prescribers (physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners) in New Hampshire. The bill grew from the Legislature’s telehealth commission, which reported that New Hampshire’s statutory in‑person requirement is more restrictive than federal rules and than practice in many other states.
Jonathan Ballard, chief medical officer at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and chair of the telehealth commission, told lawmakers the commission heard from psychiatrists,…
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