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Senate committee hears wide-ranging pharmacy bill to expand pharmacists’ roles and modernize rules
Summary
Sponsors and pharmacists told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that SB504 would allow oncology clinics to dispense 30-day supplies of certain oral anticancer drugs, permit remote processing for advanced pharmacy technicians, modernize license display rules and clarify collaborative practice language; the New Hampshire Medical Society urged tighter limits and preserved training requirements.
Sen. David Roche, the prime sponsor, told the committee SB504 is largely technical cleanup while expanding opportunities for pharmacists to speed patient access to care. "It will allow the dispensing of a 30 day supply of a non controlled oral cancer anticancer medication by [a] licensed health care professional legally authorized to prescribe that," he said, arguing the change would reduce delays in starting chemotherapy.
The bill would also update licensing rules to reflect modern practice — changing a requirement that a pharmacist’s license be "conspicuously displayed" at each location to making it "readily retrievable" — and permit licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to perform remote processing tasks such as data…
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