New Hampshire Revised Statutes 318:47-m – Nicotine Cessation Therapy
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I. In this section, “standing order” means a written and signed protocol authored by a physician licensed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 329:12, a physician assistant licensed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-D:2, or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-B:18. The agreement shall specify a protocol allowing a licensed pharmacist to provide nicotine cessation therapy under the delegated prescriptive authority of the physician, physician assistant, or APRN, a mechanism to document screening performed and the prescription in the patient’s medical record, and include a plan for evaluating and treating adverse events. The prescriptions shall be considered a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice.
II. Licensed pharmacists following standing orders may provide nicotine cessation therapy to persons in this state without a prior prescription.
III. A pharmacist, pharmacy, physician, physician assistant, or APRN issuing or following standing orders shall be prohibited from seeking personal financial benefit by participating in any incentive-based program or accepting any inducement that influences or encourages therapeutic or product changes or the ordering of tests or services.
IV. Prior to providing nicotine cessation therapy under this section, a pharmacist shall complete an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited educational training program related to nicotine cessation.
V. The pharmacist shall provide each recipient of nicotine cessation therapy with a standardized information sheet written in plain language, which shall include, but is not limited to, the indication for the use of the nicotine cessation therapy, the importance of follow-up care, and health care referral information.
VI. The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) Education and training required under paragraph IV.
(b) Content and format of the information sheet required under paragraph V, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
(c) A model statewide protocol, with the consent of the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the department of health and human services to be used for the purposes of paragraph I.
(d) Communication to the patient’s primary care provider with the consent of the patient.
VII. The board of medicine shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against a physician or physician assistant based on a pharmacist’s failure to follow standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied. The board of nursing shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against an APRN based on a pharmacist’s failure to follow standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied. The board of pharmacy shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against a pharmacist who follows standing orders based on a defect in those standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied.
II. Licensed pharmacists following standing orders may provide nicotine cessation therapy to persons in this state without a prior prescription.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 318:47-m
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. A pharmacist, pharmacy, physician, physician assistant, or APRN issuing or following standing orders shall be prohibited from seeking personal financial benefit by participating in any incentive-based program or accepting any inducement that influences or encourages therapeutic or product changes or the ordering of tests or services.
IV. Prior to providing nicotine cessation therapy under this section, a pharmacist shall complete an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited educational training program related to nicotine cessation.
V. The pharmacist shall provide each recipient of nicotine cessation therapy with a standardized information sheet written in plain language, which shall include, but is not limited to, the indication for the use of the nicotine cessation therapy, the importance of follow-up care, and health care referral information.
VI. The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) Education and training required under paragraph IV.
(b) Content and format of the information sheet required under paragraph V, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
(c) A model statewide protocol, with the consent of the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the department of health and human services to be used for the purposes of paragraph I.
(d) Communication to the patient’s primary care provider with the consent of the patient.
VII. The board of medicine shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against a physician or physician assistant based on a pharmacist’s failure to follow standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied. The board of nursing shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against an APRN based on a pharmacist’s failure to follow standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied. The board of pharmacy shall not deny, revoke, suspend, or otherwise take disciplinary action against a pharmacist who follows standing orders based on a defect in those standing orders provided the provisions of this section and the rules adopted under this section are satisfied.