Section Ph 1503.01 - Registration of Prescribers and Dispensers(a) All practitioners authorized to prescribe or dispense schedule II-IV controlled substances within the state of New Hampshire shall register with the program [no later than June 30, 2015], as follows:(1) Practitioners who prescribe but do not dispense schedule II-IV controlled substances shall register with the program as a prescriber;(2) Practitioners who dispense but do not prescribe schedule II-IV controlled substances shall register with the program as a dispenser if they fall under the definition of "dispenser" in RSA 318-B:31, IV; and(3) Practitioners who prescribe and dispense schedule II-IV controlled substances shall register with the program as both a prescriber and a dispenser unless exempted pursuant to RSA 318-B:31, IV.(b) Program registration shall be by one of the following methods:(1) Automatic registration at the time of the program go-live date or at the time of initial licensure or license renewal, if permitted by the prescriber's or dispenser's regulatory board; or(2) Completing and submitting to the program vendor a registration form provided by the program vendor.(c) Before a program credential is issued, the registrant shall be verified as having a current and valid license, as follows: (1) Those prescribers and dispensers who register in accordance with (b)(1) above shall be automatically verified; and(2) Those prescribers and dispensers who register in accordance with (b)(2) above shall be verified by the program manager by confirming that the registrant has a valid license.(d) On a monthly basis, each regulatory board shall submit to the program manager or program vendor a list of prescribers and dispensers: (1) Who have been issued a new license;(2) Whose license has been renewed; and(3) Who have had their license revoked, suspended, restricted, or not renewed.(e) If the credentials issued by the program vendor are lost or missing, or if the security of the credentials is compromised, the prescriber or dispenser shall cause the program manager to be notified by telephone and in writing as soon as possible.(f) Those dispensers licensed under RSA 318 who have not registered shall be subject to disciplinary action as established pursuant to RSA 318:29.(g) Those prescribers and dispensers who are required to register but who have not done so shall, pursuant to RSA 318-B:36III, be subject to penalties established by their respective regulatory board.N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 1503.01
Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 06, Filed February 8, 2018, Proposed by #12465, Effective 1/23/2018, Expires 1/23/2028.