2013 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXX - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter 318-B - CONTROLLED DRUG ACT
Section 318-B:31 - Definitions.

    318-B:31 Definitions. – In this subdivision:
    I. "Board'' means the pharmacy board, established in RSA 318:2.
    II. "Controlled substance'' means controlled drugs as defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI.
    III. "Dispense'' means to deliver a controlled substance by lawful means and includes the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for such delivery.
    IV. "Dispenser'' means a person who is lawfully authorized to deliver a schedule II-IV controlled substance, but does not include:
       (a) A licensed hospital pharmacy that dispenses for administration in the hospital;
       (b) A practitioner, or other authorized person who administers such a substance; or
       (c) A wholesale distributor of a schedule II-IV controlled substance or its analog.
    V. "Patient'' means the person or animal who is the ultimate user of a controlled substance for whom a lawful prescription is issued and for whom a controlled substance or other such drug is lawfully dispensed.
    VI. "Practitioner'' means a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other person licensed or otherwise permitted to prescribe, dispense, or administer a controlled substance in the course of licensed professional practice.
    VII. "Prescribe'' means to issue a direction or authorization, by prescription, permitting a patient to lawfully obtain controlled substances.
    VIII. "Prescriber''means a practitioner or other authorized person who prescribes a schedule II, III, and/or IV controlled substance.
    IX. "Program'' means the controlled drug prescription health and safety program that electronically facilitates the confidential sharing of information relating to the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances listed in schedules II-IV, established by the board pursuant to RSA 318-B:32.

Source. 2012, 196:2, eff. June 12, 2012.