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OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 318
PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES

Possession and Sale of Drugs and Devices for Administration of Drugs

Section 318:51-a

    318:51-a Licensing of Manufacturers and Wholesalers Required. –
I. No person shall manufacture legend drugs or controlled drugs as that term is defined in RSA 318-B:1, VI and no person as a wholesaler, distributor, or reverse distributor shall supply the same without first having obtained a license to do so from the board. Such license shall expire biennially on June 30 of every even-numbered year. An application together with a reasonable fee as established by the board shall be filed biennially by midnight on June 30 of every even-numbered year.
II. No license shall be issued under this section unless the applicant has furnished proof satisfactory to the board of pharmacy:
(a) That the applicant is of good moral character or, if that applicant is an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character.
(b) That the applicant has sufficient land, buildings, and such security equipment so as to properly carry on the business described in his application.
III. No license shall be granted to any person who has within 5 years been convicted of a violation of any law of the United States, or of any state, relating to drugs, as defined in this chapter or RSA 318-B, or to any person who is a drug-dependent person.
IV. Any person licensed pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of RSA 318:29.
V. (a) The manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker to which a license has been issued shall, within 30 days of any change of information supplied in the original application, notify the board.
(b) The notice required pursuant to subparagraph (a) shall contain:
(1) Current New Hampshire license number of the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker.
(2) Name of the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker, old and new, if applicable.
(3) Address of the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker, old and new, if applicable.
(4) [Repealed.]
(c) A new license shall be required for a change of ownership of an established manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker to a successor business entity which results in a change in the controlling interest in the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, or broker.

Source. 1985, 324:15. 1989, 258:3. 2011, 111:2, 3, eff. July 30, 2011. 2019, 264:10, 15, IV, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.