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NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17 - Disposal of Controlled Drugs in Possession of Law Enforcement Officer.

    318-B:17 Disposal of Controlled Drugs in Possession of Law Enforcement Officer. –||All controlled drugs, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a law enforcement officer shall be forfeited and disposed of as follows:||I. The superior court shall order such controlled drugs forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place where the drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and of the time, place and manner of destruction shall be kept, and return under oath, reporting said destruction, shall be made to the superior court and to the Drug Enforcement Administration, if controlled drugs are involved, by the officer who destroys them.||I-a. The circuit court having jurisdiction over a misdemeanor or violation controlled drug offense may order such controlled drugs forfeited and destroyed upon written motion. Such order shall not be entered until after the period for appeal of the offense has expired.||I-b. The circuit court shall require the same record and reporting of the officer who is destroying the controlled drugs as is required under paragraph I for the superior court, with the exception of notification to the Drug Enforcement Administration.||I-c. All unwanted or unused controlled drugs which have come into the custody of a law enforcement officer, pursuant to a pharmaceutical drug take-back program, shall be disposed of in accordance with the disposal requirements for controlled drugs set forth under RSA 318-E.||II, III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1983, 292:13. 1995, 310:181. 1998, 362:1, 2. 2003, 80:1. 2011, 63:7, 8. 2013, 222:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17-a - Disposal of Controlled Drugs in Possession of Practitioner.

    318-B:17-a Disposal of Controlled Drugs in Possession of Practitioner. –||No person other than the pharmacy board, its officers, agents, and inspectors is authorized to destroy any out-dated, deteriorated, excessive or otherwise unwanted or confiscated controlled drugs which are in the possession of a practitioner, veterinarian, pharmacy, peace officer, nursing home, manufacturer, wholesaler, clinic, or laboratory or hospital. No payment shall be made to any person or institution for any drug surrendered for destruction. A record shall be maintained which indicates the name, strength, and quantity of all drugs destroyed; the place and manner of destruction; the date and time destroyed; the name of the practitioner or institution surrendering the drugs; and the signature and title of the person witnessing destruction. Such records shall conform to any federal requirements and shall be open to inspection by all federal or state officers charged with the enforcement of federal or state controlled drug laws. This section shall not apply to residual amounts in hypodermic syringes and needles.|||Source. 1977, 547:17. 1983, 292:14, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. 2017, 117:4, eff. June 16, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17-c - Drug Forfeiture Fund.

    318-B:17-c Drug Forfeiture Fund. –||I. There is hereby established within the office of the state treasurer a special revolving fund to be designated as the drug forfeiture fund. This fund shall be administered by the attorney general and may be used to pay the costs of local, county and state drug related investigations, as well as drug control law enforcement programs within New Hampshire. The fund may also be used to pay extraordinary costs of local, county and state drug prosecutions and trial expenses.||II. Law enforcement agencies may apply to the department of justice for grants from the forfeiture fund. Such grants shall be utilized exclusively for meeting expenses associated with drug related investigations. The attorney general shall report 60 days after the close of each fiscal year to the governor and council and to the fiscal committee of the general court a detailed accounting of the grants provided to law enforcement agencies under this paragraph by agency, including the department of safety, and the amount forwarded to the department of health and human services, bureau of drug and alcohol services, for the preceding fiscal year. The attorney general's report shall also include a detailed accounting of the costs of investigations, enforcement programs, and prosecutions paid under paragraph I.||III. The attorney general shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) The administration of the drug forfeiture fund.||(b) The grant application procedures and forms to be used by law enforcement agencies.|||Source. 1985, 327:5. 1986, 232:2. 1989, 380:3. 2012, 247:29. 2016, 329:8, eff. June 24, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17-d - Repealed by 2016, 329:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

    318-B:17-d Repealed by 2016, 329:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17-e - Drug Asset Forfeiture Guidelines Required.

    318-B:17-e Drug Asset Forfeiture Guidelines Required. –||The department of justice shall adopt and maintain drug asset forfeiture guidelines. The attorney general shall submit the guidelines and any proposed amendments to such guidelines to the house judiciary and family law committee and to the senate judiciary committee for review and comment at least as often as annually. The attorney general shall submit any proposed amendments to the guidelines for legislative review and comment prior to their becoming effective.|||Source. 1994, 343:4. 1995, 9:39, eff. June 11, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:17-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:17-f - Forfeiture Reports.

    318-B:17-f Forfeiture Reports. –||The attorney general shall submit a biennial report to the governor, senate president, and speaker of the house relative to the seizure of any items or property interests under RSA 318-B:17-b. Such report shall include:||I. A full and complete description of any items or property interests seized including the property's location and value.||II. The name and address of all known persons having a legal or equitable interest in the property.||III. Any findings of fact relative to the justice of the forfeiture as determined under RSA 318-B:17-b, IV(e).||The attorney general has the authority to exclude any information which would reveal the identity of an informant or compromise an ongoing investigation.|||Source. 1994, 343:5, eff. Aug. 7, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:18 - Notice of Conviction to be Sent to Licensing Board.

    318-B:18 Notice of Conviction to be Sent to Licensing Board. –||On the conviction of any person for violation of any provision of this chapter, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the opinion of the superior court if any opinion is filed, shall be sent by the clerk of the court to the board by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed or registered to practice his profession or to carry on his business. The board may summarily suspend, limit or revoke the license or registration of the convicted defendant to practice his profession or to carry on his business.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1983, 292:17, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:19, 318-B:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:19, 318-B:20 - Repealed by 1983, 292:21, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    318-B:19, 318-B:20 Repealed by 1983, 292:21, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:21 - Certain Communications Not Privileged.

    318-B:21 Certain Communications Not Privileged. –||Information communicated to a practitioner in an effort unlawfully to procure a controlled drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1983, 292:18, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:22 - Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negatived.

    318-B:22 Exceptions and Exemptions Not Required to be Negatived. –||In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, it shall not be necessary to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained herein, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.|||Source. 1969, 421:1, eff. Aug. 31, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:23 - Enforcement and Cooperation.

    318-B:23 Enforcement and Cooperation. –||It is hereby made the duty of the department of health and human services, its officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives; the pharmacy board, its officers, agents, inspectors and representatives; and of all peace officers within the state, and of all county attorneys, to enforce all provisions of this chapter, except those specifically delegated, and to cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, of this state, and of all other states relating to controlled drugs.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1977, 547:18. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:24 - Rulemaking.

    318-B:24 Rulemaking. –||I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, in conjunction with the pharmacy board, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) Investigations and hearings on controlled drugs under RSA 318-B:1, VI.||(b) Official forms required by RSA 318-B:1, XIX.||(c) Licenses under RSA 318-B:4.||(d) Revocation procedures under RSA 318-B:11.||(e) Labels under RSA 318-B:13.||(f) [Repealed.]||II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services and the pharmacy board are hereby required to adopt rules under this chapter to conform with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, his delegate, the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States, or the United States Attorney General under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and the federal food and drug laws.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1977, 547:19. 1985, 190:101; 324:23. 1995, 310:182. 2012, 171:26, XIII, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:25 - Authority for Inspection.

    318-B:25 Authority for Inspection. –||All officers, agents, inspectors and representatives of the department of health and human services who are charged with the responsibility to enforce this chapter; all officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives of the pharmacy board who are charged with the responsibility to enforce this chapter; all peace officers within the state; the attorney general and all county attorneys; and federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officers are authorized to enter during normal business hours upon the premises used by a practitioner for the purpose of his practice and to inspect such original records or prescriptions or both for controlled drugs as defined herein. Every practitioner, his clerk, agent, or servant shall exhibit to such person on demand every such original record or prescription or both so kept on file.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1977, 547:20. 1983, 292:19. 1985, 324:24. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:26-a - Chemical Analyses.

    318-B:26-a Chemical Analyses. –||I. Upon the request of the attorney general, a county attorney or any law enforcement agency, the laboratory employee performing the chemical analysis shall prepare a certificate. The employee shall sign the certificate subject to the penalties under this paragraph and shall include in the certificate an attestation as to the result of the analysis. The presentation of this certificate to a court by any party to a proceeding shall be evidence that all of the requirements and provisions of this section have been complied with. This certificate shall contain a statement establishing the following: the type of analysis performed; the result achieved; any conclusions reached based upon that result; that the subscriber is the person who performed the analysis and made the conclusions; the subscriber's training or experience to perform the analysis; and the nature and condition of the equipment used. When properly executed, the certificate shall, subject to paragraph II of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, be admissible evidence of the composition, quality, and quantity of the substance submitted to the laboratory for analysis, and the court shall take judicial notice of the signature of the person performing the analysis and of the fact that he or she is that person. A person shall be guilty of a class B felony if he or she knowingly makes any false entry in any certificate required under this paragraph.||II. Whenever a party intends to proffer in a criminal proceeding a certificate executed pursuant to this section, notice of an intent to proffer that certificate and all reports relating to the analysis in question, including a copy of the certificate, shall be conveyed to the opposing party or parties at least 25 days before the proceeding begins. An opposing party who intends to object to the admission into evidence of a certificate shall give notice of objection and the specific grounds for the objection within 10 days upon receiving the adversary's notice of intent to proffer the certificate. Whenever a notice of objection is filed, admissibility of the certificate shall be determined not later than 10 days before the beginning of the trial. A proffered certificate shall be admitted in evidence unless it appears from the notice of objection and specific grounds for that objection that the composition, quality, or quantity of the substance submitted to the laboratory for analysis will be contested at trial. A failure to comply with the time limitations regarding the notice of objection required by this section shall constitute a waiver of any objection to the admission of the certificate. The time limitations set forth in this section shall not be relaxed except upon a showing of good cause.|||Source. 1981, 207:1. 1983, 19:2. 1988, 6:5, eff. July 1, 1988. 2017, 253:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:26-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:26-b - Repealed by 2016, 212:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

    318-B:26-b Repealed by 2016, 212:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:27 - Prior Offenses.

    318-B:27 Prior Offenses. –||In the case of any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter or RSA 318-D, who has previously been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony level violation of the laws of the United States or any state, territory or the District of Columbia relating to controlled drugs as defined in this chapter, such previous conviction shall be deemed a prior offense. A prior conviction for a violation level offense shall not be deemed a prior offense, except as provided in RSA 318-B:2-c, V(a).|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 2006, 241:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2017, 248:6, eff. Sept. 16, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:28 - Repealed by 1988, 6:6, eff. July 1, 1988.

    318-B:28 Repealed by 1988, 6:6, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:28-a - Annulments of Criminal Records.

    318-B:28-a Annulments of Criminal Records. –||No court shall order an annulment, pursuant to RSA 651:5 or any other provision of law, of any record of conviction for a felony under RSA 318-B until 7 years after the date of conviction.|||Source. 1985, 205:1. 1988, 238:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:29 - Effect of Acquittal or Conviction Under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.

    318-B:29 Effect of Acquittal or Conviction Under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. –||No person shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this chapter if such person has been acquitted or convicted under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, as amended, or under the federal food and drug laws of the same act or omission which it is alleged constitutes a violation of this chapter.|||Source. 1969, 421:1. 1977, 547:22. 1983, 292:20, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:30 - Severability.

    318-B:30 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 1969, 421:1, eff. Aug. 31, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:31 - to 318-B:38 Repealed by 2021, 91:46, eff. July 1, 2021.

    318-B:31 to 318-B:38 Repealed by 2021, 91:46, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:39 - Repealed by 2016, 213:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

    318-B:39 Repealed by 2016, 213:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:40 - Competency Requirements. [Omitted.]

    318-B:40 Competency Requirements. [Omitted.] –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:42 - Repealed by 2016, 309:3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

    318-B:42 Repealed by 2016, 309:3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:44 - Syringe Service Programs; Affirmative Defense.

    318-B:44 Syringe Service Programs;  Affirmative Defense. –||It is an affirmative defense, as provided in RSA 626:7, to prosecution for possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle that the item was obtained through participation in a syringe service program. Nothing in this section shall be construed as an affirmative defense for any offense other than as set forth under RSA 318-B:26, II(f).|||Source. 2017, 117:7, eff. June 16, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:45 - Syringe Service Programs in Drug-Free School Zones Prohibited.

    318-B:45 Syringe Service Programs in Drug-Free School Zones Prohibited. –||No syringe service program shall be located within a drug-free school zone as defined in RSA 193-B:1, II. Exceptions to this prohibition may be granted by the applicable district school board when a request is initiated by a syringe service program administrator.|||Source. 2017, 117:7, eff. June 16, 2017. 2018, 254:2, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:46 - Repealed by 2017, 235:2, eff. Nov. 2, 2018.

    318-B:46 Repealed by 2017, 235:2, eff. Nov. 2, 2018. –|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:47 - Definitions.

    318-B:47 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Distributor" means a person, other than a manufacturer or wholesaler, that sells, delivers, transfers, or in any manner furnishes a drug product to any person that is not the ultimate user or consumer of the product.||II. "Knowingly" means having actual knowledge of the relevant facts.||III. "Manufacturer" means a person that produces, compounds, packages, or in any manner initially prepares a drug product for sale or use.||IV. "Wholesaler" means a person, other than a manufacturer, that sells, transfers, or in any manner furnishes a drug product to any other person for the purpose of being resold.|||Source. 2018, 124:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 318-B:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 318-B - Controlled Drug Act|Section 318-B:48 - Possession of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine; Sale.

    318-B:48 Possession of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine;  Sale. –||I. No person shall knowingly and unlawfully possess a drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine with the intent to use the product as a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine or another controlled substance.||II. A drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine shall not be distributed at retail to the general public unless it is maintained in a locked display case or behind the counter out of the public's reach.||III. (a) A retail establishment shall not knowingly complete a sale to a person if the drug product or combination of drug products purchased would surpass a total of more than 3.6 grams within a 24-hour period or 9 grams within a 30-day period of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base or their isomers. The "base" form means the fraction of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine present within a formulation containing a salt form of those respective drugs.||(b) This section shall not apply to drug products dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription.|||Source. 2018, 124:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|