N.H. Admin. Code § Nat 701.02

Current through Register No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section Nat 701.02 - Formulary Council

(a) The council on doctors of naturopathic medicine formulary ("council") shall be responsible for reviewing the formulary at least twice per year.

(b) Meetings shall be held at the office of professional licensure and certification. The board's administrative staff shall be responsible for coordinating meetings of the council, preparing documents for the council, and keeping minutes of council meetings.

(c) Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum.

(d) The council shall review requests for medicines and drugs to be added to the formulary in order to determine whether they are appropriate for the naturopathic profession.

(e) When determined to be appropriate to the scope of practice of doctors of naturopathic medicine, the council on doctors of naturopathic medicine formulary may consider synthetically-produced substances and their salts having an identical or substantially identical molecular structure to a plant or animal substance as found in nature to be plant or animal substances.

(f) Any person requesting additions to the formulary shall complete and submit a "New Medication Formulary Request Form" to the council, which includes the following:

(1) Applicant's name and mailing address;

(2) Date;

(3) Naturopathic license number, if applicable;

(4) Whether the request is to add a drug to the formulary or remove a drug from the formulary;

(5) Drug name;

(6) Drug class;

(7) Whether the drug is a prescription, non-prescription, or a scheduled drug;

(8) Route of administration;

(9) Mechanism of administration;

(10) Explanation of how the drug complies with scope of practice of naturopathic doctors;

(11) Explanation of the identical or functional similarity of the drug to a naturally occurring substance; and

(12) Explanation of how the drug functions similar to a naturally occurring substance.

(g) The council shall be responsible for reviewing requests for removal of a drug from the formulary. The council shall remove a drug upon majority vote.

N.H. Admin. Code § Nat 701.02

Derived from Volume XL Number 50, Filed December 10, 2020, Proposed by #13140, Effective 11/26/2020, Expires 11/26/2030