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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-D:7 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-D / Section 7
326-D:7 Qualifications.
Status: in_force

In order to be certified as a midwife by the council, a person shall: I. Have completed high school or its equivalent. II. Complete one college-level course in human anatomy and physiology, or pass a college-level equivalency program or credit by exam. III. Express an intent to engage in the active practice of midwifery in the state. IV. Submit an affidavit disclosing any criminal convictions. If the council determines that such conviction has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to serve as a midwife, such conviction may serve as a basis for denial of certification. V. Meet practical experience requirements prescribed by the council, including specific numbers of prenatal visits, post-partum follow-up exams, attendance at live births as an observer and primary birth attendant under supervision, performance of newborn examinations, performance of laceration repairs, performance of postpartum visits, and observation of in-hospital births. VI. Present evidence of technical skills as prescribed by the council. VII. Present evidence of a passing grade on a certification examination approved by the council. VIII. Pass both a written and an oral examination administered by the council. Such examinations shall include, but shall not be limited to, questions relative to New Hampshire laws and rules governing midwives.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:69 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 69
270:69 Appeals.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of safety shall hear and decide appeals of any decisions made under this subdivision. The commissioner shall conduct appeals hearings according to the provisions of RSA 541-A for adjudicative proceedings.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193-G:6 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 193-G / Section 6
193-G:6 School Safety.
Status: in_force

Schools shall be authorized to implement policies promoting school safety.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 655:26 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 655 / Section 26
655:26 Examination and Rejection.
Status: in_force

The officer with whom primary petitions are filed shall immediately upon receipt thereof examine the same and ascertain whether they conform to the law. If found not to conform thereto or to be conflicting as provided in RSA 655:23, he shall then endorse thereon the reason why such petition cannot be accepted and shall, within 24 hours, return the same to the candidate in whose behalf it was filed. In such case, the candidate may file supplementary petitions with the official, but not later than the third Wednesday in June.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 658:33 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 658 / Section 33
658:33 Delivery of Ballots to Additional Polling Place.
Status: in_force

Before the polls are opened at the central polling place on the day of an election, the town clerk shall seal up the 2 duplicate copies of the checklist for each additional polling place lodged with the clerk by the supervisors with the number of blank ballots determined by the moderator to be likely to be sufficient for the voters expected to vote at the additional polling place. If the moderator has authorized the counting of votes and thereby authorized the processing of absentee ballots at the additional polling place, the absentee ballots of those persons qualified to vote in that additional polling place shall be sealed up along with a list of those persons qualified to vote at that additional polling place to whom absentee ballots have been sent pursuant to RSA 657:15. This package shall be prepared and sealed in the presence of the moderator and selectmen and shall be delivered immediately to the assistant moderator of the additional polling place by 2 election officers designated by the moderator.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 99-F:7 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 99-F / Section 7
99-F:7 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The department of administrative services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to implement the provisions of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-A:36-g — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-A / Section 36-g
100-A:36-g Merger of New Hampshire Policemen's Retirement System.
Status: in_force

Effective July 1, 1989, the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system, as provided by RSA 103, shall be merged into and become a part of the New Hampshire retirement system. All retired members and beneficiaries who are receiving or are eligible to receive benefits under RSA 103 shall receive the same benefits from the New Hampshire retirement system, but in accordance with the payment provisions and restrictions of the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system. All assets and liabilities under the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system are hereby transferred to the New Hampshire retirement system. The rules and provisions of the New Hampshire policemen's retirement system shall hereby be considered a part of the rules and provisions of the New Hampshire retirement system for purposes of administering this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193-G:5 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 193-G / Section 5
193-G:5 Department of Education Authority.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of education shall be the certifying authority under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 36:57 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 36 / Section 57
36:57 Procedure.
Status: in_force

I. Upon determination that a proposed development has a potential regional impact, the local land use board having jurisdiction shall afford the regional planning commission and the affected municipalities the status of abutters as defined in RSA 672:3 for the limited purpose of providing notice and giving testimony. II. Not more than 5 business days after reaching a decision regarding a development of regional impact, the local land use board having jurisdiction shall, by certified mail, furnish the regional planning commission and the affected municipalities with copies of the minutes of the meeting at which the decision was made. The local land use board shall, at the same time, submit an initial set of plans to the regional planning commission, the cost of which shall be borne by the applicant. III. At least 14 days prior to public hearing, the local land use board shall notify, by certified mail, all affected municipalities and the regional planning commission of the date, time, and place of the hearing and their right to testify concerning the development. IV. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the building inspector determines that a use or structure proposed in a building permit application will have the potential for regional impact and no such determination has previously been made by another local land use board, he or she shall notify the local governing body. The building inspector shall also notify by certified mail the regional planning commission and the affected municipalities, who shall be provided 30 days to submit comment to the local governing body and the building inspector prior to the issuance of the building permit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:101 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 101
31:101 Effect of License.
Status: in_force

A person so licensed, who shall first cause the license to be recorded at length by the town clerk, and who shall comply with the terms expressed therein, shall be exempt from the penalties imposed by this chapter for any act authorized by the license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 289:17 — NH Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 289 / Section 17
289:17 Removal of Monuments.
Status: in_force

The monuments, gravestones, and other appurtenances attached to the graves shall be carefully removed and properly set up at the place of reinterment with as little injury as the nature of the case will admit. In case of injury to any monument, gravestone, or appurtenance, the damages shall be assessed by the governing body in the same manner and with the same right of appeal as in the case of alteration of the grade of highways.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195:6 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195 / Section 6
195:6 Powers and Duties of Cooperative School Districts.
Status: in_force

I. Each cooperative school district shall be a body corporate and politic with power to sue and be sued, to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the use of schools therein, and to make necessary contracts in relation thereto, and have and possess all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities conferred and imposed upon school districts under the provisions of RSA 194. Whenever a cooperative school district assumes all the functions of a pre-existing district, it shall also assume the outstanding indebtedness and obligations thereof as of the date of operating responsibility; and on such date of operating responsibility the pre-existing districts shall be deemed dissolved, and any and all assets, property and records thereof not previously disposed of shall vest in the cooperative school district, unless otherwise provided in the articles of agreement or existing arrangements. II. Each cooperative school district shall have the power to borrow money and issue its notes or bonds in conformity with the provisions of RSA 33, provided, however, indebtedness of a cooperative district organized to provide both elementary and secondary schools may be incurred to an amount not to exceed 10 percent of its assessed valuation as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration. III. Whenever only a part of the educational facilities of a local school district are incorporated into a cooperative school district, such local district shall continue in existence and function as previously. The cooperative school district shall assume only those outstanding debts and obligations of the local school district which pertain to the property acquired by the cooperative school district for use by the cooperative school district. In such case no cooperative school district shall for elementary school purposes incur debt to an amount exceeding 5 percent, and for secondary school purposes, if organized for grades 9 through 12, to an amount exceeding 5 percent, and for secondary school purposes if organized for grades 7 through 12, to an amount not exceeding 6 percent of the total assessed valuation of such district as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration. No cooperative school district described in this paragraph shall incur indebtedness if it subjects the taxable property of any school district forming a part thereof to debt, when added to the debt of such school district, of more than 10 percent of the total assessed value of such taxable property as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-B:31-b — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-B / Section 31-b
169-B:31-b Data Collection; Reporting Requirement.
Status: in_force

I. The department shall establish a system to collect data related to: (a) Charges which led to involvement with the juvenile justice system. (b) The racial and ethnic identity of the child. (c) The length of time a child receives services under this chapter, beginning at the time of arraignment. (d) The identity of paid services or programs to whom the department has referred a child or family. (e) Any other information, including outcome data, that may assist the department and the court in evaluating the availability and effectiveness of services for children who receive assistance under this chapter. (f) The type of services ordered by the court after adjudication and disposition. II. The department shall, upon request, make available to members of the public, compilations of the data which do not contain identifying information. III. Beginning on or before December 30, 2014, the department shall provide quarterly reports regarding cases handled pursuant to this chapter to the chair of the house children and family law committee, the chair of the senate health, education and human services committee, or to the chairs of their successor committees, as well as the chair of the joint fiscal committee. The reports shall include: (a) Total census at Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) at the beginning of each quarterly reported period reported by: (1) Sex. (2) County of residence. (3) Status (i.e. pre-trial, confinement). (4) Criminal charge. (5) Re-entry into the juvenile justice system. (b) The number of 6 month parole hearings and the outcomes during the previous quarter and year to date.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405-A:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 405-A / Section 4
405-A:4 Compulsory Associations.
Status: in_force

I. No risk retention group shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to any insurance insolvency guaranty fund, or similar mechanism, in this state, nor shall any risk retention group, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, receive any benefit from any such fund for claims arising under the insurance policies issued by such risk retention group. II. When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an insurer not authorized in this state or a risk retention group, no such risks, wherever resident or located, shall be covered by any insurance guaranty fund or similar mechanism in this state. III. When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an authorized insurer, only risks resident or located in this state shall be covered by the fund administered by the New Hampshire Insurance Guaranty Association established in RSA 404-B. IV. A risk retention group shall participate in this state's joint underwriting associations and mandatory liability pools as authorized by RSA 404-C.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485:16-d — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485 / Section 16-d
485:16-d Regional and Federal Efforts.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner is authorized to promote such regional or federal efforts as may be required to reduce the ongoing contamination threat posed by MTBE and other gasoline ethers, including but not limited to efforts to eliminate the federal oxygen mandate in the federal Clean Air Act, secure waivers from federal fuel requirements, or implement cleaner, more protective reformulation of gasoline. II. If an alternative regional or federal approach to cleaner gasoline is developed which provides equal or greater effectiveness in reducing concentrations of MTBE and other gasoline ethers than opting out of the federal reformulated gasoline program under RSA 485:16-b, I, or does so in a manner that requires less costly substitute emission control measures under RSA 485:16-c, then the commissioner may implement such alternative regional or federal approach. Such alternative regional or federal approach may substitute for opting out of the federal reformulated gasoline program under RSA 485:16-b, I if undertaken prior to January 1, 2004.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:86 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 80 / Section 86
80:86 Tax Lien on Real Estate.
Status: in_force

Real estate of every kind levied upon under RSA 85 shall be subject to the real estate tax lien procedure, and the owner of such real estate shall have the right to redeem the real estate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 466:30-a — NH Code / Title XLV / Chapter 466 / Section 30-a
466:30-a Dog Control Law.
Status: in_force

I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any dog to run at large, except when accompanied by the owner or custodian, and when used for hunting, for guarding, working, or herding livestock, as defined in RSA 21:34-a, II(a)(4), for supervised competition and exhibition, or for training for such. For the purpose of this section, "accompanied"means that the owner or custodian must be able to see or hear, or both, or have reasonable knowledge of where the dog is hunting, where training is being conducted, where trials are being held, or where the dog is guarding, working, or herding livestock. Nothing herein provided shall mean that the dog must be within sight at all times. II. In this section, "at large" means off the premises of the owner or keeper and not under the control of any person by means of personal presence and attention as will reasonably control the conduct of such dog, unless accompanied by the owner or custodian. III. Any authorized person may seize, impound or restrain any dog in violation of this section and deliver said dog to a person or shelter authorized to board dogs. Such dogs shall be handled as strays or abandoned dogs pursuant to applicable laws. IV. In addition to impounding a dog found at large or in violation of this section, any local law enforcement officer may issue, in the name of the owner or keeper of such dog, a notice of violation for a nuisance dog pursuant to RSA 466:31, II(a). V. The provisions of this section shall not be effective in any city or town unless adopted by a city or town pursuant to RSA 466:30-b.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:61 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 61
72:61 Definition of Solar Energy Systems.
Status: in_force

I. For purposes of an exemption under RSA 72:62 adopted before January 1, 2020, in this subdivision "solar energy system" means a system which utilizes solar energy to heat or cool the interior of a building or to heat water for use in a building and which includes one or more collectors and a storage container. "Solar energy system" also means a system which provides electricity for a building by the use of photovoltaic panels. II. In a municipality that adopts or re-adopts the exemption under RSA 72:62 on or after January 1, 2020, "solar energy system" means, in addition to the definition in paragraph I, a system which utilizes solar energy to produce electricity for a building and includes all photovoltaics, inverters, and storage. Systems may be off grid or connected to the grid in a net metered or group net metered arrangement pursuant to RSA 362-A:9 or in a direct retail sale arrangement pursuant to RSA 362-A:2-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 132:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 132 / Section 6
132:6 Prevention of Ophthalmia in Newborn.
Status: in_force

I. The physician, hospital, nurse midwife, midwife, or other health care provider attending a newborn child shall, after washing the lids and adjacent tissues immediately following birth, place into each eye of every child a single drop of a one percent solution of nitrate of silver or some equally efficient solution. II. Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen, and red, and show an unusual discharge at any time within 2 weeks after its birth, a report shall be made in writing, within 6 hours thereafter, to the department of health and human services, except if a licensed physician is in attendance he shall report as required by this section within 24 hours. III. If a physician is not in attendance, the parents, or whoever has charge of such infant, shall immediately place it in the charge of a licensed physician. IV. The commissioner of the department of health and human services may publish such information and instruction and adopt rules as he deems expedient to prevent the development of inflammation in the eyes of newborn babies, or so-called ophthalmia neonatorum.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 199:15 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 199 / Section 15
199:15 New Proceedings.
Status: in_force

The location of schoolhouses, however made, shall be conclusive for the term of 5 years, unless an appeal therefrom shall be prosecuted as provided in this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 329:49-a — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 329 / Section 49-a
329:49-a Collection and Reporting of Abortion Statistics.
Status: in_force

I. Any health care provider who performs an abortion as defined in RSA 132:32, I, shall report the following information in writing to the medical facility in which the abortion is performed: (a) Date when the abortion was performed; (b) County where the abortion was performed; (c) Age group of the pregnant patient when the abortion was performed; (d) Residence of patient as "in-state" or "out-of-state" when the abortion was performed; (e) Method used to perform the abortion; and (f) Estimated gestational age when the abortion was performed. II. The aggregated report containing the information and data required by this section shall be transmitted by the medical facility to the department of health and human services. These reports shall not identify the patient or health care provider by name or include other personally identifiable information. III. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall prepare from these data such aggregated statistical trends and tables with respect to maternal health, abortion methods, and estimated gestational age, and shall make an annual aggregated report thereof to the general court. IV. The commissioner of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: (a) The form in which data shall be filed under paragraph I. (b) The cadence of reporting from medical facilities. (c) Confidentiality of data collected and disclosed under this section subject to the provisions of this section. (d) Procedures and written requirements for obtaining, using, and protecting data provided by the department of health and human services under this section. V. Any medical facility that willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of $100 for each business day the facility remains in noncompliance. Any individual who knowingly and willfully provides false information pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor under RSA 638:3.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 34:9 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 34 / Section 9
34:9 Penalty for Failure to Perform.
Status: in_force

Any of the above officers who shall fail to perform the duties above set forth shall be guilty of a violation for every week said failure shall continue.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 404-H:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 404-H / Section 7
404-H:7 Board of Directors.
Status: in_force

I. The board of directors of the association shall consist of not less than 5 nor more than 9 persons serving terms as established in the plan of operation. The members of the board shall be selected by member insurers subject to the approval of the commissioner. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the remaining period of the term by a majority vote of the remaining board members subject to the approval of the commissioner. If no members are selected within 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, the commissioner may appoint the initial members of the board of directors. II. In approving selections to the board, the commissioner shall consider among other things whether all member insurers are fairly represented. III. Members of the board may be reimbursed from the assets of the association for expenses incurred by them as members of the board of directors.