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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 132:23 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 132 / Section 23
132:23 Definition.
Status: in_force

I. In this subdivision "live-birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of a human conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. II. The definition under paragraph I shall apply whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:19-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 19-a
21-I:19-a Energy Efficient Measures; State Policy.
Status: in_force

I. It shall be the policy of the state of New Hampshire to prioritize public health and environmental quality, while maximizing economic benefits through the use of economical energy efficiency measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, and energy storage in the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of properties owned or leased by the state. Further, it shall be the policy of the state to encourage municipalities to incorporate such measures into their properties to the greatest extent possible. II. The department of administrative services shall consider energy measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, energy storage, and the energy life cycle costs as significant criteria in its construction, renovation, operation, and purchasing and leasing decisions.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:80 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 80
282-A:80 Definitions.
Status: in_force

I. "Annual payroll" shall be the total amount of taxable wages under this chapter paid for employment during a calendar year. II. "Average annual payroll" shall be the average of the employer's actually existing annual payrolls for the 3 immediately preceding consecutive calendar years prior to January 1 of the year in which the computation applies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:6-604 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-A / Section 6-604
383-A:6-604 Determination.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 business days after receipt of a notice, the commissioner shall issue a written acknowledgment of receipt of the notice to the filer. (b) Within 60 days after the application is deemed substantially complete under RSA 383-A:6-603, the commissioner shall issue: (1) A decision approving or denying the application, in whole or in part, including any conditions of approval the commissioner deems necessary or advisable; or (2) A notice that further investigation or examination is required, including the possibility of soliciting public comment by hearing or otherwise. (c) Upon completion of any further investigation or examination under subsection (b)(2), the commissioner shall issue a decision approving or denying the application, in whole or in part, including any conditions of approval the commissioner deems necessary or advisable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 510:1 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 510 / Section 1
510:1 Time; Where Returnable.
Status: in_force

All original writs and writs of mesne process shall be served by the service date specified by the court on the summons, and shall be returnable to the superior court for Rockingham County at Brentwood; Strafford County at Dover; Belknap County at Laconia; Carroll County at Ossipee; Merrimack County at Concord; Hillsborough County at either Manchester or Nashua, as is appropriate; Cheshire County at Keene; Sullivan County at Newport; Grafton County at North Haverhill in the town of Haverhill; and Coos County at Lancaster.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:101-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-A / Section 101-a
126-A:101-a Maternal Mental Health Screening.
Status: in_force

I. The department of health and human services shall cover maternal depression screenings at well-child visits under the state Medicaid program. The department shall recommend that health care providers screen mothers for maternal depression at all well-child visits. II. The department is authorized to use the following Medicaid coverage categories to reimburse depression screening: (a) Early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services. (b) As an assessment under the mother's Medicaid identification number. (c) As a risk assessment under the infant's Medicaid identification number. III. As used in this section, "maternal depression screening" means screening tools for maternal mental health that are consistent with current standard of care and under the supervision of a certified health care provider.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:31 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 6 / Section 31
6:31 Salary.
Status: in_force

The annual salary of an assistant state treasurer shall be that established by RSA 94:1-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 412:21 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 412 / Section 21
412:21 Insurers and Advisory Organizations: Prohibited Activity.
Status: in_force

I. No insurer or advisory organization shall: (a) Attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person to monopolize an insurance market. (b) Engage in a boycott, on a concerted basis, of an insurance market. II. No insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to mandate adherence to or to mandate use of any rate, prospective loss cost, rating plan, rating schedule, rating rule, policy or bond form, rate classification, rate territory, underwriting rule, survey, inspection or similar material, except as needed to facilitate the reporting of statistics to advisory organizations, statistical agents or the commissioner. III. The fact that 2 or more insurers, whether or not members or subscribers of an advisory organization, use consistently or intermittently the same rates, prospective loss cost, rating plans, rating schedules, rating rules, policy or bond forms, rate classifications, rate territories, underwriting rules, surveys or inspections or similar materials is not sufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement exists. IV. Two or more insurers having a common ownership or operating in this state under common management or control may act in concert between or among themselves with respect to any matters pertaining to those activities authorized in this chapter as if they constituted a single insurer. V. No insurer or advisory organization shall make any arrangement with any other insurer, advisory organization, or other person which has the purpose or effect of unreasonably restraining trade or unreasonably lessening competition in the business of insurance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-D:2 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-D / Section 2
304-D:2 Permissible Purposes of Professional Limited Liability Companies.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in RSA 304-D:2, II, professional limited liability companies may be organized under this chapter only for the purpose of rendering professional services, including necessary related services, within a single profession. II. A professional limited liability company may be formed for the purpose of rendering professional services within 2 or more professions and for any purpose or purposes of this state for which limited liability companies may be organized under the law of this state applicable to limited liability companies to the extent that the combination of professional purposes or of professional and business purposes is permitted by the licensing laws of this state applicable to such professions and by rules adopted under those laws.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482-A:2 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482-A / Section 2
482-A:2 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental services. I-a. "Council" means the wetlands council established in RSA 21-O:5-a. I-b. "Department" means the department of environmental services. II. "Division" means the division of water resources, department of environmental services. II-a. "Local governing body" means "local governing body" as defined in RSA 672:6. III. "Local legislative body" means "local legislative body" as defined in RSA 672:8. IV. "Mean high tide" shall be determined according to the published tables and standards of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, adjusted to the locality from such tables. V. "Municipality" shall include cities, towns, and village districts. VI. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or legal entity of any kind including municipal corporations, governmental departments and agencies, or their subdivisions. VII. "Sand dune" shall mean a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind and commonly found on the seacoast. VIII. "Boat slip" means: (a) On water bodies over 10,000 acres, means a volume of water 25 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 3 feet deep as measured at normal high water and located adjacent to a structure to which a watercraft may be secured. (b) On water bodies of 10,000 acres or less, a volume of water 20 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet deep as measured at normal high water mark and located adjacent to a structure to which a watercraft may be secured. VIII-a. "Boathouse" means a docking structure having a permanent roof covering one or more boat slips. IX. "Structure" means, notwithstanding any other provision of law, something installed, erected, or constructed, but shall not include a bench, landing with dimensions no larger than 10 feet wide by 10 feet long, or stairs with a width not exceeding 6 feet, provided that such benches, landings, or stairs are installed, erected, or constructed without regrading or recontouring of the shoreline and are not over water. Structures include, but are not limited to, the following: fence, dock, breakwater, post, pile, building, bridge, culvert, and wall. IX-a. "Structural height" means the vertical distance from its lowest dock surface of a structure to the highest point of the structure. X. "Wetlands" means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal conditions does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. XI. "Wetland functions" means the practical measurable values of wetlands. The 12 primary wetland functions are ecological integrity, wetland-dependent wildlife habitat, fish and aquatic life habitat, scenic quality, educational potential, wetland-based recreation, flood storage, groundwater recharge, sediment trapping, nutrient trapping/retention/transformation, shoreline anchoring, and noteworthiness.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:38 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265-A / Section 38
265-A:38 Violating Interlock Order.
Status: in_force

I. Upon written notice, by affidavit, that any person has violated an order of the court or the commissioner with regard to the installation of an ignition interlock device after the period of revocation or suspension imposed in RSA 265-A:18, 265:79, 630:2, III or 630:3, a hearing shall be scheduled within 14 business days of the notice. Pending the hearing and upon a finding of probable cause that a violation has occurred based upon the affidavit, the commissioner shall immediately suspend the defendant's privilege to drive a motor vehicle. After the hearing and upon a finding of violation by a preponderance of the evidence, the privilege to drive shall not be restored until the commissioner is satisfied that the person is in compliance with the order. II. If it is found that a person required to drive a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device has failed without reasonable cause including, but not limited to, illness, hospitalization, or incarceration, to comply with any requirement for the maintenance or calibration of the device, or shows a consistent pattern of failures to pass the breath test provided by the device, or where there is evidence of tampering or circumvention of the device, or where there is an unauthorized engine start without a passed breath test, and when the unit has a power disconnect for more than 15 minutes, the commissioner after a hearing may order a further license suspension or revocation for a period of not more than 12 months. In addition, upon a complaint the court may order a show cause hearing to determine if the person should be held in contempt of court. Upon a finding of contempt, the court may sentence the defendant to up to 6 months in a county department of corrections facility, and may make such other orders as necessary to bring about compliance, and in the absence of a license suspension by the commissioner may order a further license suspension or revocation for a period of not more than 12 months. The period of suspension or revocation under this section shall be added to any previously ordered suspension or revocation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482-A:14 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482-A / Section 14
482-A:14 Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Whoever recklessly or knowingly fails, neglects or refuses to comply with this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, an order or condition of a permit issued under this chapter, or recklessly or knowingly misrepresents any material fact in connection with any activities regulated or prohibited by this chapter, whether or not the owner of the land in question, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person and guilty of a felony if any other person. II. State and local law enforcement officials may prosecute any violation of this chapter as a violation. This provision shall not limit the state's enforcement authority under this chapter. III. Failure, neglect or refusal to comply with this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, or an order or condition of a permit issued under this chapter, and the misrepresentation by any person of a material fact made in connection with any activities regulated or prohibited by this chapter shall be deemed violations of this chapter. The court may, upon separate petition of the attorney general, or in connection with a petition for equity relief, levy upon any person who violates this chapter, whether or not the owner of the land in question, a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. The proceeds of any civil penalty levied pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in a nonlapsing fund held by the treasurer, which may be expended by the department, subject to the approval of the governor and council, for the purpose of restoration, research, investigation and enforcement relative to wetlands.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-J:12 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-J / Section 12
21-J:12 Taxpayer Services Division.
Status: in_force

There is established within the department the division of taxpayer services, under the supervision of an unclassified director of taxpayer services who shall be responsible for: I. Processing all tax returns and payments filed with the government. II. Providing general assistance to the public for all taxes administered by the department. III. Maintaining and reconciling taxpayer accounts within the department's account management systems.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 52-A:1 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 52-A / Section 1
52-A:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Improvement plan" means the plan for the special assessment district which sets forth the supplemental public services and facilities to be provided in the district and a plan for providing such services and facilities, including a budget and fee structure, which is approved by the municipal governing body as part of the creation of the special assessment district. An improvement plan shall be updated at least once every 3 years by the governing body. II. "Proportionate share of the benefits" means that share, or portion, of the value of the total public facilities and service which specially and peculiarly benefits the property upon which they are imposed, as determined under RSA 52-A:3, III. III. "Public facilities" means capital improvements, including but not limited to transportation, sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage, potable water, communication infrastructure, and parks and recreational facilities that have a life expectancy of 3 or more years. IV. "Public services" means the performance by employees, consultants, or agents of functions, operations, design, engineering, planning and maintenance, and repair activities in order to provide public facilities. V. "Special assessment" means a charge imposed upon properties located within a designated special assessment district by a town or city to pay for public facilities and services which specially benefit the properties upon which they are imposed. VI. "Special assessment district" means the district in which public facilities and services are to be provided and in which special assessments and charges may be levied and collected pursuant to this chapter to pay for those public facilities and services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 202-A:19 — NH Code / Title XVI / Chapter 202-A / Section 19
202-A:19 Defunct Libraries.
Status: in_force

When a public library in any town shall, as such, cease to function, all books or other property given by the state for the use of said library or purchased with state funds shall be returned to the state by the selectmen of said town, delivery to be made to the commissioner of natural and cultural resources, who shall have the power to retain, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of such returned books or property as in its judgment seems wise.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 314:1 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 314 / Section 1
314:1 Definitions.
Status: repealed

In this chapter: I. [Repealed.] II. [Repealed.] III. "Electrologist" means any person who engages in electrology for compensation, except the following persons: (a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state who performs electrology in such practice. (b) A person who engages on behalf of a manufacturer or distributor solely in demonstrating the use of any machine or other article for the purpose of sale, without charge to the person who is the subject of such demonstration. IV. "Electrology" or "electrolysis" means the process by which hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electronic current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles, whether the process employs direct electric current or shortwave alternating electric current. IV-a. "Executive director" means the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification. V. "Office" means the place of business kept open solely for the business of electrology, or where equipment and facilities for the practice of electrology for compensation are available, as may be authorized by the executive director.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 9:4-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 9 / Section 4-a
9:4-a Judicial Branch Budget.
Status: in_force

The supreme court, in consultation with the judicial branch administrative council appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54, shall prepare the judicial branch budget for review and processing by the legislature according to the same time schedule for budgetary review and analysis required of executive agencies. The judicial branch budget shall be prepared upon forms and according to procedures prescribed by the commissioner of administrative services. The budget request documents and such additional information as may be requested shall be submitted to the commissioner of administrative services to be included in the governor's budget in the amounts requested, and with such comments as the governor deems appropriate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 330-C:14 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 330-C / Section 14
330-C:14 Title; Display of License or Certification.
Status: in_force

I. Only persons licensed under this chapter may use the title "master licensed alcohol and drug counselor" and the abbreviation "MLADC," the title "licensed alcohol and drug counselor" and the abbreviation "LADC," or the title "licensed clinical supervisor" and the abbreviation "LCS," provided that the title and abbreviation correspond to the license held pursuant to this chapter. II. Only persons certified under this chapter may use the title "certified recovery support worker" and the abbreviation "CRSW." III. Any person who has been issued a license under this chapter shall conspicuously display such license in the principal place of business for which the license is issued.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:80 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 80
436:80 Label.
Status: in_force

Sale and use of biological products and diagnostic reagents produced for animal use which are sold, given away or used within this state shall bear a label stating the name and address of the person, firm or institution producing it and the date of preparation. Said label and certification of licensure by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be submitted to the commissioner for his or her approval prior to acceptance for distribution in New Hampshire. Any such biologic or diagnostic reagent that does not require licensure by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be accompanied by a letter from the United States Department of Agriculture stating the exemption in lieu of a license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:39-b — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 39-b
189:39-b One-Year Certificate of Eligibility.
Status: in_force

I. The local school board, in consultation with the superintendent, may offer a one-time certificate of eligibility, for a one-year period which may be extended by the local school board for a second consecutive year, to any person interested in employment as an educator on a full-time or part-time basis, without requiring a person to possess an educator credential provided that such person: (a) Possesses at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary institution. (b) Is subject to a criminal history records check pursuant to RSA 189:13-a. (c) Is qualified for the position by relevant experience and education. I-a. The provision of subparagraph I(a) shall not apply to an individual applying to teach a course in a CTE specialty area. II. The school board, with input from the superintendent, shall formulate the terms of the certificate of eligibility which shall contain no tenure provisions. III. The department of education shall be notified of the issuance of all certificates of eligibility within 30 days of the date of issuance. III-a. The professional code of ethics and the professional code of conduct shall apply to all individuals possessing a certificate of eligibility under this section. IV. Any person who has had an educator credential, educator license, or other educator certification revoked under RSA 189:14-c or RSA 189:14-d, or who has been rendered ineligible to be employed as an educator under another provision of law, shall not be eligible under this section. V. No person shall be offered more than one certificate of eligibility under this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:18 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 137-J / Section 18
137-J:18 Naming of Multiple Agents.
Status: in_force

If the principal lists more than one person as the agent in a durable power of attorney for health care directive, the agents shall have authority in priority of the order in which their names are listed on the document, unless the method of joint agency is expressly included.