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NH Rev Stat § 151:2-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-h - Compliance With Involuntary Admission Hearing Requirement.

    151:2-h Compliance With Involuntary Admission Hearing Requirement. –||No later than 30 days following the first decision on the merits in Doe v. NH Department of Health and Human Services, et al. #1:18-CV-01039, or a court-approved agreement of all parties in the case, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall initiate emergency rulemaking consistent with either the first decision on the merits or the court-approved agreement. The commissioner shall adopt such rules within 90 days of initiating rulemaking.|||Source. 2019, 41:4, eff. May 15, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-i (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-i - Hospital Dementia Operational Plan Required.

    151:2-i Hospital Dementia Operational Plan Required. –||I. Every facility licensed as a hospital under RSA 151:2, I(a) shall, not later than January 1, 2023, complete and implement an operational plan for the recognition and management of patients with dementia or delirium in acute-care settings. The plan shall address the following recommendations:||(a) Recognition of dementia and/or delirium.||(b) Cognitive assessment.||(c) Management and treatment in all relevant departments.||(d) Development of a dementia-friendly environment.||(e) Transfer or discharge procedures.||(f) An annual hospital self-assessment.||(g) Education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff.||II. Hospitals shall keep the plan on file and make the plan available to the department of health and human services, bureau of health facilities administration upon request.|||Source. 2019, 194:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:3 - Existing Facilities.

    151:3 Existing Facilities. –||Facilities subject hereto which are already in operation at the time of enactment hereof shall be given a reasonable time from the date of enactment of this law within which to comply with the rules and regulations and minimum standards provided for herein.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 3. RSA 151:3. 1979, 399:4, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:3-a - Facilities Under Construction.

    151:3-a Facilities Under Construction. –||Any facility required to be licensed under this chapter, which is in the process of construction or substantial renovation at the time a rule is adopted to limit the allowable number of residents to be housed within the facility, shall not be denied licensure solely because of such rule, provided that all life safety code and room size requirements are fully satisfied.|||Source. 1981, 184:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:3-b - Identification Required.

    151:3-b Identification Required. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph II, facilities licensed under this chapter shall require all persons, including volunteers, consulting doctors, and students and including home health care providers and hospice staff, in contact with clients and residents to wear a form of identification which readily discloses the name, licensure status, if any, and staff position.||II. Paragraph I shall not apply to persons working in a facility which provides services to clients and residents with mental illness or developmental disabilities when such persons are working with such clients and residents outside of the facility.||III. Failure to comply with paragraph I may result in a fine of no more than $50 on the facility per infraction.|||Source. 1998, 199:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:3-c - Repealed by 2008, 268:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

    151:3-c Repealed by 2008, 268:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 151:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:3-d - Verification of Medical Technician Registration.

    151:3-d Verification of Medical Technician Registration. –||Every facility administrator, or designee, for any health care facility licensed under this chapter shall verify with the board of registration of medical technicians established under RSA 328-I:2, prior to employing a medical technician, as defined in RSA 328-I:1, VI, that such medical technician is registered with the board.|||Source. 2014, 295:2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:5 - Licenses.

    151:5 Licenses. –||Licenses issued hereunder shall expire one year after the date of issuance. Licenses shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application, and shall not be transferable or assignable; provided that home health care providers, personal care providers, home health hospice providers, and case management agencies shall not be required to apply for and receive a new license if they change the physical location of their office within the one year licensing period. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. Fees for an annual license shall be as follows:||I. Hospitals; $25 per licensed bed.||II. Specialty hospital-psychiatric; $25 per licensed bed.||III. Specialty hospital-rehabilitation; $25 per licensed bed.||IV. Nursing homes; $25 per licensed bed.||V. Acute psychiatric residential treatment programs; $25 per licensed bed.||VI. Residential treatment and rehabilitation facilities; $25 per licensed bed.||VII. Hospice houses; $25 per licensed bed.||VIII. Adult family care homes; $25 per licensed bed.||IX. Residential and supported residential care; $15 per licensed bed.||X. Home health hospice providers; $250.||XI. Home health care providers:||(a) Registered individuals; $25.||(b) Agencies; $250.||XII. Personal care providers:||(a) Fewer than 10 clients; $25.||(b) Ten (10) or more clients; $250.||XIII. Outpatient clinics; $500.||XIV. End stage renal dialysis centers; $500.||XV. Ambulatory surgical centers; $500.||XVI. Educational health centers; $500.||XVII. Freestanding emergency rooms; $500.||XVIII. Health promotion clinics; $500.||XIX. Collecting stations; $250.||XX. Adult day care centers; $200.||XXI. Birthing centers; $150.||XXII. Case management agencies; $150.||XXIII. Laboratories; $150 per year for each category of testing licensed.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 5. RSA 151:5. 1977, 332:2. 1979, 399:7. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 190:81; 302:3. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2009, 144:208, eff. July 1, 2009. 2013, 144:52, eff. July 1, 2013. 2014, 167:50, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:5-a - Needs Determination; Assuring Appropriate Care.

    151:5-a Needs Determination;  Assuring Appropriate Care. –||I. All facilities licensed as a residential care facility, defined under RSA 151:2, I(e) shall, prior to accepting a new resident and every 6 months thereafter, complete a determination that the needs of the individual are compatible with the facility and the services and programs offered within the facility. The individual needs determination shall, if not otherwise required for certification of the facility under Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended, conform to rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and recorded on a form provided by the commissioner. Completed forms shall be maintained in the resident's file and be available for inspection under RSA 151:6 and 151:6-a.||II. No licensed residential care facility as defined in RSA 151:2, I(e), shall accept as a new resident any individual whose needs cannot be met under the license issued to the facility. If such a facility has a resident whose physical or mental needs exceed the services and programs provided for under its current license, it shall apply for an appropriate license or, with the assistance of the family and any other appropriate services, it shall place the individual in a facility with a level of licensure appropriate to the individual's needs.||III. The department of health and human services may train, and shall approve, provider members of the New Hampshire Association of Residential Care Homes, the New Hampshire Health Care Association, or the Northern New England Association of Homes and Services for the Aging as trainers in a resident assessment course for those owning or working in licensed residential care facilities, so that such trained individuals can satisfactorily meet the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1991, 365:4. 1995, 310:182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2005, 274:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:5-b - Deemed Licensed.

    151:5-b Deemed Licensed. –||I. Any facility or home health agency certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall submit a completed license application, or license renewal form, together with the appropriate fee. Such facility or agency shall be deemed licensed under this chapter and shall be exempt from inspections carried out under RSA 151:6-a. This section shall only apply to the activities or portions of the facility or agency certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended.||II. Any laboratory certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), 42 U.S.C. section 263(a), shall submit a completed license application, or license renewal form, together with the appropriate fee. Such facility or agency shall be deemed licensed under this chapter and shall be exempt from inspections carried out under RSA 151:6-a. This paragraph shall only apply to the activities or portions of the laboratory or agency certified under CLIA that received compliance or accreditation inspections. This paragraph shall not apply to Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM) or CLIA waived laboratories.|||Source. 1991, 365:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. 2018, 264:1, eff. July 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:6 - Investigations and Consultations.

    151:6 Investigations and Consultations. –||I. The department of health and human services may investigate, in response to a complaint alleging a violation of this chapter or when it has good reason to believe that the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter have been violated by any facility licensed under this chapter or any facility providing room and board to 2 or more individuals unrelated to the owner or manager. Such investigations shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services under RSA 151:9. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall, when necessary, seek the assistance of local and state law enforcement authorities in order to complete its investigation.||II. The department of health and human services may require by rule that any licensee or prospective applicant desiring to make specified types of alterations or additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing such alteration, addition or new construction, submit plans and specifications therefor to the department of health and human services for preliminary inspection and approval or recommendations.||III. The department of health and human services shall make consultation services available, which shall include visits to the facility, to individuals seeking licensure or who are uncertain if a license is required for their facilities.||IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, when the state fire marshal has approved a plan for construction, renovation, alteration, or other addition or structural change submitted by a licensee or prospective applicant, the department shall take no action inconsistent with a determination made by the state fire marshal.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 6. RSA 151:6. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 190:82. 1991, 365:5. 1995, 310:181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2012, 162:3, eff. June 7, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:6-b - Report of Disciplinary Action.

    151:6-b Report of Disciplinary Action. –||Every facility administrator, or designee, for any health care facility licensed under this chapter shall report to the board of medicine, the board of nursing, or the board of registration of medical technicians any disciplinary or adverse action taken against a licensee or registrant of the board. Such report shall be made within 30 days after such action is taken. Actions reported shall only involve misconduct sufficient to support disciplinary proceedings by the board and shall include all situations in which allegations of misconduct are settled by voluntary resignation without adverse action.|||Source. 2001, 228:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2001. 2005, 293:3, eff. July 1, 2005 at 12:01 a.m. 2014, 295:3, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:7 - Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Licenses.

    151:7 Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Licenses. –||I. The department of health and human services shall issue licenses to facilities which comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted by the department under RSA 151:9. The department may specify a licensing classification for the facility and may apply different classifications for separate sections of a facility.||II. The department of health and human services may deny, reclassify, suspend, or revoke a license on any of the following grounds:||(a) Noncompliance with any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted by the department pursuant to RSA 151:9.||(b) Permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of any unlawful act.||(c) Conduct or practices detrimental to the health or safety or well-being of patients, residents, or employees of said facilities, provided that this provision shall not be construed to have any reference to healing practices authorized by law.||(d) Withdrawal of certification under RSA 126-A:20.||(e) Services and programs provided by residential care facilities which exceed the licensure level or the failure to provide services and programs required under the licensure level.||(f) Nonpayment of search and rescue response expense reimbursement owing pursuant to RSA 206:26-bb.||III. If the department of health and human services denies, suspends, or revokes a license of a facility under this section, the facility shall deny all further admissions to the facility.||IV. If the department of health and human services reclassifies a facility under this section, the facility shall deny all admissions which are not in accordance with the reclassification.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 7. RSA 151:7. 1959, 236:2. 1983, 274:2; 291:1, I. 1988, 156:5. 1991, 365:7. 1995, 310:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2008, 167:3, eff. June 6, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:7-a - Warnings; Results of Investigations.

    151:7-a Warnings;  Results of Investigations. –||I. The department of health and human services may issue a warning, following an investigation conducted under RSA 151:6 or the inspection provided for in RSA 151:6-a, to a facility requiring compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The warning shall state a time frame within which the facility shall comply with the directives of the warning, including, for facilities not licensed under this chapter but which are found to require licensure, the final date by which the action or actions requiring licensure must cease or by which an application for licensure must be received by the department of health and human services before the department initiates any legal action available to it to cease the operation of the facility.||II. The results of an investigation conducted under RSA 151:6 shall be provided to the licensee, or, for an unlicensed facility, to the owner or person responsible for the facility in the owner's absence. The results of an investigation of an unlicensed facility shall be provided prior to the issuance of any warning and the owner or person responsible shall be given the opportunity to respond to any findings. Such response shall be considered by the department of health and human services prior to the issuance of a warning under paragraph I.||III. An unlicensed facility may appeal a warning. Appeals shall be conducted in accordance with RSA 151:8.|||Source. 1983, 274:3; 291:1, I. 1991, 365:8. 1995, 310:175, 181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:8 - Rehearings and Appeals.

    151:8 Rehearings and Appeals. –||I. Should the department determine to deny, suspend, reclassify, or revoke a license, it shall send to the applicant or licensee, by registered mail, a notice setting forth the particular reasons for the determination. The denial, suspension, reclassification, or revocation shall become final 30 days after the mailing of the notice, unless the applicant or licensee requests a rehearing under paragraph II of this section.||II. Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by a decision of the department to deny, suspend, reclassify, or revoke a license may appeal to the commissioner of the department of health and human services. The commissioner may affirm, deny or modify the decision of the department. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to procedures for the appeal process provided under this paragraph.||III. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 8. RSA 151:8. 1981, 460:5. 1983, 291:1, I. 1988, 156:6. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:8-a - Reinstatement.

    151:8-a Reinstatement. –||The department of health and human services shall reinstate any license revoked or suspended under RSA 151:7 if correction has been accomplished and the facility has paid to the department of health and human services a reinspection fee equal to the annual license fee, provided for in RSA 151:5.|||Source. 1983, 274:4; 291:1, I. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:9-a - Rules for Home Health Care Providers and Individual Home Care Service Providers.

    151:9-a Rules for Home Health Care Providers and Individual Home Care Service Providers. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the licensing of home health care providers that are separate from rules relative to other health facilities. Such rules shall be subject to the requirements of RSA 151:9, II-V and RSA 151:9, IX and shall include the following:||I. General requirements for licensure which shall include provisions for financial feasibility and suitability of the owner and governing body.||II. Qualifications of staff.||III. Treatment and services and the coordination of treatment and services.||IV. Supervision of direct service staff.||V. Organizational structure, including lines of authority.||VI. Client records.||VII. Business records.||VIII. Other aspects of home health care services which may be necessary to protect the public.||IX. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 151:16-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.||X. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 151:16-a.||XI. Standards for services offered by home health care providers including homemaker and personal care services.||XII. Requirements for mandatory registration of individual home care service providers which shall not exceed a criminal background check and a state registry check.|||Source. 1985, 302:4. 1991, 355:41. 1995, 310:30, 182. 2004, 5:3, eff. May 18, 2004. 2012, 41:5, 6, eff. July 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:10 - Omitted.

    151:10 Omitted. –|
NH Rev Stat § 151:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:11 - Repealed by 1981, 460:15, IX, eff. July 1, 1981.

    151:11 Repealed by 1981, 460:15, IX, eff. July 1, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 151:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:12 - Interpretation.

    151:12 Interpretation. –||This chapter shall not be construed in any way to restrict or modify any law pertaining to the placement and adoption of children or the care of unmarried mothers.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 12, eff. July 1, 1947.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:12-a - Itemized Bills.

    151:12-a Itemized Bills. –||I. Any provider of medical services, including physicians, facilities licensed under this chapter and nursing homes as defined in RSA 151-A:1, IV, who is to receive payment from a third party shall provide the person receiving such services and the third party with an itemized statement within 30 days of such service. The statement shall contain a list of services rendered, the dates on which such services were rendered and the costs of those services; provided, however, that a nonitemized bill may be rendered if it includes in large, easily readable print the following: "An itemized bill will be gladly submitted free of charge on request."||II. An infraction of the provisions of paragraph I shall be a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $25.|||Source. 1983, 138:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1983.|