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NH Rev Stat § 155:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:17 - Definitions.

    155:17 Definitions. –||Terms used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or content:||I. "Places of assembly" shall mean a room or space in which provision is made for the congregation or assembly of 100 or more persons for religious, recreational, educational, political, social or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. For the purpose of this definition such room or space shall include any occupied connecting rooms, space or area on the same level or in the same story, or in a story or stories above or below, where entrance is common to the rooms, space or areas, and it shall mean a tent or area covered by canvas, in which provision is made for the congregation or assembly of 50 or more persons for religious, recreational, educational, political, social, or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. For the purpose of this definition of such tent and area covered by canvas it shall include connected tents, spaces or areas covered by canvas where entrance is common to the tents or canvas-covered areas.||II. "Licensing agency" shall mean the chief of the fire department, the firewards or engineers, if any, otherwise the selectmen of the town or the commissioners of village district as the case may be, or the state fire marshal, as he or she deems necessary, in consultation with the local licensing agency, if any.||III-VI. [Repealed.]||VII. "Approved" shall mean approved by the licensing agency.||VIII. "Fire resistive" or "flameproof" materials or construction shall mean materials or construction which will satisfactorily resist the efforts of severe fire.||IX-XII. [Repealed.]||XIII. "Placard indicating capacity" shall mean a sign of suitable size and form to indicate authorized capacity of each room in number of occupants other than employees.||XIV. "Enforcement agency" shall mean the normal law enforcing authorities of the state, county, city or town in which the place of assembly is located.||XV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1943, 153:1. 1953, 217:1. RSA 155:17. 1973, 107:2, II, eff. July 7, 1973. 2015, 39:1, eff. July 6, 2015. 2017, 156:117, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 205:2, Pt. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:18 - License Required.

    155:18 License Required. –||No person shall own or operate a place of assembly within this state unless licensed so to do by the licensing agency of the state, city, town, or village district where said place of assembly is located, including assemblies occurring on state waters or ice formed on state waters, in accordance with the regulations herein promulgated. In the application of this act to existing places of assembly the licensing agency may modify such of its provisions as would require structural changes if in his or her opinion adequate safety may be obtained otherwise and provided that a permanent record is kept of such modifications and the reasons therefor.|||Source. 1943, 153:2, eff. May 5, 1943. 2015, 39:2, eff. July 6, 2015. 2017, 156:118, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 205:2, Pt. I, Sec. 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:19 - Application; Issuance; Revocation.

    155:19 Application;  Issuance;  Revocation. –||A permit shall be obtained from the licensing agency by the owner or operator of any place of assembly. Such permit shall be issued without charge for one year from date of issue and shall be revocable for cause. Application for permit shall be made to the licensing agency who may require building plans, showing type of construction, exits, aisles and seating arrangements and details of decorations. No permit shall be issued by the licensing agency until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.|||Source. 1943, 153:3, eff. May 5, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:20 - Flame Resistant Canvas and Tents.

    155:20 Flame Resistant Canvas and Tents. –||I. Any tent or other place of assembly covered by canvas or other fabric, textile, or flame resistant material that is erected on public or private property shall comply with the applicable provisions of the state building code and state fire code.||II. No permit under RSA 155:19 shall be issued to an owner or operator of any circus, carnival or any other place of assembly covered by canvas, or any other fabric, textile, or flame resistant material, on public property, until such applicant shall furnish to the licensing agency a certificate of flame resistance of such tent, canvas, fabric, textile, or flame resistant material.||III. No permit shall be required under RSA 155:19 for a tent of any size erected as an accessory structure on property that is an owner-occupied, one or 2-family dwelling.|||Source. 1953, 217:2, eff. June 10, 1953. 2018, 39:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:21 - to 155:33 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973.

    155:21 to 155:33 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:34 - Inspection by Licensing Agency.

    155:34 Inspection by Licensing Agency. –||The licensing agency shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, each place of assembly. Such inspection shall be at least semi-annually and at such times, including time of occupancy and use, as to assure compliance with these regulations and such orders as may be issued in connection with the maintenance of aisle space, the prevention of overcrowding, the use of decorations, the maintenance of exits, collapse of revolving doors, and the maintenance of fire appliances. Where conditions are unsatisfactory, written orders for immediate correction shall be given.|||Source. 1943, 153:17, eff. May 5, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:35, 155:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:35, 155:36 - Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973.

    155:35, 155:36 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:37 - Enforcement.

    155:37 Enforcement. –||The law enforcing authorities of the state, counties or any city or town, are authorized to prosecute any violations of this act.|||Source. 1943, 153:20, eff. May 5, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:38 - Conflict.

    155:38 Conflict. –||When, in any specific case, different provisions of this chapter shall conflict with other state or municipal regulations, the most restrictive requirements shall govern.|||Source. 1943, 153:21, eff. May 5, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:39 - Penalty.

    155:39 Penalty. –||Every person who shall let or use any building for the purposes specified in RSA 155 after required permit has been denied or rescinded, or any person violating any provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1943, 153:22. RSA 155:39. 1973, 528:73, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:39-a - Definition of Place of Public Accommodation.

    155:39-a Definition of Place of Public Accommodation. –||Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subdivision if its operations affect commerce:||I. Any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than 5 rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence.||II. Any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment.||III. Any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment.|||Source. 1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:39-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:39-b - Public Accommodations Discrimination.

    155:39-b Public Accommodations Discrimination. –||All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to supersede or contradict the provisions of RSA 354-A:8, IV, relative to discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation.|||Source. 1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:39-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:39-c - Existing Facilities; Public Accommodations.

    155:39-c Existing Facilities;  Public Accommodations. –||Nothing in RSA 155:39-b related to equal access to public accommodations or indirectly denying access to the physically disabled shall apply to existing structures, structures under construction or proposed construction submitted for bid before January 1, 1991. For any building or facility proposed to be constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation on or after January 1, 1991, but before January 1, 1992, the following standards of construction shall be met:||I. There shall be at least one public walk not less than 48 inches wide with a slope not greater than one foot rise in 12 feet leading directly to a primary entrance.||II. There shall be a door at such primary entrance with a clear opening of no less than 32 inches and operable by a single effort. If doors at a primary entrance are in a series, they shall have a space between them of not less than 84 inches measured from their closed positions, and each shall open in the same direction so that swings do not conflict.||III. Rest room facilities shall have at least one stall that is not less than 5 feet wide and 5 feet in depth with a 32-inch wide door that swings out or slides, handrails on each side mounted 30 inches from the floor, and a water closet with a seat 18 inches high.||IV. Doors that are not intended for normal use, and that are dangerous if a blind person were to enter or exit by them, shall be made identifiable to touch by knurling the handle or knob.||V. In any building designed and constructed specifically for public accommodations, the bathroom facilities and all accompanying fixtures shall be arranged to permit access and use by a person in a wheelchair in at least 5 percent of the living units, or at least one living unit, whichever is greater. Such units shall be constructed on ground level and shall comply with paragraph III of this section.|||Source. 1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:39-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:39-d - Public Accommodations Constructed After January 1, 1992.

    155:39-d Public Accommodations Constructed After January 1, 1992. –||This section applies to any new building or facility proposed to be constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation on or after January 1, 1992. This section also applies to any single enlargement of an existing building or facility which enlargement is proposed to be constructed on or after January 1, 1992, if the cost of such enlargement exceeds 25 percent of the fair market value of the real estate and building or facility situated thereon but only to the portion thereof which is so enlarged. Facilities subject to this section shall meet the requirements of the New Hampshire code for barrier-free design established pursuant to RSA 275-C:14-17. This section shall also be enforced by the building inspector as provided in RSA 676:11-13.|||Source. 1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:40 - Toilet Facilities to be Provided for Restaurants, Etc.

    155:40 Toilet Facilities to be Provided for Restaurants, Etc. –||I. All places where the business of serving food to the public is conducted shall be equipped with toilet and lavatory facilities convenient of access for the use of patrons. Separate toilet rooms for each sex shall be provided for patrons of any restaurant designed to seat 25 or more patrons at one time or for patrons of any food establishment where alcoholic beverages are served. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall have the authority to waive the requirements of this section for such businesses having 5 or fewer seats, for good cause shown, provided the business is unable to comply with this section because it does not have toilet or lavatory facilities on the effective date of this section as amended, and can show that the requirements of this section would cause substantial hardship.||II. The provisions of this section shall not apply to mobile lunch carts or be construed to require roadside stands or so-called drive-ins, serving food to the public, to provide toilet facilities for patrons where seating facilities within the building are not available.|||Source. 1935, 139:1. RL 162:9. RSA 155:40. 1963, 9:1. 1999, 85:1, eff. June 3, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:41 - Penalty for Failure to Provide.

    155:41 Penalty for Failure to Provide. –||Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. From 10 days after the date of a conviction hereunder, each subsequent day of failure to comply shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.|||Source. 1935, 139:2. RL 162:10. RSA 155:41. 1973, 530:13, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:42 - Repealed by 1981, 464:3, eff. Aug. 23, 1981.

    155:42 Repealed by 1981, 464:3, eff. Aug. 23, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:43 - Display Required.

    155:43 Display Required. –||All commercial eating establishments or any place other than a private residence where food is served for consumption on the premises shall have posted in such premises in a conspicuous place a graphic display of the Heimlich maneuver or similar anti-choking maneuver. Such display shall not be less than 8 inches by 11 inches in size and shall contain at least the following:||I. A description in both words and pictures of what to look for to determine if a person is choking;||II. A description in both words and pictures of how to perform the Heimlich maneuver or similar anti-choking maneuver on a choking victim in order to expel the object from the victim's breathing passages; and||III. Any other information necessary to adequately instruct a rescuer in the proper procedure in aid of a choking victim.|||Source. 1979, 115:1, eff. July 20, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:44 - Penalty.

    155:44 Penalty. –||Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1979, 115:1, eff. July 20, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:45 - to 155:49 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    155:45 to 155:49 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:50 - to 155:53 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, I, eff. July 1, 1993.

    155:50 to 155:53 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, I, eff. July 1, 1993. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:54 - to 155:56 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    155:54 to 155:56 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:57 - to 155:63 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, II, eff. July 1, 1993.

    155:57 to 155:63 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, II, eff. July 1, 1993. –|
NH Rev Stat § 155:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:64 - Purpose.

    155:64 Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to protect the health of the public by regulating smoking in enclosed workplaces and enclosed places accessible to the public, regardless of whether publicly or privately owned, and in enclosed publicly owned buildings and offices. This subdivision also regulates smoking in public housing facilities, health care facilities, public primary and secondary educational facilities, and in public conveyances operating within the state. This subdivision shall not be construed as addressing airborne contaminants including toxic, chemical, or biological substances that may be present in indoor air other than tobacco smoke.|||Source. 1990, 236:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 155:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly|Section 155:66 - Smoking Prohibited.

    155:66 Smoking Prohibited. –||I. Except as provided in RSA 155:67 and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, smoking is prohibited in:||(a) Public educational facilities at any time, and in child care agencies licensed under RSA 170-E during the hours of operation, except foster family homes and foster family group homes.||(b) Hospitals and other acute care facilities.||(c) Grocery stores by customers.||(d) Elevators, tramways, gondolas, and other such public conveyances.||(e) Public conveyances.||(f) Restaurants.||(g) Cocktail lounges.||(h) Enclosed places owned and operated by social, fraternal, or religious organizations when open to the general public. Purposes for which such places may be open to the general public may include, but not be limited to, public meetings, voting, suppers, bingo games, theatrical events, fairs, and bazaars.||II. Smoking may be permitted in enclosed places of public access and publicly-owned buildings and offices, including workplaces, other than those listed in paragraph I, in effectively segregated smoking-permitted areas designated by the person in charge. Smoking shall be totally prohibited in any such enclosed place, if smoking cannot be effectively segregated. The person in charge may declare any facility non-smoking in its entirety.|||Source. 1990, 236:2. 2007, 203:3, eff. Sept. 17, 2007.|