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NH Rev Stat § 153-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:5 - Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Board; Chair; Duties

    153-A:5 Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Board;  Chair;  Duties –||I. There is established an emergency medical services medical control board which shall consist of:||(a) A minimum of 5 physicians representing different geographic areas of the state who shall be nominated by the councils established under RSA 153-A:6 and confirmed by the board and a physician representative of the trauma medical review committee.||(b) The commissioner, or designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member and as executive secretary.||(c) The state medical director for emergency medical services, appointed by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 153-A:7, II(c), who shall serve as a nonvoting member.||II. The terms of each member shall be 3 years. The chair shall be appointed by the commissioner. The emergency medical services medical control board shall nominate one of its members to the governor for appointment to the coordinating board established in RSA 153-A:3.||III. The duties of the emergency medical services medical control board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:||(a) Assisting the coordinating board in the coordination of a system of comprehensive emergency medical services and the establishment of minimum standards throughout the state by advising the coordinating board on policies, procedures, and protocols.||(b) Providing technical services required by the division pursuant to RSA 153-A:7, I and the coordinating board.||(c) Serving as a liaison with medical personnel throughout the state.||(d) Submitting to the commissioner standardized protocols concerning patient care to consider for adoption as rules pursuant to RSA 153-A:20-a, which shall be exempt from RSA 541-A and which shall address prerequisites within protocols governing their use by providers, living wills established under RSA 137-H, durable powers of attorney for health care established under RSA 137-J, and patient-requested, physician generated orders relative to resuscitation.||(e) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying noncontrolled prescription drugs that emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in RSA 318:42, X.||(f) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying controlled prescription drugs that advanced emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in RSA 318-B:10, V.||(g) Approving the protocols and procedures to be used by emergency medical care providers under their own licenses or through medical control.||(h) Adopting statewide adult and pediatric resuscitation protocols for licensed emergency medical care providers.|||Source. 1999, 345:6. 2001, 236:1. 2005, 231:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2018, 218:3, eff. Aug. 7, 2018; 227:2-4, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:6 - Regions and Districts.

    153-A:6 Regions and Districts. –||The coordinating board shall delineate emergency medical services regions and districts and shall establish councils to oversee each designated area. The coordinating board shall assure that each council meets its responsibilities in a manner consistent with the emergency medical care needs of the area it serves. The council established for a region shall include a licensed, board-certified emergency physician or a licensed physician experienced in emergency medicine. The director shall implement the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:7 - Duties of the Commissioner.

    153-A:7 Duties of the Commissioner. –||I. The commissioner is responsible for the statewide supervision of emergency medical services.||II. The commissioner shall:||(a) Adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, with the advice and assistance of the coordinating board, the emergency medical services medical control board, and the trauma medical review committee, in accordance with RSA 153-A:20.||(b) Oversee the administration of the division by the director.||(c) Appoint, following consultation with the emergency medical services medical control board, the state medical director for emergency medical services, who shall be academically and technically qualified to hold the position.||III. The commissioner may establish standing or ad hoc committees on a regional or statewide basis as deemed necessary.|||Source. 1999, 345:6. 2005, 231:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2018, 227:1, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:8 - Trauma Medical Review Committee.

    153-A:8 Trauma Medical Review Committee. –||I. There is established a trauma medical review committee which shall consist of:||(a) A minimum of 5 physicians representing the surgical disciplines of neurosurgery, general surgery, pediatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, and other physicians experienced in the treatment of adult and pediatric trauma patients.||(b) One member from the New Hampshire chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.||(c) One member from the New Hampshire Paramedic Association.||(d) One member from the New Hampshire Emergency Nurses Association.||(e) One trauma nurse coordinator.||(f) One member from the New Hampshire Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.||(g) The state medical examiner or designee.||(h) One member of the emergency medical services medical control board.||(i) One representative from a New Hampshire acute care hospital nominated by the New Hampshire Hospital Association.||(j) One representative of the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire.||(k) One representative of the New Hampshire Association of Fire Chiefs.||II. Each member shall be appointed by the commissioner.||III. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall serve as a nonvoting member and as executive secretary.||IV. The term of each member shall be 3 years. The chair shall be appointed by the commissioner. The trauma medical review committee shall nominate one of its members to the governor for appointment to the coordinating board established in RSA 153-A:3.||V. The committee shall:||(a) Develop and routinely update the adult and pediatric trauma system plan.||(b) Review statewide trauma system operations, including monitoring adherence to established guidelines and standards, the availability of appropriate resources, and the periodic review of trauma hospital classification criteria.||(c) Review the delivery of emergency medical services by providers and units concerning the provision of care to trauma patients.||(d) Make recommendations to the coordinating board based on the reviews described in subparagraphs (b) and (c).||(e) Recommend to the emergency medical services medical control board modifications of the protocols of trauma care as a result of system-wide review.||(f) Assist trauma hospitals in the development and implementation of trauma quality improvement programs.||(g) Establish such subcommittees as deemed appropriate to carry out the functions of the committee.||(h) Assist the coordinating board in the coordination of a system of comprehensive emergency medical services and the establishment of minimum standards throughout the state by advising the coordinating board on policies, procedures, and protocols.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:9 - Proceedings Confidential; Liability.

    153-A:9 Proceedings Confidential;  Liability. –||I. As used in this section, "records" means records of interviews and all reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, charts, statistics, and other documentation generated during the activities carried out by the trauma medical review committee and its subcommittees under RSA 153-A:8, V(b) and (c). Records shall not mean original medical records or other records kept relative to any patient in the course of the business of operating a hospital or an emergency medical service unit.||II. Records of the trauma medical review committee shall be confidential and privileged and shall be protected from direct or indirect means of discovery, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.||III. No hospital, trustee, medical staff, employee of a hospital, nor any emergency medical service unit or volunteer or employee of a unit shall be held liable in any action for damages or other relief arising from the provision of information to the trauma medical review committee.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:10 - Licensure of Emergency Medical Service Units and Emergency Medical Service Vehicles.

    153-A:10 Licensure of Emergency Medical Service Units and Emergency Medical Service Vehicles. –||I. A person shall not engage in the business or service of providing emergency medical services or the transportation of patients, upon any public way of the state, unless such person holds a license issued by the commissioner for engaging in such a business or service.||II. A person shall not operate an emergency medical service vehicle on public ways in this state if the vehicle is not licensed as an emergency medical service vehicle by the commissioner in accordance with this chapter.||III. The licensing requirements of this section shall not apply to out-of-state emergency medical service units which provide back-up services to New Hampshire emergency medical service units under written mutual aid agreements. In the event of a mass casualty incident, and if vehicles licensed under this chapter are not sufficient to transport the injured or sick, the vehicle licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply for the period of the incident.||IV. A license shall become invalid if there is any change of ownership of a licensed emergency medical service vehicle, or of a business or service operating as an emergency medical services unit.||V. No license shall be required under this section for an emergency medical service vehicle, its owners, the driver, or its attendants, if the vehicle is owned by a nonresident and is licensed as an emergency medical service vehicle in another state, and is being operated on the public ways of this state to transport patients who are picked up out of state and brought to treatment centers in this state.||VI. If there is a hardship imposed on any applicant for a license under this section because of an unusual circumstance, the applicant may apply to the commissioner for a temporary waiver of the licensing provisions of this section. The commissioner may for good cause waive the licensing provisions of this section.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:10-a - Criminal History Record Checks For Provider Licensure and Relicensure.

    153-A:10-a Criminal History Record Checks For Provider Licensure and Relicensure. –||I. Every applicant for initial licensure, reinstatement after license action from the division, or license renewal after lapsing, shall complete a criminal history records check prior to such licensure, reinstatement, or renewal conducted through department of safety records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the records check, the department of safety shall release copies of the criminal history records to the division.||II. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the division may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept a statewide criminal history records background check from the appropriate state identification bureau, or equivalent, from every state where the person has lived or worked during the past 10 years.||III. The division shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this section. The applicant shall bear the cost of a criminal history record check.||IV. An applicant for licensure under RSA 153-A:11 who is currently employed as a certified law enforcement officer in this state in a position which requires a criminal history records check, shall not be subject to the requirement in paragraph I for completion of a criminal history records check prior to initial or renewal of licensure.|||Source. 2016, 149:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. 2018, 88:1, eff. July 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:11 - Licensure of Emergency Medical Care Providers.

    153-A:11 Licensure of Emergency Medical Care Providers. –||I. Except for automated external defibrillation pursuant to RSA 153-A:28-31, a person shall not provide emergency medical services as a paid or volunteer member of a public or private emergency medical services unit in this state, or as a paid or volunteer member of any police or fire department who, as a condition of employment, may be expected to routinely provide emergency medical services in the line of duty, without being licensed by the commissioner.||II. The commissioner shall establish, by rule, levels of individual licensure and application forms for licensure under this section. The commissioner may use the guidelines established by the American College of Surgeons' Board of Regents as a standard or other such standards, except that a felony conviction shall not necessarily disqualify an applicant. The commissioner shall establish a separate licensure category of advanced emergency medical care provider for individuals who are qualified as emergency medical technician intermediates, paramedics, registered nurse emergency medical technicians, and physician assistant emergency medical technicians.||III. Any applicant seeking a license under this section, other than an apprentice license, shall be 18 years of age or older. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit persons under 18 years of age from enrolling in any course necessary for licensing.||IV. Persons seeking the minimum level of licensure shall be required to pass examinations, as set forth in rules adopted by the commissioner.||V. If there is a hardship imposed on any applicant for a license under this section because of unusual circumstances, the applicant may apply to the commissioner for a temporary waiver of the licensing provisions of this section. The commissioner may for good cause waive the licensing provisions for this section.||VI. No license shall be required for students in established training programs leading to licensure as an emergency medical care provider, provided that the student is supervised in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter and the training program is authorized according to rules adopted under this chapter.|||Source. 1999, 345:6. 2000, 302:3. 2002, 156:5, eff. July 14, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:12 - Authority for Licensed Advanced Emergency Medical Care Providers.

    153-A:12 Authority for Licensed Advanced Emergency Medical Care Providers. –||An advanced emergency medical care provider licensed under this chapter may render advanced emergency medical care, rescue, and lifesaving services in those areas of training for which such person is licensed, as defined and approved in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter, at the scene of an emergency, during transportation to a hospital or while in the hospital emergency department, until care is directly assumed by a physician or authorized hospital personnel, and within the hospital or licensed health care facility in accordance with hospital or facility policies.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999. 2016, 149:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:13 - Revocation of License.

    153-A:13 Revocation of License. –||I. The commissioner may deny an application for issuance or renewal of a license, or issue a letter of concern, suspend, or revoke a license, when the commissioner finds that the applicant is guilty of any of the following acts or offenses:||(a) Negligence or incompetency in performing authorized services.||(b) Rendering treatment not authorized under this chapter.||(c) Fraud in procuring a license.||(d) Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations or engaging in unethical conduct including, but not limited to, conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public or demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for the health or safety of a client/patient or practice harmful or detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be established.||(e) The illegal use of drugs.||(f) Fraud in representations as to skills or ability.||(g) Willful or repeated violations of this chapter or of rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.||(h) Violating a statute of this state, another state, or the United States, without regard to its designation as either a felony or misdemeanor, which relates to the practice of an emergency medical care provider. A certified copy of the record of conviction or plea of guilty is prima facie evidence of a violation.||(i) Having a license or registration to practice as an emergency medical care provider revoked or suspended, or having other disciplinary action taken by a licensing or registering authority of another state, territory, country, or the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. A certified copy of the record or order of suspension, revocation, or disciplinary action is prima facie evidence of such action.||(j) Negligent, unsafe, or illegal operation of an emergency medical service vehicle, or negligent or unsafe use or maintenance of the safety systems of an emergency medical service vehicle.||(k) Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding an individual who has received care or the services rendered to an individual.||(l) Delivering emergency medical care while drug or alcohol impaired.||II. A determination of mental incompetence by a court of competent jurisdiction automatically suspends a license for the duration of the license, unless the commissioner orders otherwise.||III. A denial, suspension, or revocation under this section shall be in accordance with RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999. 2016, 149:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. 2021, 205:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:13-a - False Reports Concerning Investigations.

    153-A:13-a False Reports Concerning Investigations. –||A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she:||I. Knowingly gives or causes to be given false information during an investigation to the director or agent with the purpose of inducing such director or agent to believe that another has committed an offense; or||II. Knowingly gives or causes to be given information to the director or agent concerning a danger or the commission of an offense, knowing that the offense or danger did not occur or exist or knowing that he or she has no information relating to the offense or danger.|||Source. 2016, 149:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:14 - Investigations.

    153-A:14 Investigations. –||The director shall investigate any complaint regarding the actions of any licensee licensed under this chapter or when the director has reason to believe that any licensed or unlicensed individual or entity is in violation of this chapter or any rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:15 - Fees.

    153-A:15 Fees. –||The commissioner may charge a fee for licensure of an emergency medical service unit, an emergency medical service vehicle, or an emergency medical care provider. However, no fee shall be charged to a nonprofit corporation or volunteer association. The sums obtained from fees charged for licensure shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.|||Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 153-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 153-A - Emergency Medical and Trauma Services|Section 153-A:16 - Exception for Physician, Registered Nurse, and Physician Assistant.

    153-A:16 Exception for Physician, Registered Nurse, and Physician Assistant. –||I. This chapter shall not be construed to restrict a licensed physician, registered nurse, or physician assistant from serving on an emergency medical service unit at any level of licensure, provided that they have been certified by the commissioner as having education and training appropriate to the delivery of emergency medical services. The commissioner shall establish the qualifications required for such certification. The qualifications for certification shall be adopted as rule under RSA 153-A:20.||II. A physician, registered nurse, or physician assistant providing services in accordance with this section shall be immune from liability under RSA 153-A:17. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the authority or practice of any registered nurse who cares for any patient while that patient is being transported by an emergency medical service vehicle, or other means of conveyance, from one hospital to another hospital under orders from a physician caring for that patient.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1999, 345:6. 2005, 163:1. 2006, 114:1. 2011, 62:1, eff. July 15, 2011.|