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NH Rev Stat § 151:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:28 - Access of Approved Organizations.

    151:28 Access of Approved Organizations. –||I. The office of ombudsman, established under RSA 167-A:22, shall approve the application of an organization seeking designation as an organization authorized for access to facilities and their patients if the organization is a bona fide community organization which has, as a substantial portion of its activities, the provision of one or more of the services listed in paragraph II and which is likely to utilize the access provided to enhance the welfare of facility patients, or if the organization is a legal aid program. The office of the ombudsman shall approve or disapprove the organization's application within 30 days after receipt.||II. A facility shall permit a representative of an approved organization, who carries proper identification access to facility patients to:||(a) Visit, talk with, and make personal, social, and legal services available to the patients;||(b) Inform patients of their rights and entitlements and corresponding obligations under federal and state law by distribution of educational materials and discussion in groups and with individual patients;||(c) Assist patients in asserting their legal rights relative to claims for public assistance, medical assistance, and social services benefits and in all matters in which patients might have a legal claim. Assistance may be provided individually or on a group basis and may include organizational activity, counseling, and litigation assistance; and||(d) Engage in other methods of assisting, advising, and representing patients to extend to them the full enjoyment of their rights.||III. Access shall be permitted during regular visiting hours each day. A representative shall not enter a patient's living area without identifying himself or herself to the patient and without receiving the patient's permission to enter. A representative shall use only patient areas of the facility for these purposes.||IV. Patients shall have the right to terminate a visit by a representative. Communication between a patient and the representative shall be confidential unless the patient authorizes the release of information.||V. If a facility believes that an individual or organization provided access is acting or has acted in a manner detrimental to the health or safety of patients, the facility may file a complaint with the office of ombudsman. Upon receipt of a complaint the office shall make an investigation and findings regarding the complaint and shall notify, in writing, the facility and individual or organization against whom the complaint was made of its findings. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the office of ombudsman may appeal the decision under RSA 541.|||Source. 1981, 453:1. 1983, 274:10, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:29 - Posting Requirement.

    151:29 Posting Requirement. –||A facility licensee shall conspicuously post in an area of its offices accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the following:||I. A description of complaint procedures established under this subdivision, provided by the commissioner, and the name, address, and telephone number of a person authorized by the commissioner to receive complaints;||II. A copy of the notice of any pending hearing or order pertaining to the facility issued by the commissioner or a court under the authority of this subdivision or rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.|||Source. 1981, 453:1. 1983, 274:10. 1995, 310:182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:30 - Equitable and Other Relief.

    151:30 Equitable and Other Relief. –||I. Any person aggrieved by a facility's failure to abide by the provisions of this subdivision may seek equitable relief from the superior court, which shall have original jurisdiction over all proceedings under this subdivision.||II. Damages shall be assessed in a proceeding against a facility which violates this subdivision and the facility shall be liable for the sum of $50 for each violation per day or part of a day or for all damages proximately caused by the violations, whichever is greater. If a facility is found to be in contempt of a court order issued under this section the facility shall be liable for the plaintiff's reasonable attorney fees and costs.||III. Violations of this subdivision may be raised in any other proceedings for damages and by way of counterclaim, setoff, or recoupment.|||Source. 1981, 453:1. 1983, 274:10, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:32 - Definitions.

    151:32 Definitions. –|| In this subdivision:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||II. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||III. "Infection" means any localized or systemic patient condition that resulted from the presence of an infectious agent or agents, or its toxin or toxins as determined by clinical examination.|||Source. 2006, 292:1, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:35 - Limitation.

    151:35 Limitation. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hospitals, end-stage renal dialysis centers, nursing and other residential care facilities, the New Hampshire veterans' home, assisted living residences, or ambulatory surgical facilities may provide, and the department may collect under this subdivision, any data or patient identifiers as set forth in the protocols and specifications published and periodically amended by the National Healthcare Safety Network; provided that an individual patient's name, street address, city or town, telephone number, and social security number shall not be included in any data collected.|||Source. 2006, 292:1, eff. July 1, 2007. 2010, 77:5, eff. July 1, 2011. 2014, 8:1, eff. May 14, 2014. 2016, 192:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:36 - Payment by Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Dialysis Centers, and Ambulatory Surgical Centers.

    151:36 Payment by Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Dialysis Centers, and Ambulatory Surgical Centers. –||I. The department shall assess a fee to hospitals, end-stage renal dialysis centers, and ambulatory surgical centers that are required to report under RSA 151:33 to support the program's approved operating budget.||(a) The hospitals' portion shall be proportional to the number of measures reported by all hospitals in the state.||(b) The ambulatory surgical centers' portion shall be proportional to the total number of measures reported by ambulatory surgical centers in the state.||(c) The end-stage renal dialysis centers' portion shall be proportional to the total number of measures reported by end-stage renal dialysis centers in the state.||II. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the hospital's number of beds, which shall total the amount of payment required by the hospitals. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(a), each individual hospital shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that hospital.||III. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the range of procedures performed annually at an ambulatory surgical center, which shall equal the total amount of payment that is required by all ambulatory surgical centers. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(b), each ambulatory surgical facility required to report shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that ambulatory surgical center.||III-a. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the range of patient visits annually at an end-stage renal dialysis center, which shall equal the total amount of payment that is required by all end-stage renal dialysis centers. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(c), each end-stage renal dialysis center required to report shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that end-stage renal dialysis center.||IV. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to proportional rates, fee categories, and a payment schedule.||V. There is hereby established the health care associated infections fund. The fund shall be composed of fees collected in accordance with RSA 151:36, I-II-a and shall be used to carry out the provisions of this subdivision. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision.||VI. The commissioner shall apply for all federal funding available to supplement the health care associated infections program. In the event federal funding is unavailable to cover the program costs either in part or in its entirety, the hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall be responsible for paying their proportion of the fees under this chapter to support the program's operating budget.|||Source. 2009, 159:1, eff. July 1, 2009. 2012, 117:3, eff. July 1, 2012. 2016, 192:2-4, eff. Aug. 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:37 - Definitions.

    151:37 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||II. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||III. "Serious disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual or a loss of bodily function, if the impairment or loss lasts more than 7 days or is still present at the time of discharge from an inpatient health care facility, or loss of a body part.||IV. "Surgery" means the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by manual or operative methods. Surgery includes endoscopies and other invasive procedures.|||Source. 2009, 287:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:38 - Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Required to Report Adverse Events.

    151:38 Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Required to Report Adverse Events. –||I. Any hospital or ambulatory surgical center licensed pursuant to this chapter shall report to the commissioner the occurrence of any of the adverse health care events described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) as soon as is reasonably and practically possible, but no later than 15 working days after discovery of the event. The report shall be filed in a format specified by the commissioner and shall identify the facility but shall not include any identifying information for any of the health care professionals, facility employees, or patients involved. The commissioner may consult with experts and organizations familiar with patient safety when developing the format for reporting and in further defining events in order to be consistent with industry standards. Events to be reported under this subdivision include:||(a) Serious reportable events and specifications published and periodically amended by the National Quality Forum, which are incorporated in this subdivision by reference. The department shall provide a link from its Internet website to the serious reportable events and specifications on the National Quality Forum Internet website and shall provide a printed copy upon request.||(b) The exposure of a patient to a non-aerosolized bloodborne pathogen by a health care worker's intentional, unsafe act. An act by hospital or ambulatory surgery center staff resulting in an infection or disease shall be considered to be purposefully unsafe if it meets all of the following criteria:||(1) There was an intentional act or reckless behavior;||(2) No reasonable person with similar qualifications, training, and experience would have acted the same way under similar circumstances; and||(3) There were no extenuating circumstances that could justify the act.||II. Following the occurrence of an adverse health care event, the facility shall conduct a root cause analysis of the event. Following the analysis, the facility shall implement a corrective action plan to implement the findings of the analysis or report to the commissioner any reasons for not taking corrective action. If the root cause analysis and the implementation of a corrective action plan are complete at the time an event must be reported, the findings of the analysis and the corrective action plan shall be included in the report of the event. The findings of the root cause analysis and a copy of the corrective action plan shall otherwise be filed with the commissioner within 60 days of the event.||III. All information and data made available to the department and its designees under this section shall be confidential and shall be exempt from public access under RSA 91-A.|||Source. 2009, 287:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. 2013, 27:1, eff. July 15, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:40 - Penalties.

    151:40 Penalties. –||Any facility which violates this subdivision for failure to file a timely adverse event report or failure to conduct a root cause analysis, to implement a corrective action plan, or to provide the findings of a root cause analysis or corrective action plan in a timely fashion shall be subject to disciplinary action under this chapter and any other appropriate sanctions under this chapter.|||Source. 2009, 287:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. 2017, 195:18, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:41 - Controlled Substance Abuse, Misuse, and Diversion Prevention.

    151:41 Controlled Substance Abuse, Misuse, and Diversion Prevention. –||I. Facilities and providers licensed under this chapter, with the exception of laboratories and collection stations, shall adopt a policy establishing procedures for prevention, detection, and resolution of controlled substance abuse, misuse, and diversion. The facility or provider shall establish written procedures to implement its policy that shall apply to employees, contractors, and agents of the facility who provide direct or hands on care to clients when acting within the scope of their employment or representation and shall designate an employee or interdisciplinary team of employees to be responsible for the policy.||II. The policy required under paragraph I shall include:||(a) Education of health care workers.||(b) Procedures for monitoring storage, distribution, and procurement of inventory if controlled substances are stored, dispensed, or administered at the health care setting.||(c) Procedures for voluntary self-referral by addicted employees.||(d) Procedures for co-worker reporting.||(e) Procedures for drug testing which shall include, at a minimum, testing where reasonable suspicion exists.||(f) Procedures for employee assistance.||(g) Provisions for confidentiality.||(h) A process for the investigation, reporting, and resolution of drug misuse or diversion.||(i) Consequences for violation of the drug misuse and diversion prevention policy.|||Source. 2014, 36:2, eff. Aug. 25, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:42 - Definitions.

    151:42 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "After-care" means any assistance provided by a caregiver to a patient under this chapter after the patient's discharge from a hospital. Such assistance includes, but is not limited to, assisting with basic activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), or carrying out medical/nursing tasks, such as managing wound care, assisting in administering medications, and operating medical equipment.||II. "Caregiver" means any individual duly designated as a caregiver by a patient under this chapter who provides after-care assistance to a patient living in his or her residence. A designated caregiver includes, but is not limited to, a relative, partner, friend, or neighbor who has a significant relationship with the patient.||III. "Discharge" means a patient's exit or release from a hospital to the patient's residence following a hospital stay.||IV. "Entry" means a patient's entrance into a hospital for the purposes of medical care.||V. "Hospital" means a facility licensed under this chapter.||VI. "Legally designated health care decision maker" means a durable power of attorney for health care, a surrogate decision maker, or a guardian with specific authority granted by the probate court.||VII. "Residence" means a dwelling that the patient considers to be his or her home. A "residence" shall not include any licensed rehabilitation facility, hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility, or group home.|||Source. 2015, 44:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:43 - Opportunity to Designate a Caregiver.

    151:43 Opportunity to Designate a Caregiver. –||I. A hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legally designated health care decision maker with at least one opportunity to designate at least one caregiver following the patient's entry into a hospital, prior to the patient's discharge or transfer to another facility, in a timeframe that is consistent with the discharge planning process.||(a) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon his or her entry into a hospital, the hospital shall provide such patient or his or her legally designated health care decision maker with an opportunity to designate a caregiver within 24 hours following the patient's recovery of his or her consciousness or capacity.||(b) If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker declines to designate a caregiver, the hospital shall promptly document this in the patient's medical record, and the hospital shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of RSA 151:43.||(c) If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker designates an individual as a caregiver:||(1) The hospital shall promptly request the written consent of the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker to release medical information to the patient's designated caregiver following the hospital's established procedures for releasing personal health information and in compliance with all federal and state laws. If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker declines to consent to release medical information to the patient's designated caregiver, the hospital shall not be required to provide notice to the caregiver under RSA 151:44 or provide information contained in the patient's discharge plan under RSA 151:45.||(2) The hospital shall record the patient's designation of caregiver, the relationship of the designated caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number, and address of the patient's designated caregiver in the patient's medical record.||(d) A patient may elect to change his or her designated caregiver at any time, and the hospital shall record this change in the patient's medical record.||II. A designation of a caregiver by a patient or a patient's legally designated health care decision maker under this section shall not obligate any individual to perform any after-care tasks for any patient.||III. This section shall not be construed to require a patient or a patient's legally designated health care decision maker to designate any individual as a caregiver.|||Source. 2015, 44:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:44 - Notice to Designated Caregiver.

    151:44 Notice to Designated Caregiver. –||A hospital shall notify the patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility as soon as possible, and in any event, upon issuance of a discharge order by the physician or APRN responsible for the patient's transfer to another facility.|||Source. 2015, 44:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:45 - Instruction to Designated Caregiver; Rulemaking.

    151:45 Instruction to Designated Caregiver;  Rulemaking. –||I. As soon as possible, the hospital shall consult with the designated caregiver and the patient regarding the caregiver's capabilities and limitations and issue a discharge plan that describes a patient's after-care needs at his or her residence. At minimum, a discharge plan shall include:||(a) The name and contact information of the caregiver;||(b) A description of all after-care tasks necessary to maintain the patient's ability to reside at home, taking into account the capabilities and limitations of the caregiver; and||(c) Contact information for any health care, community resources, and long-term services and supports necessary to successfully carry out the patient's discharge plan.||II. The hospital issuing the discharge plan shall provide caregivers with instruction in all after-care tasks described in the discharge plan.||(a) At minimum, such instruction shall include:||(1) A live demonstration of the tasks performed by a hospital employee authorized to perform the after-care task, provided in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the hospital's requirements to provide language access services under state and federal law.||(2) An opportunity for the caregiver to ask questions about the after-care tasks.||(3) Answers to the caregiver's questions provided in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the hospital's requirements to provide language access services under state and federal law.||(b) Any instruction required under this paragraph shall be documented in the patient's medical record, including, at minimum, the date, time, and contents of the instruction.||III. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) Procedures to designate and change a caregiver under RSA 151:43.||(b) Other matters necessary to effectuate the scope of this subdivision.|||Source. 2015, 44:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|