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NH Rev Stat § 149-M:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:52 - Notification.

    149-M:52 Notification. –||I. Six months after the effective date of this section no mercury-added product shall be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in this state without prior notification in writing by the manufacturer of the product to the department in accordance with the requirements of this section. Such notification shall at a minimum include:||(a) A brief description of the product to be offered for sale, use, or distribution.||(b) The amount of and purpose for mercury in each unit of the product reported as an exact number or average per product with an upper and lower limit unless waived by the department due to confidentiality or practical considerations.||(c) The name and address of the manufacturer, and the name, address, and telephone number of a contact person for the manufacturer.||(d) The total amount of mercury contained in all mercury containing products sold in the United States, provided either by individual manufacturers or aggregated for an industry by a trade group.||II. With the approval of the department, the manufacturer may supply the information required above for a product category rather than an individual product. The manufacturer shall update and revise the information in the notification whenever there is significant change in the information or when requested by the department. The department may define and adopt specific requirements in accordance with RSA 541-A for the content and submission of the required notification.||III. Any information furnished pursuant to the requirements of this section, which, as certified by the manufacturer, relates to production or sales figures or to processes or production unique to the manufacturer or which would tend to affect adversely the competitive position of the manufacturer, shall be only for the confidential use of the department and the interstate clearing house in the administration of this section, unless the manufacturer shall expressly agree to their publication or availability to the general public. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the use of such information by the department and the interstate clearinghouse in compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the amount and effect of mercury in products and the environment; provided that the analyses or summaries do not identify any manufacturer or reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.||IV. This section shall not apply to prescription drugs or any substance that may be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et. seq.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:54 - Limitations on the Use of Elemental Mercury.

    149-M:54 Limitations on the Use of Elemental Mercury. –||As of the effective date of this section, no person shall sell or provide elemental mercury to another person in this state without providing a material safety data sheet, as defined in 42 U.S.C. section 11049, and requiring the purchaser or recipient to sign a statement that the purchaser:||I. Will use the mercury only for medical, dental amalgam dispose-caps, research, or manufacturing purposes;||II. Understands that mercury is toxic and that the purchaser will store, use, and otherwise handle and dispose of it in accordance with state and federal law; and||III. Will not place or allow anyone under the purchaser's control to place the mercury or cause the mercury to be placed in solid waste for disposal or in a wastewater disposal system.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2007, 105:3, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:55 - Public Education and Outreach.

    149-M:55 Public Education and Outreach. –||I. The department shall implement a public education, outreach, and assistance program for households, hazardous waste generators, local and regional solid waste management agencies, dismantlers, institutions, and schools on the hazards of mercury, the requirements and obligations of individuals, manufacturers, and agencies under this subdivision, and voluntary efforts that individuals, institutions, and businesses can undertake to help further reduce mercury in the environment. The department shall cooperate with manufacturers of mercury-added products and other affected businesses in the development and implementation of public education and technical assistance programs.||II. The department shall cooperate with the neighboring states and provinces and regional organizations in the northeastern United States and Canada on developing outreach, assistance, and education programs, where appropriate.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:56 - Interstate Clearinghouse.

    149-M:56 Interstate Clearinghouse. –||The department is hereby authorized to participate in the establishment and implementation of a regional, multi-state clearinghouse to assist in carrying out the requirements of this subdivision and to help coordinate reviews of the manufacturers' notifications regarding mercury-added products, applications for phase-out exemptions, reviews of the collection plans, the disclosures of mercury content, applications for alternative labeling, and education and outreach. The clearinghouse may also maintain a list of all products containing mercury, including mercury-added products; a file on all exemptions granted by the states; and a file of all the manufacturers' reports on the effectiveness of their collection systems.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:57 - State Review.

    149-M:57 State Review. –||The department shall, in consultation with the Committee on the Environment of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, review the effectiveness of this subdivision no later than 4 years after the effective date of this section and shall provide a report based upon that review to the governor and the legislature. The report shall review the effectiveness of the programs required under the subdivision and may contain recommendations for improving them.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:58 - Disposal Ban.

    149-M:58 Disposal Ban. –||I. No person shall knowingly dispose of mercury-added products in solid waste landfills, transfer stations, or incinerators.||II. Owners and operators of solid waste landfills, transfer stations, and incinerators may develop programs to sort, collect, and recycle or dispose of mercury-added products in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.||III. Except as otherwise provided by this section, every person who discards solid waste within the state shall separate mercury-added products from that solid waste for recycling or disposal as a hazardous waste. Any contractor who replaces or removes mercury-added products shall assure the proper separation and recycling or the disposal as a hazardous waste of any discarded mercury-added product.||IV. After proper separation of mercury-added products, each person who discards that waste shall either:||(a) Set that waste in a designated area for collection by a hauler who shall deliver that waste to a facility that is legally authorized and permitted to accept that waste; or||(b) Deliver that waste to a facility that is legally authorized and permitted to accept that waste.||V. Owners and operators of solid waste landfills, transfer stations, and incinerators shall not be found to have knowingly accepted or disposed of mercury-added products if, at a minimum, the facility has implemented all of the following mechanisms:||(a) Posting of signs at the facility providing notice of the prohibition against the disposal of mercury-added products.||(b) Written notification to, or agreements with, the facility's customers, providing notice of the prohibition against the disposal of mercury-added products.||(c) Implementation of a procedure, approved by the department, for periodically monitoring incoming wastes to detect the presence of mercury-added products at the facility and for separating out observed mercury-added products for return to the generator, recycling, or disposal as a hazardous waste.||(d) Provide customers with information about collection programs or facilities that are permitted to accept mercury-added products for recycling or disposal as a hazardous waste.||VI. This section shall not apply to prescription drugs or any substance regulated by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. section 301 et seq. or to biological products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. section 262 et seq.|||Source. 2007, 279:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:59 - General Permit for Motor Vehicle Salvage Facilities.

    149-M:59 General Permit for Motor Vehicle Salvage Facilities. –||I. The department shall establish a general permit for maintaining and operating a motor vehicle salvage facility. The general permit shall cover all motor vehicle salvage facilities that do not hold a standard permit under RSA 149-M:9, I, provided that the owner registers to use the permit as specified in paragraph III of this section.||II. The general permit shall contain terms and conditions for the regulation of all aspects of the motor vehicle salvage facility to assure protection of environmental quality and compliance with applicable environmental requirements, including requirements for managing:||(a) Fluids, including gasoline, oil, antifreeze, and other regulated substances.||(b) Solid waste.||(c) Hazardous waste.||(d) Universal waste.||(e) Refrigerants and other potential air pollutants.||(f) Other regulated substances, materials, and waste.||III. The owner of a facility seeking coverage under the general permit shall register to use the permit by submitting the following information to the department in writing:||(a) Facility name, location, and description.||(b) Name, mailing address, and telephone number of the facility owner, facility operator, and land owner.||(c) A copy of the local license when required under RSA 236:111 through RSA 236:129 or a signed statement explaining why a local license has not been issued.||(d) A signed statement certifying compliance with the terms and conditions of the general permit provided under this section or, if the facility is not in compliance, a proposed plan and schedule for achieving compliance within a reasonable time.||(e) A dated, signed receipt showing that a copy of the required registration information has been submitted to local officials responsible for issuing local licenses under RSA 236:111 through RSA 236:129.|||Source. 2008, 191:6, eff. Aug. 10, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:60 - General Permit for Operating a Motor Vehicle Crusher.

    149-M:60 General Permit for Operating a Motor Vehicle Crusher. –||I. The department shall establish a general permit for operating a motor vehicle crusher. The general permit shall cover all motor vehicle crushers that do not hold a standard permit under RSA 149-M:9, I, provided that the owner registers to use the permit as specified in paragraph III of this section.||II. The general permit shall contain terms and conditions for the regulation of all aspects of the motor vehicle crushing operation to assure protection of environmental quality and compliance with applicable environmental requirements, including requirements for managing:||(a) Fluids, including gasoline, oil, antifreeze and other regulated substances.||(b) Solid waste.||(c) Hazardous waste.||(d) Universal waste.||(e) Refrigerants and other potential air pollutants.||(f) Other regulated substances, materials, and waste.||III. The owner of a motor vehicle crusher seeking coverage under the general permit shall register to use the permit by submitting the following information to the department in writing:||(a) Owner identification and contact information.||(b) Operator identification and contact information.||(c) For a stationary crusher:||(1) The name and location of the motor vehicle salvage facility where the crusher is permanently stationed.||(2) Confirmation that the motor vehicle salvage facility has registered to operate under the general permit established under RSA 149-M:59 or holds a standard permit to operate issued under RSA 149-M:9.||(d) For a mobile crusher:||(1) The owner's principal place of business.||(2) A telephone number where the owner or operator can be directly contacted when the crusher is operating at other locations.||(3) The mobile crusher registration plate number and state issuing it.||(e) Description of the crusher, including:||(1) The make, model, and vehicle identification number.||(2) Description of the fluid collection and containment design features.||(f) A description of the scope of crushing-related services offered to customers, including whether the operator will drain fluids, dispose of fluids, evacuate refrigerants, or perform other end-of-life motor vehicle preparation services prior to crushing vehicles.||(g) A signed statement certifying compliance with the terms and conditions of the general permit provided under this section.|||Source. 2008, 191:6, eff. Aug. 10, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:1 - Declaration of Purposes.

    151:1 Declaration of Purposes. –||The purposes hereof are to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of basic standards for the care and treatment of persons in hospitals and other facilities in which medical, nursing or other remedial care are rendered, and for the construction, maintenance and operation of such facilities, which, in the light of existing knowledge, will ensure safe and adequate treatment of such persons in such facilities.|||Source. 1947, 216:1, par. 1. RSA 151:1. 1979, 399:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-a - Repealed by 1979, 399:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.

    151:2-a Repealed by 1979, 399:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-b - Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider.

    151:2-b Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider. –||I. "Home health care provider" means any organization, business entity, or subdivision thereof, whether public or private, whether operated for profit or not, which is engaged in arranging or providing, directly or through contract arrangement, one or more of the following: nursing services, home health aide services, or other therapeutic and related services which may include, but shall not be limited to, physical and occupational therapy, speech pathology, nutritional services, medical social services, personal care services, and homemaker services, which may be of a preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, health guidance or supportive nature to persons in their places of residence.||II. Home health care providers which provide only homemaker services and no other health care services as listed in paragraph I of this section shall be issued a license limiting their services to homemaker services.||III. Home health care providers that provide only personal care services and no other health care services as listed in paragraph I of this section shall be issued a license limiting their services to personal care services.||IV. "Home health care provider" does not include any organization or agency providing only services pursuant to the provisions of Title III, Part C, of the Older Americans Act; authorized by the department of health and human services pursuant to RSA 161-I; operating only a nutrition program under a federal social services block grant, or under the auspices of a private charity; or volunteer hospices that do not provide, directly or through contract arrangements, home health care services as defined in RSA 151:2-b, I.||V. "Individual home care service provider" means any individual not employed by a home health care provider licensed under RSA 151:2, I(b) who solicits and provides health support services, personal care services, or homemaker services for compensation to clients in their places of residence; provided that the client is not a family member.|||Source. 1985, 302:2. 2000, 255:4, eff. June 12, 2000. 2012, 41:3, 4, eff. July 1, 2012. 2019, 287:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-c - Prohibited Use in Corporate Name, Trade Name, or Service Mark.

    151:2-c Prohibited Use in Corporate Name, Trade Name, or Service Mark. –||I. The secretary of state shall not issue a certificate of incorporation to an applicant for incorporation or for registration as a foreign corporation or a foreign partnership which includes the words "home health care", "home care", or "visiting nurse" or any modification or derivative thereof in its corporate or business name or which includes the practice of providing home health care or visiting nurse services among the objects for which it is established unless the department of health and human services shall have issued, with respect to such applicant, a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or a letter certifying that the applicant has made application with the department for licensing under this chapter. A copy of either the license or the letter shall be presented to the secretary of state.||II. The secretary of state shall decline to register any trade name or service mark for a partnership, sole proprietorship, or association which includes the words "home health care", "home care", or "visiting nurse" or modifications or derivatives thereof in the firm or business name unless the department of health and human services shall have issued, with respect to such partnership, sole proprietorship, or association, a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or a letter certifying that such partnership, sole proprietorship, or association has made application with the department for licensing under this chapter. A copy of either the license or the letter shall be presented to the secretary of state.||III. No person who currently uses the words "home health care", "home care", or "visiting nurse" in a firm or business name may advertise or cause to be published an advertisement soliciting or offering that the person is a home health care provider as defined in RSA 151:2-b, I, unless such person obtains the requisite license required under this chapter.|||Source. 1985, 302:2. 1995, 310:175, 181. 1997, 331:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-e - Special Health Care Service License Required; Rules; Funding.

    151:2-e Special Health Care Service License Required;  Rules;  Funding. –||I. No person shall initiate any new special health care service without acquiring a special health care service license under this chapter.||II. In this chapter, "special health care service" shall include:||(a) Cardiac catheterization laboratory services;||(b) Open heart surgery or coronary artery bypass graft surgery; and||(c) Megavoltage radiation therapy.||III. (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to specify:||(1) The requirements for equipment, personnel, training, operating, volume, and other criteria to assure the quality and safety for patients receiving each special health care service;||(2) The procedure for applying for and maintaining a special health care service license including, but not limited to, the frequency of licensing inspections, submission of information and data to evaluate the performance and ongoing operation of services and enforcement under this section; and||(3) The fees for applying for and maintaining a special health care service license in order to fully offset the cost to the department, including consultant fees and other related expenses necessary to process the application, and for any ongoing expenses to the department for maintaining a special health care service license.||(b) Any facility that provides a special health care service shall be in compliance with all applicable rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.||IV. The provisions of this chapter applicable to applicants and facilities licensed under RSA 151:2 shall apply equally to any person applying for or receiving a special health care service license under this section.|||Source. 2016, 198:1, eff. July 1, 2016. 2019, 155:1, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-f - Policies Required for Health Facilities and Special Health Care Service Licenses.

    151:2-f Policies Required for Health Facilities and Special Health Care Service Licenses. –||Every facility licensed under RSA 151:2, I(a) or (d) and every person holding a special health care service license under RSA 151:2-e shall:||I. Adopt and enforce a written policy to assure that the facility provides its services to all persons who require the services the facility provides regardless of the source of payment for the services provided to any person;||II. Adopt, publicize, and apply an assistance plan for persons who are uninsured or who do not have the financial resources to pay for the facility's services due to financial hardship;||III. Provide data to the commissioner of the department of health and human services regarding the volume, cost and outcomes of services provided in the facility; and||IV. Pay fees under RSA 151:2-e, III to the commissioner of the department to cover the costs of administering the licensing of special health care services, the administration of the quality and patient safety requirements of this section, and the collection and analysis of the data collected under this section.|||Source. 2016, 198:1, eff. July 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 151:2-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XI - Hospitals and Sanitaria|Title 151 - Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing|Section 151:2-g - Emergency Services.

    151:2-g Emergency Services. –||Every facility licensed as a hospital under RSA 151:2, I(a) shall operate an emergency department offering emergency services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay 24 hours every day, 7 days a week. This requirement shall not apply to any hospital licensed and operating prior to July 1, 2016, which does not operate an emergency department or to any new psychiatric or substance abuse treatment hospital.|||Source. 2016, 198:1, eff. July 1, 2016.|