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NH Rev Stat § 127:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:1 - Authority Granted.

    127:1 Authority Granted. –||Any town by vote at town meeting and any city by vote of the city councils may unite with any other town or city to form a district department of health. The affairs of any such district department of health shall be managed by a board as hereinafter provided.|||Source. 1949, 203:1, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:2 - Board.

    127:2 Board. –||The selectmen of each town and the city councils of each city, which has so voted to become a part of any such district, shall appoint annually 2 persons to be members of such board. Provided that any town or city having a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last completed United States census, shall be entitled to one additional representative on said board for each 5,000 population or part thereof.|||Source. 1949, 203:2, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:3 - Organization.

    127:3 Organization. –||Each board annually shall elect a chairperson and a district treasurer and shall determine the relative amount of service to be performed in each town or city within the district by persons employed by the board and shall furnish the necessary offices and equipment to enable it to carry out its duties. The fiscal year of each district department of health shall be from July 1 to June 30 and, during the month of June in each year, the board shall estimate the amount of money required to pay the costs and expenses of the district during the ensuing fiscal year.|||Source. 1949, 203:3. 1997, 200:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:4 - Payments.

    127:4 Payments. –||From time to time the board shall draw upon the treasurer of each town or city within the district for such funds as may have been apportioned to each to pay the costs of operating the district. Such apportionment shall be based upon the population of the towns and cities in the district.|||Source. 1949, 203:4, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:5 - Health Officer.

    127:5 Health Officer. –||The board shall appoint some discreet person, possessing the qualifications hereinafter specified, to be health officer for such district. If the district health officer shall not be elected within 60 days from the formation of any such district, or in case a vacancy in said office shall continue to exist for 60 days or more, such officer shall be appointed by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. Upon the appointment of a health officer under the provisions of this section, the terms of office of the health officers of the towns or cities forming such district shall terminate.|||Source. 1949, 203:5. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:6 - Qualifications.

    127:6 Qualifications. –||The district health officer shall have a bachelor's or graduate degree in public health, medicine, sanitary engineering, environmental health, microbiology, or general sanitation and at least one year of work experience in the field of public health. The district health officer shall be removed only for cause after a public hearing by the board on charges preferred of which reasonable notice shall have been given. The district health officer shall perform such duties as are required of health officers by the general laws of the state and as the state shall determine and shall act as secretary of the board, but shall not have a right to vote.|||Source. 1949, 203:6. RSA 127:6. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 190:34. 1995, 310:181, 182. 1997, 200:2, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:7 - District Treasurer.

    127:7 District Treasurer. –||The district treasurer shall disburse the money received from the towns and cities in the district and from other sources upon warrants approved by a majority of the board and signed by the chairperson and secretary. The treasurer shall give bond to the district for the faithful performance of the duties as treasurer in such sums and upon such conditions as the board may require.|||Source. 1947, 203:7. 1997, 200:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:8 - Employees.

    127:8 Employees. –||The district health officer shall be the executive officer of the district department of health and shall appoint all necessary assistants or clerks subject to the approval of the board. Such employees shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the district health officer and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board.|||Source. 1949, 203:8, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:9 - Appropriations.

    127:9 Appropriations. –||Any town, or city councils of any city, at any legal meeting, may grant and vote such sums of money as it shall judge necessary for the purpose of paying the apportionment of said town or city as a member of any district department of health.|||Source. 1949, 203:9, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:10 - Additional Funds.

    127:10 Additional Funds. –||Any district department of health organized hereunder is authorized to use any additional funds which the department of health and human services may secure from federal agencies or other official agencies and which it may allot to such district department of health.|||Source. 1949, 203:11. RSA 127:10. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 127:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 127 - District Departments of Health|Section 127:11 - Withdrawal From District.

    127:11 Withdrawal From District. –||Any town or the city council of any city, which has voted to unite with another town or city to form a district department of health, may vote to withdraw from the district. Such withdrawal shall not become effective until the first day of July following such vote of withdrawal.|||Source. 1949, 203:10, eff. May 20, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:1 - Appointment.

    128:1 Appointment. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall appoint as health officer for each town such person as the selectmen of the town recommend, and the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall issue to the health officer a certificate of appointment. The appointed officer shall provide the department with sufficient and complete contact information to be readily accessible as needed. Upon the expiration of the officer's term, or upon his or her removal, death, or resignation or the occurrence of a vacancy in the office for any reason, the selectmen shall recommend a replacement as soon as reasonably practicable; but if no recommendation is made within 15 days after notice, the commissioner may appoint a health officer without such recommendation.|||Source. 1915, 27:1. PL 126:1. RL 148:1. RSA 128:1. 1995, 310:182, 183. 1997, 200:4, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. 2021, 61:1, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:2 - Residence.

    128:2 Residence. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services may appoint any qualified person to act in unorganized localities as a health officer.|||Source. 1915, 27:1. PL 126:2. RL 148:2. 1947, 51:1. RSA 128:2. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 61:2, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:3 - Secretary of Local Board.

    128:3 Secretary of Local Board. –||The health officer shall be the secretary and executive officer of, and, with the selectmen, shall constitute the local board of health for the town. The local board of health for each town shall meet at least once every year, and as frequently as needed, to review the state of local public health issues and concerns and provide information, as requested, to the department of health and human services, on the readiness to address relevant public health threats at the local or regional levels.|||Source. 1915, 27:2, 3. PL 126:3. RL 148:3. RSA 128:3. 1997, 200:5, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. 2021, 61:3, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:4 - Term; Removal.

    128:4 Term;  Removal. –||The health officer shall hold office for 3 years or until a successor is appointed. The commissioner of the department of health and human services may remove the health officer for cause at any time after notice and hearing, and may fill the vacancy in such office by appointment as provided in RSA 128:1.|||Source. 1915, 27:3. PL 126:4. RL 148:4. RSA 128:4. 1995, 310:182. 1997, 200:6, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:5 - Duties; Compensation.

    128:5 Duties;  Compensation. –||The town health officer:||I. Shall enforce the public health laws and rules.||II. Shall make such sanitary investigations as may be directed by the local board of health, or as may be required by the department of health and human services.||III. May, upon reasonable information, personal knowledge or belief, in order to safeguard public health or to prevent pollution of any aquifer or body of water, enter upon private property, but not into any living quarters, to investigate and, if necessary, take appropriate action to prevent further pollution.||IV. Shall receive for the health officer's services the compensation fixed by the selectmen or the town, except as otherwise provided.||V. May, if duly appointed to serve any New Hampshire town, serve temporarily at the request of the governing body of any other New Hampshire town and may perform any lawful duties within that other town. For those duties performed at the request of such town, all compensation, expenses and liability coverage shall be incumbent upon the requesting town. For the purposes of this paragraph, "temporarily" means 30 calendar days or fewer.|||Source. 1915, 27:4. PL 126:5. RL 148:5. RSA 128:5. 1985, 401:38. 1995, 310:181. 1997, 200:7. 2012, 15:1, eff. June 22, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:5-a - Entry Authorized for Investigation.

    128:5-a Entry Authorized for Investigation. –||I. A health officer of a town or the health officer's agent shall not be guilty of criminal trespass pursuant to RSA 635:2 when conducting an investigation of sanitary conditions on private property without the consent of the owner, regardless of whether or not the property is designated a secured premises.||II. The authority to enter private property without the consent of the owner for investigation of sanitary conditions does not include the right to enter into any living quarters situated on private property.|||Source. 1985, 401:39. 1997, 200:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:5-b - Deputy Health Officer.

    128:5-b Deputy Health Officer. –||When a health officer has been appointed under the provisions of RSA 128:1, such officer may, subject to the approval of the selectmen and the commissioner of the department of health and human services, appoint a deputy health officer or officers who shall be empowered to enforce public health laws and regulations and make such sanitation investigations as the health officer may direct or as may be required by the department of health and human services. The term of the deputy health officer shall expire with that of the health officer, or may be extended with the approval of the board of selectmen, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee, until the health officer vacancy is filled. The deputy health officer shall receive such compensation from the town as the selectmen of the town shall fix.|||Source. 1997, 200:9, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. 2021, 61:4, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:6 - Health Officer for Several Towns.

    128:6 Health Officer for Several Towns. –||Upon recommendation of the selectmen of each of several towns the commissioner of the department of health and human services may, in the commissioner's discretion, appoint any qualified person as health officer for all of said towns, and such health officer shall receive such compensation from each town as the selectmen thereof or the town shall fix.|||Source. 1931, 90:3. RL 148:6. 1947, 51:2. RSA 128:6. 1995, 310:182. 1997, 200:10, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. 2021, 61:5, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:6-a - Deputy Health Officer.

    128:6-a Deputy Health Officer. –||In case where a health officer has been appointed under the provisions of RSA 128:6 for several towns, such officer may, subject to the approval of the selectmen of the several towns and the commissioner of the department of health and human services, appoint a deputy health officer or officers who shall be empowered to enforce public health laws and regulations and make such sanitation investigations as said health officer may direct or as may be required by the department of health and human services. Said deputy health officer shall receive such compensation from each town as the selectmen thereof or the town shall fix.|||Source. 1959, 184:1. 1995, 310:181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:7 - Where Statute Inapplicable.

    128:7 Where Statute Inapplicable. –||This chapter shall not apply to cities.|||Source. 1915, 27:5. PL 126:6. RL 148:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:8 - Training and Qualifications.

    128:8 Training and Qualifications. –||Within one year of appointment every health officer shall complete a minimum of 3 hours of training on topics related to the specific state laws that provide authority to health officers. The training shall be administered at no cost to the municipality by the department of health and human services in collaboration with the New Hampshire health officers association (NHHOA). The curriculum shall cover, but not be limited to, duties and responsibilities of the health officer as required on rental housing standards pursuant to RSA 48-A:3, I(c), assessment and management of health nuisances pursuant to RSA 147, and duties pursuant to RSA 128:5. The required training may be taken in person, or through a remote learning platform as provided by the department of health and human services. Municipalities shall cover reasonable costs of attending the NHHOA training subject to the provisions of RSA 129:1.|||Source. 2021, 61:6, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:9 - Background Check.

    128:9 Background Check. –||Each municipality shall request and obtain a criminal history record information request from the department of safety, as a prerequisite to any nomination of a health officer or deputy health officer, to be submitted to the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his or her designee, in order to determine if there are any prior convictions that may disqualify such person or interfere with the performance of his or her duties.|||Source. 2021, 61:6, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:10 - Administrative Rulemaking.

    128:10 Administrative Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services may adopt administrative rules for implementation of this chapter pursuant to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 2021, 61:6, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 128:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 128 - Town Health Officers|Section 128:11 - Reporting Requirement.

    128:11 Reporting Requirement. –||Beginning November 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the New Hampshire health officers association, in consultation with the department of health and human services, shall report to the joint legislative oversight committee on health and human services, established in RSA 126-A:13, and the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council, established in RSA 126-A:88, regarding the readiness of municipal health officers to respond to potential public health threats in New Hampshire.|||Source. 2021, 61:6, eff. June 4, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 129:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 129 - Attendance at Meetings of Health Officers Association|Section 129:1 - City and Town Health Officers Association.

    129:1 City and Town Health Officers Association. –||Town and city health officers shall be entitled to receive the actual expenses incurred by them in attending the yearly meeting of the New Hampshire Health Officers Association, the same to be audited by the selectmen of towns and the finance committee of cities respectively and paid out of the town or city treasury.|||Source. 1951, 114:1, eff. May 15, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:1 - Employment.

    130:1 Employment. –||For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and of other statutes the enforcement of which rests with the department of health and human services, said department may employ persons to be known as inspectors, sanitarians, sanitary engineers and other agents. The salaries of such employees shall be fixed within available appropriations and subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission; and such employees shall be paid their actual expenses legally incurred when engaged in the performance of their duties. All powers and duties imposed on inspectors by the provisions of this chapter may be imposed on sanitarians, sanitary engineers and other agents insofar as the department shall determine.|||Source. 1909, 163:1. PL 136:1. 1941, 112:1. RL 161:1. 1950, 9:2. RSA 130:1. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:175, 181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:2 - Repealed by 2017, 87:11, I, eff. July 1, 2017.

    130:2 Repealed by 2017, 87:11, I, eff. July 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 130:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:3 - Inspection of Food Products.

    130:3 Inspection of Food Products. –||The inspectors shall investigate food manufacturing processes and food products offered, or to be offered, for sale in this state, and may take samples of food for examination at the laboratories of the department of health and human services. The department may determine the focus and frequency of inspections and sampling and shall use a risk-based approach in consideration of available resources to prioritize inspections and sampling.|||Source. 1909, 163:3. PL 136:3. RL 161:3. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2017, 87:1, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:4 - Investigation of Sanitation.

    130:4 Investigation of Sanitation. –||The inspectors shall, under the direction of the department of health and human services, investigate local sanitary conditions, in conjunction with and upon request of local boards of health, in cases where such expert advice is deemed necessary by the department of health and human services.|||Source. 1909, 163:4. PL 136:4. RL 161:4. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:5 - Public Health.

    130:5 Public Health. –||In addition to the specific duties herein prescribed, the inspectors shall perform such other duties in connection with public health matters as the department of health and human services shall direct.|||Source. 1909, 163:5. PL 136:5. RL 161:5. RSA 130:5. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:6 - Seizure and Restraint.

    130:6 Seizure and Restraint. –||Said inspectors, sanitarians, sanitary engineers and other agents are hereby authorized and empowered to seize for use as evidence and without warrant, and seal from further use, any article or commodity found being sold, distributed, stored or employed in the processing of any food or drug which is in violation of the laws relating to public health matters. Provided, however, that in the collection of samples of foods and drugs for investigation, the retail price thereof shall be tendered.|||Source. 1941, 112:2. RL 161:6. 1951, 25:1, eff. Mar. 15, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 130:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130 - Sanitary Inspectors|Section 130:7 - Penalty for Obstructing.

    130:7 Penalty for Obstructing. –||Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any other way interferes with said inspectors or with any member of said division, or any of their other officers, agents or employees, in the performance of any of their duties, shall be guilty of a violation. For each subsequent offense, any other person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1909, 163:5. PL 136:6. RL 161:7. RSA 130:7. 1973, 530:6, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|