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NH Rev Stat § 132:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:23 - Definition.

    132:23 Definition. –||I. In this subdivision "live-birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of a human conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.||II. The definition under paragraph I shall apply whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.|||Source. 2001, 219:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:24 - to 132:28 Repealed by 2007, 265:1, eff. June 29, 2007.

    132:24 to 132:28 Repealed by 2007, 265:1, eff. June 29, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 132:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:29 - Definitions.

    132:29 Definitions. –||In this subdivision, "maternal mortality" means the following:||I. "Pregnancy-related" means the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by her pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.||II. "Pregnancy-associated death" means the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy, irrespective of cause.||III. "Pregnancy-associated, but not pregnancy-related" means the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy due to a cause unrelated to pregnancy.|||Source. 2010, 129:2, eff. Aug. 8, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:31 - Acquisition of Information Related to Maternal Mortality.

    132:31 Acquisition of Information Related to Maternal Mortality. –||I. If a root cause analysis of a maternal mortality event has been completed, such findings shall be included in the records supplied to the review panel.||II. Health care providers, health care facilities, clinics, laboratories, medical records departments, and state offices, agencies and departments shall report all maternal mortality deaths as defined in RSA 132:29, I-III to the chair of the panel and the commissioner, or designee. The commissioner shall have access to individually identifiable information relating to the occurrence of maternal deaths only on a case-by-case basis where public health is at risk. This information includes, but is not limited to: vital records, hospital discharge data, prenatal, fetal, pediatric, or infant medical records, hospital or clinic records, laboratory reports, records of fetal deaths or induced terminations of pregnancies, and autopsy reports. The same case information may be acquired from health care facilities, maternal mortality review programs, and other sources in other states to ensure that its records of New Hampshire maternal mortality cases are accurate and complete. The chair shall not acquire and retain any individually identifiable information.||III. The commissioner, or designee, may retain identifiable information regarding facilities where maternal deaths occur and geographical information on each case solely for the purposes of trending and analysis over time. Pursuant to RSA 132:30, VII(d), identifiable information on all individuals and facilities shall be removed prior to any case review by the panel.|||Source. 2010, 129:2, eff. Aug. 8, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:32 - Definitions.

    132:32 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy or the products from a spontaneous miscarriage.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||III. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||IV. "Emancipated minor" means any minor female who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents.||V. "Guardian" means the guardian or conservator appointed under RSA 464-A, for pregnant females.||VI. "Minor" means any person under the age of 18 years.||VII. "Parent" means one parent of the pregnant girl if one is living or the guardian or conservator if the pregnant girl has one.||VIII. "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.|||Source. 2011, 205:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:33 - Notification Required.

    132:33 Notification Required. –||I. No abortion shall be performed upon an unemancipated minor or upon a female for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed pursuant to RSA 464-A because of a finding of incompetency, until at least 48 hours after written notice of the pending abortion has been delivered in the manner specified in paragraphs II and III.||II. The written notice shall be addressed to the parent at the usual place of abode of the parent and delivered personally to the parent by the physician or an agent.||III. In lieu of the delivery required by paragraph II, notice shall be made by certified mail addressed to the parent at the usual place of abode of the parent with return receipt requested and with restricted delivery to the addressee, which means the postal employee shall only deliver the mail to the authorized addressee. Time of delivery shall be deemed to occur at 12 o'clock noon on the next day on which regular mail delivery takes place, subsequent to mailing.|||Source. 2011, 205:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:35 - Penalty.

    132:35 Penalty. –||Performance of an abortion in violation of this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor and shall be grounds for a civil action by a person wrongfully denied notification. A person shall not be held liable under this section if the person establishes by written evidence that the person relied upon evidence sufficient to convince a careful and prudent person that the representations of the pregnant minor regarding information necessary to comply with this section are bone fide and true, or if the person has attempted with reasonable diligence to deliver notice, but has been unable to do so.|||Source. 2011, 205:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:36 - Severability.

    132:36 Severability. –||If any provision of this subdivision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of this subdivision which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this subdivision are severable.|||Source. 2011, 205:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:37 - Definitions.

    132:37 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Reproductive health care facility" means a place, other than within or upon the grounds of a hospital, where abortions are offered or performed.||II. "Patient escort services" means the act of physically escorting patients through the buffer zone to the reproductive health care facility and does not include counseling or protesting of any sort during such escort service.|||Source. 2014, 81:2, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:38 - Prohibited Acts.

    132:38 Prohibited Acts. –||I. No person shall knowingly enter or remain on a public way or sidewalk adjacent to a reproductive health care facility within a radius up to 25 feet of any portion of an entrance, exit, or driveway of a reproductive health care facility. This section shall not apply to the following:||(a) Persons entering or leaving such facility.||(b) Employees or agents of such facility acting within the scope of their employment for the purpose of providing patient escort services only.||(c) Law enforcement, ambulance, firefighting, construction, utilities, public works and other municipal agents acting within the scope of their employment.||(d) Persons using the public sidewalk or street right-of-way adjacent to such facility solely for the purpose of reaching a destination other than such facility.||II. Reproductive health care facilities shall clearly demarcate the zone authorized in paragraph I and post such zone with signage containing the following language:||Reproductive Health Center||Patient Safety Zone||No Congregating, Patrolling, Picketing, or Demonstrating Between Signs||Pursuant to RSA 132:38||III. Prior to posting the signage authorized under paragraph II, a reproductive health care facility shall consult with local law enforcement and those local authorities with responsibilities specific to the approval of locations and size of the signs to ensure compliance with local ordinances.||IV. The provisions of this section shall only be effective during the facility's business hours.|||Source. 2014, 81:2, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:39 - Enforcement; Civil Fine.

    132:39 Enforcement;  Civil Fine. –||I. Prior to issuing a citation for a violation of this section, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall issue one written warning to an individual. If the individual fails to comply after one warning, such individual shall be given a citation. Failure to comply after one warning shall be cause for citation whether or not the failure or subsequent failures are contemporaneous in time with the initial warning.||II. Any person who violates this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation and shall be charged a minimum fine of $100. In addition, the attorney general or the appropriate county attorney may bring an action for injunctive relief to prevent further violations of this subdivision.||III. This section shall not apply unless the signage authorized in RSA 132:38, II was in place at the time of the alleged violation.|||Source. 2014, 81:2, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 132:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132 - Protection for Maternity and Infancy|Section 132:40 - Severability.

    132:40 Severability. –||If any provision of this subdivision or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the subdivision which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subdivision are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2014, 81:2, eff. July 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 132-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132-A - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven|Section 132-A:1 - Definitions.

    132-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||II. "Hospital" means a public or private institution which is required to be licensed under RSA 151, and which is engaged in providing to patients, under supervision of physicians, diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or rehabilitative services for the rehabilitation of such persons.||III. "Safe haven" means a church which is attended by a person, or a police or fire station which is attended by a person, or a 911 responder at an agreed transfer location.|||Source. 2003, 40:1, eff. June 4, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 132-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132-A - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven|Section 132-A:2 - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven.

    132-A:2 Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven. –||I. A hospital or safe haven, without a court order, shall take temporary care and control of a child who is not more than 7 days old, provided that the child is handed to a person at the hospital or safe haven by the child's parent or parents, and the parent or parents did not express an intent to return for the child. The child's parent or parents shall not be required to reveal personally identifiable information.||II. A hospital or safe haven which takes temporary care and control of a child under this chapter shall ensure the provision of any medical services necessary to protect the physical health or safety of the child.|||Source. 2003, 40:1, eff. June 4, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 132-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132-A - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven|Section 132-A:3 - Notice to Department.

    132-A:3 Notice to Department. –||I. Within 24 hours after a hospital or safe haven assumes temporary care and control of a child under RSA 132-A:2, the hospital or safe haven shall notify the department and law enforcement officials that the hospital or safe haven has assumed temporary care and control of the child.||II. Upon receipt of notice by the hospital or safe haven, the department shall assume the temporary care and control of the child and shall be responsible for all necessary medical and other costs incurred by the hospital or safe haven related to the temporary care and control of the child. The department shall reimburse the hospital or safe haven for any necessary costs incurred prior to the child's placement in the temporary care and control of the department.||III. Within 24 hours of receiving a report under this paragraph, the department shall request law enforcement officials to investigate the incident using all resources available, including the National Crime Information Center database, to determine if the child is a missing child.|||Source. 2003, 40:1, eff. June 4, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 132-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132-A - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven|Section 132-A:4 - Liability.

    132-A:4 Liability. –||No person or entity subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for any claim at law or in equity as a result of action taken pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.|||Source. 2003, 40:1, eff. June 4, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 132-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 132-A - Temporary Care and Control of Children at a Hospital or Safe Haven|Section 132-A:5 - Rulemaking.

    132-A:5 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to implement the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2003, 40:1, eff. June 4, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 135:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:1 - to 135:14 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:1 to 135:14 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:14-a - Patient Employment.

    135:14-a Patient Employment. –||The New Hampshire hospital is authorized to employ patients of said hospital to perform such services as may be determined as not necessarily being beneficial for the care and treatment of any such patients. Such patients shall not be state employees, and they shall be paid no less than the prevailing federal minimum wage. Payment of wages to such patient workers shall be made through a payment program which does not conflict with state or federal requirements.|||Source. 1974, 40:42, II. 1975, 377:1. 1979, 69:1, eff. June 17, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 135:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:15 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, I, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:15 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, I, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:16 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:16 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:17-b - Notification Authorized.

    135:17-b Notification Authorized. –||I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the first instance a person has been charged with a violent crime and found incompetent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, and civilly committed pursuant to RSA 135-C or RSA 171-B, found incompetent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17 and committed pursuant to RSA 651:9-a, is transferred to another facility or discharged to the community, either conditionally or absolutely, the department of health and human services shall immediately notify the attorney general, who shall notify the victim as defined in RSA 21-M:8-k, I(a) and, in the event of a discharge, the law enforcement agency in the community to which the person is being discharged. For purposes of this section, discharge means the initial authorization by the administrative review committee of New Hampshire hospital to allow a person to leave the grounds of the hospital unaccompanied by a hospital staff member.||II. For purposes of this section, the term "violent crime" includes those crimes listed in RSA 651:5, XIII and the following:||(a) RSA 173-B:9, violation of protective order.||(b) RSA 631:2, second degree assault.||(c) RSA 631:3, felony reckless conduct.||(d) RSA 631:4, criminal threatening involving the use of a deadly weapon.||(e) RSA 633:3-a, stalking.||(f) RSA 635:1, burglary.||(g) RSA 641:5, tampering with witnesses and informants.||(h) RSA 650-A:1, felonious use of firearms.|||Source. 2010, 293:4. 2011, 251:1. 2012, 151:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2012. 2020, 37:120, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 135:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:17-c - Information Related to Competency Determinations.

    135:17-c Information Related to Competency Determinations. –||All evaluation reports, recommendations, medical records, or other documents related to the court's determinations under RSA 135:17-a, I, II, and III shall be kept separately from the public court file and shall not be disclosed except as follows:||I. The court may order release with the written consent of the parties.||II. The competency report may be provided to the receiving facility or the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, VII.||III. In any case in which the court finds that the defendant is not competent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, I, or has not been restored to competency pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, IV, the court shall make written findings which describe the evidence which was relied upon to make its determination. Such written findings shall be part of the public court file. The prosecutor shall provide a copy of the written findings to the victim, as defined in RSA 21-M:8-k.|||Source. 2012, 151:2, eff. Aug. 6, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 135:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:18 - Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

    135:18 Repealed by 1986, 212:4, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:19 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, II, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:19 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, II, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:20 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, III, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:20 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, III, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:21 - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, IV, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:21 Repealed by 1973, 556:6, IV, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:21-a - Repealed by 1973, 556:6, V, eff. July 1, 1973.

    135:21-a Repealed by 1973, 556:6, V, eff. July 1, 1973. –|
NH Rev Stat § 135:21-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons|Section 135:21-b - Emergency Treatment.

    135:21-b Emergency Treatment. –||A physician licensed in the state, a psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant licensed in this state, a psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse, or a person acting under such physician's, psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant's, or advanced practice registered nurse's direction may administer a recognized and approved form of medical or psychiatric treatment which the physician, psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant, or psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse reasonably believes will tend to promote the physical and mental health of a patient of the New Hampshire hospital, Laconia developmental services, Glencliff home, any community mental health or developmental services program or treatment facility receiving state grants under RSA 171-A, or any other treatment facility designated as a receiving facility under RSA 135-C, when:||I. The physician, psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant, or psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse reasonably believes that a medical or psychiatric emergency exists; and||II. The patient because of physical or mental condition is unable to make an informed decision, as defined in RSA 135-C:2, IX, with respect to the medical or psychiatric treatment offered; and||III. No person who is legally responsible for the patient can be consulted or appointed; and||IV. A reasonable person would consent to the administration of the emergency treatment.|||Source. 1975, 219:1. 1979, 442:7. 1983, 469:134. 1988, 107:5. 1994, 248:2, 3. 2001, 184:1. 2007, 263:12. 2008, 52:2. 2009, 54:5, eff. July 21, 2009. 2019, 278:1, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|