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NH Rev Stat § 140:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 140 - Occupational Health|Section 140:8 - Conflicting Laws.

    140:8 Conflicting Laws. –||This chapter shall not be construed as repealing any laws of the state relating to chemical or physical agents or exposures to them but shall be held and construed as auxiliary and supplementary to them, except to the extent that they are in direct conflict with this chapter, in which case this chapter shall be controlling. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the right of any governing body of a municipality to adopt ordinances or rules not inconsistent with this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 198:20, eff. Aug. 2, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 140:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 140 - Occupational Health|Section 140:9 - Penalty.

    140:9 Penalty. –||Any person who does not comply with any of the provisions of RSA 140 or with the rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services under RSA 140 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:1 - Title.

    141-A:1 Title. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "critical health problems reporting act".|||Source. 1979, 339:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:2 - Definitions.

    141-A:2 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "Critical health problem" means any of the following:||(a) Lead poisoning.||(b) Reye's syndrome.||(c) A disease, condition, or procedure relating to public health which is determined by the commissioner to be of particular concern or importance as a critical health problem in this state, being in need of greater research, study, and statistical analysis.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||III. [Repealed.]||IV. "Facility" means a governmental or private agency, department, institution, clinic, laboratory, hospital, or a health maintenance organization, association, or other similar unit designated by the commissioner.|||Source. 1979, 339:1. 1981, 460:7. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:91, 170, IV, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:3 - Determination of Problems.

    141-A:3 Determination of Problems. –||The commissioner shall determine by rule a disease, condition, or procedure which constitutes a critical health problem under RSA 141-A:2, I(c). A rule adopted under this section shall cease to be effective 5 years after the date the rule is adopted.|||Source. 1979, 339:1. 1985, 190:67. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:4 - Reports.

    141-A:4 Reports. –||An attending physician or other person representing or employed by a facility as determined by the commissioner shall report to the department the existence of a critical health problem as prescribed by this chapter when the physician or person determined by the commissioner diagnoses or confirms a critical health problem. The report shall be made not more than 10 days after the diagnosis or confirmation is made by the physician or other person.|||Source. 1979, 339:1. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:5 - Form.

    141-A:5 Form. –||I. The report prescribed in RSA 141-A:4 shall be designated as a critical health problem report and shall contain social security numbers, if persons were given the option at the original point of collection to provide social security numbers voluntarily, and information which the commissioner considers necessary to identify, locate, and investigate the occurrence, frequency, incidence, cause, effect, and prognosis of the critical health problem, and other relevant data and findings with respect thereto.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the form, content, and manner of filing the report prescribed in RSA 141-A:4, which shall be submitted to the department unless otherwise prescribed by the commissioner. He shall adopt such other rules as may be necessary to foster study, research, denomination, and control of critical health problems.||III. A report or other data relating to a critical health problem which discloses the identity of an individual who was reported as having a critical health problem shall be made available only to persons who demonstrate a need for the report or other data which is essential to health related research, including but not limited to, for purposes of administering the lead paint poisoning prevention control program under RSA 130-A. A report or data which does not disclose the identity of the individual shall be made available to the public in compliance with RSA 91-A.||IV. The physician-patient privilege shall not apply to a critical health problem report prepared pursuant to paragraph I.|||Source. 1979, 339:1. 1985, 190:68. 1995, 310:175, 183. 2003, 309:7, eff. Sept. 19, 2003. 2019, 233:5, eff. July 12, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:5-a - Rulemaking.

    141-A:5-a Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Identifying critical health problems in this state as authorized under RSA 141-A:2, I(c) and RSA 141-A:3.||II. The manner of reporting critical health problems as authorized under RSA 141-A:4.||III. Form and content of the critical health reports under RSA 141-A:4 and RSA 141-A:5, II.||IV. Maintaining critical health reports under RSA 141-A:6.||V. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1985, 190:69. 1995, 310:183. 2012, 171:26, IV, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:6 - Maintenance of Reports.

    141-A:6 Maintenance of Reports. –||Critical health problem reports and data shall be maintained by the department in a manner suitable for use for research purposes, and shall be made available to persons as prescribed in RSA 141-A:5.|||Source. 1979, 339:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-A - Critical Health Problems Reporting Act|Section 141-A:7 - Penalty.

    141-A:7 Penalty. –||Whoever violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 339:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:1 - Title.

    141-B:1 Title. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "chronic disease prevention, assessment and control act."|||Source. 1985, 392:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:2 - Purpose.

    141-B:2 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the establishment of activities for the prevention, assessment, and control of chronic diseases which may be attributed to the environment, individual lifestyle, or the workplace.|||Source. 1985, 392:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:3 - Definitions.

    141-B:3 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||II. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||III. "Chronic disease" means any disease, illness, impairment, or other physical condition which requires medical care and treatment over a prolonged period. In general, such diseases, while amenable to treatment, are irreversible in nature and frequently progress to increasing disability or death.||IV. "Prevention services" means organized activities which are capable of reducing the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease.||V. "Risk assessment" means the measurement and evaluation of specific lifestyle and environmental conditions to determine the presence of and extent of the threat resulting from these factors that may increase the risk of developing chronic disease.||VI. "Facility" means a governmental or private agency, department, institution, clinic, laboratory, hospital, health maintenance organization, association, physician, or other similar unit diagnosing or providing treatment for cancer.||VII. "Screening" means activities which may be used to identify the earliest signs of a chronic disease.|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 1995, 310:92, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:4 - Duties.

    141-B:4 Duties. –||The commissioner shall:||I. Educate the public regarding factors associated with the risk of developing chronic diseases;||II. Monitor the morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases;||III. Evaluate available health data for use in delivering prevention services;||IV. Offer screening and prevention services to population groups at risk of developing chronic disease; and||V. Undertake risk assessment activities.|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:5 - Cancer Registry Established.

    141-B:5 Cancer Registry Established. –||There shall be established in the department a cancer registry for compilation and analysis of information relating to the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:6 - Repealed by 2008, 144:1, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.

    141-B:6 Repealed by 2008, 144:1, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:7 - Reporting.

    141-B:7 Reporting. –||All facilities shall provide a report to the cancer registry, including social security numbers if persons were given the option at the original point of collection to provide social security numbers voluntarily, containing information regarding a cancer diagnosed or being treated. Each report of cancer shall include items listed in rules adopted under RSA 541-A in accordance with the elements listed in the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Standards for Cancer Registries as amended from time to time and available. The department shall review any such amendment and if it determines that an amendment is not appropriate for New Hampshire, the amendment shall not be incorporated into the rules or be implemented by the department.|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 2003, 309:5. 2008, 369:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:8 - Rulemaking.

    141-B:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Conducting prevention and screening services and delivering education programs;||II. Content and design of all forms and reports required by this chapter;||III. The procedures for disclosure of information gathered by the cancer registry, by monitoring and evaluating health data, and from completed risk assessments; and||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 1995, 310:183. 2012, 171:26, V, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:9 - Disclosure; Confidentiality.

    141-B:9 Disclosure;  Confidentiality. –||I. A report provided to the cancer registry disclosing the identity of an individual, who was reported as having a cancer, shall only be released to persons demonstrating a need which is essential to health-related research, except that the release shall be conditioned upon the personal identities remaining confidential.||II. Analyses and compilations of data prepared under RSA 141-B:4 which do not disclose the identity of an individual and which cannot be used to surmise an identity shall be available to the public under RSA 91-A.||III. The physician-patient privilege shall not apply to reports prepared pursuant to RSA 141-B:7.|||Source. 1985, 392:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-B - Chronic Disease Prevention, Assessment and Control|Section 141-B:10 - Maintenance of Reports.

    141-B:10 Maintenance of Reports. –||Reports provided to the cancer registry under RSA 141-B:7, and analyses and data prepared under RSA 141-B:4, II, III, and V shall be maintained by the department in a manner suitable for chronic disease and cancer research purposes, and shall be available to persons as prescribed in RSA 141-B:9.|||Source. 1985, 392:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:1 - Policy.

    141-C:1 Policy. –||The outbreak and spread of communicable disease cause unnecessary risks to health and life, interfere with the orderly workings of business, industry, government, and the process of education, and disrupt the day-to-day affairs of communities and citizens. Because the control of communicable disease may be attained by personal actions, the timely intervention of medical practices, and cooperation among health care providers, federal, state, and municipal officials, and other groups and agencies, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that communicable diseases be prevented, and that such occurrences be identified, controlled, and, when possible, eradicated at the earliest possible time by application of appropriate public health measures and medical practices.|||Source. 1986, 198:21, eff. Aug. 2, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:1-a - Medical Freedom in Immunizations.

    141-C:1-a Medical Freedom in Immunizations. –||I. Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities.||II. Paragraph I shall not:||(a) Limit the commissioner's authority to order treatment pursuant to RSA 141-C:15 or RSA 141-C:18, nor to order quarantine pursuant to RSA 141-C:11 or RSA 141-C:18.||(b) Supersede the requirement for vaccination as a prerequisite for admission to a school or child care agency pursuant to RSA 141-C:20-a, II.||(c) Supersede the involuntary emergency admission process pursuant to RSA 135-C:27-33; the revocation of conditional discharge process under RSA 135-C:51; or involuntary treatment of patients compliant with RSA 135-C:57, III.||(d) Limit treatment authorized by a guardian over a person; or short term treatment of a personal safety emergency declared by a licensed physician or nurse practitioner in a psychiatric care setting, or authorized by a surrogate decision maker or durable power of attorney for health care delegated by the person while competent to make decisions for them during periods when they are not competent, pursuant to RSA 137-J.||(e) Apply to county nursing homes, the New Hampshire state hospital, or any other medical facility or provider operated by the state of New Hampshire or any political subdivision identified in paragraph I.||III. The department of corrections may mandate medical treatment or immunization for inmates when a direct threat exists as defined in 28 CFR section 36.208.|||Source. 2021, 131:1, eff. July 23, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:3 - Duties of Department.

    141-C:3 Duties of Department. –||The department shall:||I. Identify, investigate, and test for communicable diseases posing a threat to the citizens of the state and its visitors.||II. Educate the general public, persons who provide health services to the public, and those persons responsible for the health and well-being of other persons relative to measures that will prevent the contraction of communicable disease, minimize its effects, and impede its spread.||III. Coordinate such medical, municipal, and other services as may be necessary to control, and, when possible, eradicate communicable diseases when they occur.|||Source. 1986, 198:21. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:4 - Duties of Commissioner.

    141-C:4 Duties of Commissioner. –||The commissioner shall:||I. Identify communicable diseases to be reported to the department under RSA 141-C:8.||II. Investigate outbreaks of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:9.||III. Establish, maintain, and suspend isolation and quarantine to prevent the spread of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:11.||IV. Order persons who pose a threat to the life and health of the public to receive such treatment and care as necessary to eliminate the threat under RSA 141-C:15.||V. Purchase and distribute such pharmaceutical agents as may be deemed necessary to prevent the acquisition and spread of communicable disease under RSA 141-C:17.||VI. Provide laboratory services to support the detection and control of communicable disease under RSA 141-C:19.||VII. Educate the public relative to the cause, prevention and treatment of communicable disease and relative to the provisions of this chapter and its rules regarding reporting, investigations, examinations, treatment and care.||VIII. Regulate, in public places, conveyances, and buildings, the use of a common drinking cup under RSA 141-C:6.||IX. Prohibit, in public places, conveyances, or buildings the use of a common towel.||X. Authorize treatment, under the orders of a licensed physician, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 198:21. 1990, 61:1. 1991, 3:1. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:5 - Duties of Health Officers.

    141-C:5 Duties of Health Officers. –||Health officers shall:||I. Assist the commissioner, when requested to do so, in the establishment and maintenance of isolation and quarantine in their respective cities and towns, and enforce all rules adopted by the commissioner relative to isolation and quarantine.||II. Attend meetings with the commissioner, when requested, for consultation on matters relating to public health, the restriction and prevention of communicable diseases, or the consideration of other important sanitary matters related to preventing or controlling the spread of communicable diseases.||III. After being informed of isolation and quarantine orders issued pursuant to RSA 141-C:12 to persons in their jurisdiction, inform the commissioner if they identify any substantive non-compliance with the order.||IV. In the event of a public health emergency declared pursuant to RSA 4:45, enforce orders issued pursuant to RSA 4:47.|||Source. 1986, 198:21. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 61:7, eff. Aug. 3, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:6 - Rulemaking.

    141-C:6 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Identifying communicable diseases to be reported under RSA 141-C:8.||II. The design and content of all forms required under this chapter including forms for reporting communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:8.||III. Reporting required under RSA 141-C:7.||IV. The conduct of investigations carried out under RSA 141-C:9, I.||V. The procedure for disclosure of information under RSA 141-C:10.||VI. Establishing, maintaining, and lifting the isolation and quarantine of cases, carriers, or suspected cases or carriers of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:11.||VII. Decontamination of commodities, conveyances, baggage, and cargo under RSA 141-C:11, IV.||VIII. Issuing and carrying out orders for the treatment and care and for the restriction and control of diseases under RSA 141-C:15.||IX. Distribution of pharmaceutical agents under RSA 141-C:17.||X. Laboratory testing, fee schedules, and the waiving of fees under RSA 141-C:19.||XI. Regulating use of the common cup under RSA 141-C:4, VIII.||XII. The procedure for written orders under RSA 141-C:12.||XIII. Other communicable diseases requiring immunization under RSA 141-C:20-a, I.||XIV. The child's age for administration of a vaccine for immunization.||XV. The number of doses necessary for each vaccine.||XVI. The acceptable level of immunization necessary for a child to be enrolled in a school or child care agency under RSA 141-C:20-a, II(b).||XVII. Procedures for keeping immunization records under RSA 141-C:20-b, II.||XVIII. The immunization registry established under RSA 141-C:20-f.||XIX. Identifying microbial isolates of reportable diseases and patient specimens to be retained or forwarded to the public health laboratories.||XX. Establishing a registry of biological agents present in New Hampshire.||XXI. Procedures relating to information, specimens, and samples as required under RSA 141-C:10, IV.||XXII. Procedures for administration of and disbursement from the mosquito control fund, established in RSA 141-C:25.|||Source. 1986, 198:21. 1987, 193:4. 1990, 61:2. 1995, 310:183. 1998, 183:2. 2002, 258:9, 10. 2006, 284:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 141-C:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 141-C - Communicable Disease|Section 141-C:6-a - Repealed by 2020, 9:3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

    141-C:6-a Repealed by 2020, 9:3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. –|