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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:1-a - Definitions.

137-K:1-a Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Brain and spinal cord injury" means any injury to the brain or spinal cord which causes death or requires medical care and treatment or results in long-term disability.
II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
III. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
IV. [Repealed.]
V. "Risk assessment" means the measurement and evaluation of the threat resulting from these injuries.
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 brain and spinal cord injuries.
Source.
1999, 349:2, eff. Jan. 21, 2000. 2022, 100:6(I), eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:3 - Rulemaking.

137-K:3 Rulemaking. –
The commissioner shall, after consultation with the advisory council established in RSA 137-K:2, adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to:
I. Direct assistance, service coordination, family support activities for individuals with serious brain or spinal cord injuries and their families.
II. Eligibility criteria for direct assistance and family support services.
III. [Repealed.]
IV. Eligibility criteria and service requirements for care and rehabilitation services for individuals with serious brain and spinal cord injuries provided by the department through existing programs.
V. Conducting prevention and screening services and delivering education programs.
VI. Content and design of all forms and reports required by this chapter.
VII. Procedures for disclosure of information gathered by the brain and spinal cord registry, by monitoring and evaluating health data, and from completed risk assessments.
VIII. Eligibility criteria and objectives for the brain injury program, established under RSA 137-K:9.
IX. The protection of the rights, dignity, autonomy, and integrity of persons who have sustained brain and spinal cord injuries, including specific procedures to protect such rights.
Source.
1997, 262:2. 1999, 349:4, 5. 2002, 245:2. 2012, 171:7, eff. Aug. 10, 2012. 2022, 100:3, 6, II, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:4 - Duties.

137-K:4 Duties. –
The commissioner shall monitor the morbidity and mortality of brain and spinal cord injuries.
Source.
1999, 349:6, eff. Jan. 21, 2000. 2022, 100:4, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:5 - Repealed by 2022, 100:6, III, eff. July 19, 2022.

137-K:5 Repealed by 2022, 100:6, III, eff. July 19, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:6 - Repealed by 2022, 100:6, IV, eff. July 19, 2022.

137-K:6 Repealed by 2022, 100:6, IV, eff. July 19, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:7 - Repealed by 2022, 100:6, V, eff. July 19, 2022.

137-K:7 Repealed by 2022, 100:6, V, eff. July 19, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:8 - Repealed by 2022, 100:6, VI, eff. July 19, 2022.

137-K:8 Repealed by 2022, 100:6, VI, eff. July 19, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-K - Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries › Section 137-K:9 - Brain Injury Program Established.

137-K:9 Brain Injury Program Established. –
There shall be established by the department a brain injury support program in partnership with family and survivor-directed statewide brain injury organizations dedicated to brain injury in children and adults, who often do not qualify for Medicaid services. Core brain injury supports shall include, but not be limited to, neuro-resource facilitation to connect individuals to care for the life-long chronic phase of brain injury, a linked state-national helpline for information and resource assistance, a statewide brain injury support group network, outreach to the newly injured, family caregiver training, an annual state brain injury conference, administrative support for the state advisory council, emergency financial assistance for survivors and families, and assistance for brain injury survivors living with co-occurring neuro-behavioral disorders in accessing community-based services.
Source.
2002, 245:3, eff. May 17, 2002. 2022, 100:5, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:2 - Definitions.

137-L:2 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Authorized user" means a person authorized by the department to provide information to or receive information from the POLST registry.
II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
III. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
IV. "Advanced practice registered nurse" means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under RSA 326-B.
V. "Physician" means a physician licensed under RSA 329.
VI. "Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed under RSA 328-D.
VII. "POLST" means a provider order for life-sustaining treatment signed by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.
VIII. "POLST registry" means the registry established in RSA 137-L:3.
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:3 - POLST Registry Established; Rulemaking; Fund.

137-L:3 POLST Registry Established;  Rulemaking;  Fund. –
I. Subject to sufficient funding, the department shall establish and operate a statewide registry for the collection and dissemination of provider orders for life-sustaining treatment to help ensure that medical treatment preferences for an individual nearing the end of his or her life are honored.
II. The commissioner shall adopt rules within 6 months of the effective date of this chapter, pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:
(a) Requiring submission of the following documents to the registry, if the patient has requested to opt into the registry:
(1) A copy of each POLST;
(2) A copy of a revised POLST; and
(3) Notice of any known revocation of a POLST;
(b) Prescribing the manner for submitting the information described in subparagraph (a);
(c) Requiring the release of registry information to authorized users for treatment purposes;
(d) Authorizing notification by the registry to specified persons of the receipt, revision, or revocation of a POLST; and
(e) Establishing procedures to protect the accuracy and confidentiality of information submitted to the registry.
III. To the extent allowed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the department may permit qualified researchers to obtain registry data for research purposes conditioned upon removal by the department of any data that identifies a health care provider, a facility, or an individual patient, including his or her name, address, telephone number, and social security number. If the department intends to permit qualified researchers to obtain registry data, the department shall first adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, governing the process which shall include but not be limited to:
(a) The definition of a qualified researcher;
(b) The process for a qualified researcher to request and obtain registry data;
(c) The types of data that a qualified researcher may be provided from the registry; and
(d) The manner by which a qualified researcher shall protect registry data obtained under this provision.
IV. The department may contract with a private or public entity to establish or maintain the registry.
V. [Repealed.]
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015. 2019, 134:7, eff. June 25, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:4 - Application of Chapter to Department.

137-L:4 Application of Chapter to Department. –
Nothing in this chapter shall require the department to:
I. Prescribe the form or content of a POLST;
II. Disseminate forms to be used for a POLST;
III. Educate the public about POLSTs; or
IV. Train health care providers about POLSTs.
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:6 - Application of Chapter.

137-L:6 Application of Chapter. –
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an individual to have a POLST or to require a health professional to authorize or execute a POLST. A POLST may be revoked at any time by the patient.
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:7 - Confidentiality.

137-L:7 Confidentiality. –
Except as provided in RSA 137-L:3, all information collected or developed by the POLST registry that identifies or could be used to identify a patient, or health care provider or facility shall be confidential and shall not be subject to civil or administrative subpoena or to discovery, in a civil action, including but not limited to a judicial, administrative, arbitration, or mediation proceeding.
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 137-L - New Hampshire Polst Registry Act › Section 137-L:8 - Immunity.

137-L:8 Immunity. –
Any person reporting information to the POLST registry or acting on information obtained from the POLST registry in good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the reporting of information to the POLST registry or acting on information obtained from the POLST registry.
Source.
2014, 328:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 138 - State Sanatorium › Section 138:1, 138:2 - Repealed by 1961, 222:6, III, eff. July 1, 1962.

138:1, 138:2 Repealed by 1961, 222:6, III, eff. July 1, 1962. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:1 - Public Policy.

140:1 Public Policy. –
Whereas the use of certain chemical and physical agents can be instrumental in the improvement of health, welfare, and productivity of the public if properly utilized, or may impair the industrial and agricultural potentials of this state and adversely affect the well-being of the citizens of this state if improperly utilized, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state:
I. To encourage the constructive use of these chemical and physical agents and to discourage improper uses of these agents.
II. To institute and maintain a consultative program for the use of chemical and physical agents so as to provide for:
(a) Compatibility with standards of the federal government.
(b) A single effective system of recommendations within the state.
(c) A system consonant, insofar as possible, with consultative systems of other states.
Source.
1986, 198:20, eff. Aug. 2, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:2 - Purpose.

140:2 Purpose. –
It is the purpose of this chapter to implement the policies set forth in RSA 140:1 by providing for:
I. Effective consultative service relative to the use of chemical or physical agents for the protection of the occupational and public health and safety.
II. Promotion of an orderly consultative pattern within the state, among the states, and between the federal government and the state, and the facilitation of intergovernmental cooperation with respect to the use of chemical and physical agents to the end that duplication of effort may be minimized.
III. Maximum utilization of chemical or physical agents consistent with the health and safety of the public.
IV. Collection of information regarding ailments or diseases which may be contracted from occupational exposure to chemical or physical agents.
Source.
1986, 198:20, eff. Aug. 2, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:3 - Definitions.

140:3 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Chemical agent" means any element, molecule, compound, or mixture to which persons may be exposed through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption and which, at sufficiently high concentrations, may produce adverse effects.
II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
III. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state or any other state or political subdivision or agency of this or any other state, or any of their legal successors, representatives, agents, or agencies.
IV. "Physical agent" means forces of a physical nature including, but not limited to, heat stress, lasers, microwaves, noise, or ultraviolet radiation, to which persons may be exposed and which at sufficiently high levels may produce adverse effects.
Source.
1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:4 - Duties; Fees.

140:4 Duties;  Fees. –
The commissioner shall, for the protection of the occupational and public health and safety:
I. Develop and conduct comprehensive policies and programs for evaluation of hazards associated with the use of chemical or physical agents and for their amelioration.
II. Develop and conduct programs with due regard for compatibility with federal programs for consultation regarding chemical or physical agents.
III. Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states, interstate agencies, political subdivisions, industries, and groups concerned with control of chemical or physical agents.
IV. Have the authority to accept, spend for the purpose of this chapter, and administer loans, grants, and other funds or gifts, conditional or otherwise, in furtherance of these functions, from the federal government and from other sources, public or private.
V. Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies and demonstrations in training and research relating to the control of chemical or physical agents, the measure of these agents, the effects on health of exposure to these agents, and related problems as necessary or advisable to the discharge of the duties under this chapter.
VI. Collect and disseminate health education information relating to protection from chemical or physical agents.
VII. Develop a schedule of fees by rule, pursuant to RSA 541-A, and assess and collect such fees for services provided under this chapter. The commissioner is authorized to establish a revolving fund into which shall be deposited the fees collected under this paragraph. The commissioner, with approval of the governor and council, shall be authorized to utilize the moneys from the revolving fund so created for the purposes outlined in this chapter.
VIII. Require reports from physicians regarding ailments or diseases which may be contracted from occupational exposures to chemical or physical agents.
Source.
1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:5 - Report.

140:5 Report. –
I. Every physician in this state attending a patient whom he believes to be suffering from poison from lead, phosphorus, arsenic, brass, wood alcohol, mercury, or their compounds, or from anthrax, compressed air illness, or any other ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature of the patient's employment, shall, within 48 hours, send to the commissioner of the department of health and human services a report stating the name, address, and occupation of the patient; the name, address, and business of the employer; the nature of the disease; and such other information as may be reasonably required by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. Posting the report within the time required in a stamped envelope addressed to the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall be considered to be in compliance with this section.
II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt by rule the form and contents of blanks for such reports and shall prepare and furnish the same free of cost to physicians. The reports shall be on or in conformity with such blanks.
III. Reports prepared under this section shall not be evidence of the facts in any action arising out of the disease reported.
Source.
1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:6 - Rulemaking.

140:6 Rulemaking. –
The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. Any information required on the reports under RSA 140:5, I.
II. Form and content of the blanks for the reports under RSA 140:5, II.
III. The fee schedule under RSA 140:4, VII.
Source.
1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 140 - Occupational Health › Section 140:7 - Copy of Reports to Commissioner of Labor.

140:7 Copy of Reports to Commissioner of Labor. –
The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall transmit a copy of all reports prepared pursuant to RSA 140:5 to the commissioner of labor.
Source.
1986, 198:20. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 141-C - Communicable Disease › Section 141-C:7 - Reporting of Communicable Disease.

141-C:7 Reporting of Communicable Disease. –
I. Upon becoming aware of any communicable disease or communicable disease syndrome listed under RSA 141-C:8, any health care provider, clinical laboratory director, the superintendent or other person in charge of any hospital, or other health care facility, or any other person having under his or her care or observation a person afflicted with a communicable disease or communicable disease syndrome, or who has reason to believe that a person was or might have been afflicted with a communicable disease at the time of death, shall report to the commissioner the communicable disease or communicable disease syndrome and shall provide social security numbers, if persons were given the option at the original point of collection to provide social security numbers voluntarily, and such additional information and periodic reports as required under RSA 141-C:9, I.
II. Any veterinarian, livestock owner, veterinary diagnostic laboratory director, or other person engaged in the care of animals shall report animals having or suspected of having any disease that may cause a communicable disease in humans.
III. Any clinical laboratory director shall forward to the department's public health laboratory isolates of reportable infectious microorganisms as specified by the commissioner. In addition, any clinical laboratory director performing any testing for reportable diseases shall retain the original patient specimens for 7 days after issuing a final test result for diseases specified by the commissioner and shall submit such specimens to the public health laboratories upon request.
IV. In addition to the foregoing requirements for health care providers, a pharmacist shall report, if required under rulemaking procedures by the commissioner, any unusual or increased types of prescriptions, or unusual trends in pharmacy visits that may be caused by a communicable disease. Prescription-related events that require a report may include, but are not limited to:
(a) An unusual increase in the number of prescriptions to treat fever, respiratory, or gastrointestinal complaints.
(b) An unusual increase in the number of prescriptions for antibiotics.
(c) An unusual increase in the number of requests for information on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to treat fever, respiratory, or gastrointestinal complaints.
Source.
1986, 198:21. 1995, 310:183. 2002, 258:11. 2003, 309:6, eff. Sept. 19, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 141-C - Communicable Disease › Section 141-C:8 - List of Diseases; Report Forms.

141-C:8 List of Diseases;  Report Forms. –
The commissioner shall compile a list of reportable communicable diseases necessary to protect the citizenry. The commissioner shall develop and provide a form for the reporting of communicable diseases under this section. The form shall include, at a minimum, the name, age, address, occupation, and place of occupation of the person. Reportable information shall not include psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health records or information.
Source.
1986, 198:21. 1995, 310:183. 2002, 258:12, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 141-C - Communicable Disease › Section 141-C:9 - Investigations; Examinations.

141-C:9 Investigations;  Examinations. –
I. The commissioner or designee may investigate incidents of communicable diseases. Such investigations shall include, but not be limited to, requiring additional information and periodic reports from the reporting official, interviews with reporting officials, their patients, and other persons affected by or having information pertaining to the communicable disease, surveys of such individuals, inspections of buildings and conveyances and their contents, and laboratory analysis of samples collected during the course of such inspections. The commissioner shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out investigations with due regard for the rights of person and property. The commissioner may call upon health officers, as authorized by RSA 141-C:5, I, to assist in such investigations.
II. Any person having or suspected of having a communicable disease, any person who is a communicable disease carrier or contact or any person who is suspected of being a communicable disease carrier or contact shall, when requested by the commissioner or designee, submit to a physical examination for the purpose of determining the existence of a communicable disease. Such persons shall submit specimens of body secretions, excretions, body fluids, and discharges for laboratory examinations when so requested by the commissioner or designee.
Source.
1986, 198:21. 1994, 208:2. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 141-C - Communicable Disease › Section 141-C:10 - Disclosure; Confidentiality.

141-C:10 Disclosure;  Confidentiality. –
I. Any protected health information provided to or acquired by the department under this chapter shall be released only with the informed, written consent of the individual or to those authorized persons having a legitimate need to acquire or use the information and then only so much of the information as is necessary for such persons to provide care and treatment to the individual who is the subject of the protected health information, investigate the causes of disease transmission in the particular case, or control the spread of the disease among the public. Any release of information under this section without the informed, written consent of the individual shall be conditioned upon the protected health information remaining confidential.
II. Analyses and compilations of data which do not disclose protected health information shall be available to the public under RSA 91-A.
III. The physician-patient privilege shall not apply to information required to be reported or provided to the commissioner under this chapter.
IV. The department shall acquire and retain only the minimum amount of information, specimens, and samples relating to individuals necessary to carry out its obligations under this chapter. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the types of information, specimens, and samples to be acquired and the length of time such information, specimens, and samples shall be retained before being destroyed. Any genetic testing of specimens and samples shall be limited to the viruses, bacteria, fungi, or other micro-organisms therein.
V. The department may share information with town and city health officers acting in accordance with their duties under RSA 141-C:5, provided the health officer has signed a confidentiality agreement at the time of his or her appointment under RSA 128 and has presented proof of successful completion of training on adherence to applicable confidentiality and security laws and regulations required when assisting the department of health and human services under RSA 141-C:5. All sharing of confidential information under this section shall be in accordance with this section and pursuant to 45 C.F.R. 164.512(b).
Source.
1986, 198:21. 1994, 208:3. 1995, 310:183. 2002, 258:13, eff. July 1, 2002. 2021, 61:8, eff. Aug. 3, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title X - Public Health › Chapter 141-C - Communicable Disease › Section 141-C:11 - Isolation and Quarantine.

141-C:11 Isolation and Quarantine. –
I. Whenever it is necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of communicable diseases within this state or from another state, or to restrict such diseases if introduced, and when such communicable diseases pose a substantial threat to the health and life of the citizenry, the commissioner shall establish isolation or quarantine for persons who are cases or carriers, or suspected cases or carriers of communicable diseases, and establish quarantine for commodities, conveyances, baggage and cargo that are carriers or suspected carriers of the communicable diseases by written order prepared in accordance with RSA 141-C:12. Such isolation or quarantine shall be by the least restrictive means necessary to protect the citizenry which, in the case of an individual, shall be at a place of his or her choosing unless the commissioner determines such place to be impractical or unlikely to adequately protect the public health. The commissioner shall adopt such rules regarding the establishment, maintenance and lifting of isolation and quarantine as the commissioner may deem best for protecting the health of the public.
II. When a conveyance, operator, crew, passenger, baggage, cargo or commodity is placed in isolation or quarantine, the owners, consignees, assignees and operators shall submit to such investigations as authorized by RSA 141-C:9, I, regarding any circumstance or event concerning the health of the operator, crew, passengers and the sanitary condition of the conveyance, baggage, cargo or commodity. The operator, crew and passengers shall submit to such examinations, as authorized by RSA 141-C:9, II, as the commissioner may determine appropriate.
III. The commissioner may, in ordering isolation or quarantine of persons, require that treatment be obtained in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 141-C:15.
IV. The order of quarantine for commodities, conveyances, baggage and cargo may require, as a condition for lifting the quarantine, that decontamination be performed. The commissioner shall adopt such rules pursuant to RSA 541-A as are necessary for the performance of decontamination.
Source.
1986, 198:21. 1995, 310:183. 2002, 258:20, eff. July 1, 2002.