New Hampshire Statutes

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CHAPTER 151: RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HEALTH FACILITY LICENSING

Section: 151:1 Declaration of Purposes.
Section: 151:2 License or Registration Required.
Section: 151:2-a Repealed by 1979, 399:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.
Section: 151:2-b Home Health Care Provider and Individual Home Care Service Provider.
Section: 151:2-c Prohibited Use in Corporate Name, Trade Name, or Service Mark.
Section: 151:2-d Criminal Record Check Required.
Section: 151:2-e Special Health Care Service License Required; Rules; Funding.
Section: 151:2-f Policies Required for Health Facilities and Special Health Care Service Licenses.
Section: 151:2-g Emergency Services.
Section: 151:2-h Compliance With Involuntary Admission Hearing Requirement.
Section: 151:2-i Hospital Dementia Operational Plan Required.
Section: 151:3 Existing Facilities.
Section: 151:3-a Facilities Under Construction.
Section: 151:3-b Identification Required.
Section: 151:3-c Repealed by 2008, 268:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
Section: 151:3-d Verification of Medical Technician Registration.
Section: 151:4 Application for License.
Section: 151:4-a Requirements for Licensure Near Critical Access Hospitals.
Section: 151:5 Licenses.
Section: 151:5-a Needs Determination; Assuring Appropriate Care.
Section: 151:5-b Deemed Licensed.
Section: 151:5-c Proceedings of Residential Care Facility Quality Assurance Program; Confidentiality.
Section: 151:6 Investigations and Consultations.
Section: 151:6-a Annual Inspection.
Section: 151:6-b Report of Disciplinary Action.
Section: 151:7 Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Licenses.
Section: 151:7-a Warnings; Results of Investigations.
Section: 151:8 Rehearings and Appeals.
Section: 151:8-a Reinstatement.
Section: 151:9 Rules.
Section: 151:9-a Rules for Home Health Care Providers and Individual Home Care Service Providers.
Section: 151:9-b Immunizations by Hospitals, Residential Care Facilities, Adult Day Care Facilities, and Assisted Living Facilities.
Section: 151:10 Omitted.
Section: 151:11 Repealed by 1981, 460:15, IX, eff. July 1, 1981.
Section: 151:12 Interpretation.
Section: 151:12-a Itemized Bills.
Section: 151:12-b Hospital Rates for Self-Pay Patients.
Section: 151:12-c Laboratory Testing Without a Licensed Medical Practitioner's Order.
Section: 151:13 Information Confidential.
Section: 151:13-a Proceedings of Hospital Committees; Confidentiality.
Section: 151:13-b Proceedings of Home Health Care Provider Quality Assurance Program; Confidentiality.
Section: 151:14 Report.
Section: 151:15 Repealed by 1981, 460:15, VIII, eff. July 1, 1981.
Section: 151:16 Penalties.
Section: 151:16-a Administrative Fines.
Section: 151:16-b Civil Fines.
Section: 151:16-c Health Care Provider Facilities; Disclosure of Employment Information; Immunity.
Section: 151:17 Injunction.
Section: 151:18 Disposition of Fees.
Part Patients' Bill of Rights
Section: 151:19 Definitions.
Section: 151:20 Facility Policy and Procedures.
Section: 151:21 Patients' Bill of Rights.
Section: 151:21-a Repealed by 1992, 78:2, eff. June 19, 1992.
Section: 151:21-b Home Care Clients' Bill of Rights.
Section: 151:22 Patient's Personal Representative.
Section: 151:23 Retaliation Prohibited.
Section: 151:24 Patients' Trust Fund.
Section: 151:25 Temporary Absence.
Section: 151:25-a Nursing Home Facility Statement Required.
Section: 151:25-b Nursing Home Policies Regarding Notice of Vacancy.
Section: 151:26 Transfer or Discharge of Patients.
Section: 151:26-a Discharge of Home Health Care Clients.
Section: 151:27 Abuse of Facility Patients.
Section: 151:28 Access of Approved Organizations.
Section: 151:29 Posting Requirement.
Section: 151:30 Equitable and Other Relief.
Part Hospitals and Physician Hospital Organizations
Section: 151:31 Disclosure of Information; Hospitals and Physician Hospital Organizations.
Part Reporting of Health Care Associated Infections
Section: 151:32 Definitions.
Section: 151:33 Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Dialysis Centers, Nursing and Other Residential Care Facilities, New Hampshire Veterans' Home, Assisted Living Residences, and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities Required to Report.
Section: 151:34 Statewide Database Required.
Section: 151:35 Limitation.
Section: 151:36 Payment by Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Dialysis Centers, and Ambulatory Surgical Centers.
Part Adverse Events Reporting System
Section: 151:37 Definitions.
Section: 151:38 Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Required to Report Adverse Events.
Section: 151:39 Commissioner's Duties and Responsibilities.
Section: 151:40 Penalties.
Part Drug-Free Workplace for Licensed Health Care Facilities and Providers
Section: 151:41 Controlled Substance Abuse, Misuse, and Diversion Prevention.
Part Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable (CARE) Act
Section: 151:42 Definitions.
Section: 151:43 Opportunity to Designate a Caregiver.
Section: 151:44 Notice to Designated Caregiver.
Section: 151:45 Instruction to Designated Caregiver; Rulemaking.
Section: 151:46 Applicability; Limitations; Discharge or Transfer of Patient Unaffected.
Part Dementia Training for Direct Care Staff in Residential Facilities
Section: 151:47 Definitions.
Section: 151:48 Initial and Continuing Training in Dementia Required.
Section: 151:49 Portability.
Section: 151:50 Continuing Education.
Section: 151:51 Requirements for Trainers; Training Costs.
Section: 151:52 Departmental Oversight.
Part Workplace Violence Prevention Program
Section: 151:53 Repealed by 2023, 79:206, eff. July 1, 2023.