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AGENCY FILING HISTORIES

An agency's filing history is a chronological list of all the adopted rules and declaratory rulings filed by the agency with the Office of Legislative Services, Administrative Rules.  A 4-digit document number assigned by the Administrative Rules office to each filing is given with the effective date.

Some of the agencies, as noted, have been abolished or their rulemaking authority transferred, but their filing histories have been retained for informational purposes.

Filing histories will be updated on the web site within a day or two after rules are filed, but the rule itself will not be available on-line until editing by the Administrative Rules office and the agency is completed and the rule is certified by the agency as the same in substance as originally filed. The document number assigned to each filing will appear in the relevant certified rule's source note with the effective date of the rule. See Agency Administrative Rules for certified rules on-line.

If recently filed and effective rules are not yet certified and therefore not on-line, the document number in the filing history will not have an asterisk (*) next to it. The agency, the Administrative Rules office, State Library, and the N. H. Law Library at the State Supreme Court can provide hard copy of any effective rule not yet on-line. See Copies of the Official Version of a Rule.

To access the filing histories, click on the underlined rule title or subtitle prefix for the agency listed. Use an agency's filing history to double-check an on-line rule to see if it is current. See How to Double-Check the On-Line Rule.

Filing histories for a particular agency can also be accessed through the agency's on-line rules under Agency Administrative Rules on the Administrative Rules home page. Once you have a rule on screen, click on the word "Source" as it appears at the end of any section of the rule, and the agency's filing history will appear.

The following 3 agencies are entirely exempt from RSA 541-A, the Administrative Procedure Act, but their filing histories can be accessed because they still must file rules with the Administrative Rules office:

·      Bfa Business Finance Authority, exempt pursuant to RSA 162-A:28, RSA 162-S:3,V, and RSA 541-A:21, I(u) and I(jj).

·      HEFA Health and Education Facilities Authority, exempt pursuant to RSA 195-D:5-a, II and RSA 541-A:21, I (v).

·      HFA (formerly Hou) Housing Finance Authority, exempt pursuant to RSA 204-L:53 and RSA 541-A:21, I(x).

The Community Development Finance Authority (Cdfa) became entirely exempt from RSA 541-A on 7-29-19 pursuant to RSA 162-L:4-a and RSA 541-A:21, I (kk), but its filing history under RSA 541-A prior to 7-29-19 is retained for informational purposes.

 

TITLE/SUBTITLE

AGENCY

Abfd

Committee on Architectural Barrier-Free Design of the Governor's Commission on Disability (Formerly the Committee on Architectural Barrier-Free Design of the Governor's Commission for the Handicapped, Han.)

Ac

Board of Accountancy

Acp

Board of Acupuncture Licensing (See RSA 328-G:7.)

Adj

Adjutant General

Adm

Commissioner, Department of Administrative Services

Agr

Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food

Ahp

Board of Directors, Office of Licensed Allied Health Professionals  (See RSA 328-F:13 and also Ath, Gen, Occ, Phy, Rec, Resp, and Spe.)

Alc

Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals  (Formerly the Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professionals.  See RSA 330-C:9 pursuant to 2008, 189:1, effective 7-1-08.)

App

State Apprenticeship Council (See RSA 278:3.)

Arb

New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board

Arch

Board of Architects

Asb

Assessing Standards Board

Ath

Governing Board of Athletic Trainers (See also Ahp.)

Auc

State Board of Auctioneers

Avi

Aviation Users Advisory Board

Bal

Ballot Law Commission

Ban

Commissioner, Banking Department

Bar

Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics

Bcr

State Building Code Review Board (See RSA 155-A:10, effective 4-17-02, pursuant to 2002, 8:3.)

Bea

Commissioner, Department of Business and Economic Affairs  (See RSA 12-O, pursuant to 2017, 156:40, effective 7-1-17.  The Department of Resources and Economic Development was abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:15, effective 7-1-17.  Pursuant to 2017, 156:49, effective 7-1-17, existing rules were transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Ncr) and Department of Business and Economic Affairs (Bea), as applicable, and continue in effect until they expire or are amended or repealed.  Existing rules numbered Res will eventually be renumbered Ncr or Bea, as applicable.)

Bfa

Business Finance Authority (Exempt from RSA 541-A since 10-1-97 pursuant to 1997, 329:12 and 1997, 329:16.  See RSA 162-A:28, RSA 162-S:3, V, and RSA 541-A:21, I(u) and (jj).)  www.state.nh.us/bfa/bfa.htm

Bfc

Board of Fire Control  (See RSA 153:5, II, effective 6-18-12, pursuant to 2012, 242:5.)

Box

Boxing and Wrestling Commission 

Cdfa

Community Development Finance Authority

Ch

Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Cla

Board of Claims

Cmp

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Commission
(Formerly the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium Commission.)  (See RSA 12-L:7.)

Cons

State Conservation Committee (See RSA 432:10.)

Cor

Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Crv

Connecticut River Valley Resource Commission

Csp

N.H. College Tuition Savings Plan Advisory Commission  (See RSA 195-H:3.)
(See also Stra 1100, transferred from the Office of Strategic Initiatives pursuant to 2019, 346:437, effective 7-1-19.

Cub

Chairman, Current Use Board (See 1993, 205:1, transferring rulemaking authority under RSA 79-A:4, effective 8-8-93, from the Board to the Chairman.)

Cul

Commissioner, Department of Cultural Resources  (The Department of Cultural Resources was abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:37, LIV, effective 7-1-17, which repealed RSA 21-K.  Pursuant to 2017, 156:15 and 156:27, effective 7-1-17, all functions of the former Department of Cultural Resources were transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Ncr).  There were no existing rules numbered “Cul” of the Department of Cultural Resources by 7-1-17, only those numbered “Cul-H” for the Department’s Division of Historical Resources.  Existing rules numbered Cul-H will eventually be renumbered Ncr.)

Cul-H  Division of Historical Resources

Dec

Nuclear Decommissioning Financing Committee (See RSA 162-F:15.)

Den

Board of Dental Examiners

Dev

Council on Developmental Disabilities (See RSA 19-J:6, XIII, pursuant to 2006, 179:1, effective 7-1-06.)

Diet

Board of Licensed Dietitians  (See RSA 326-H:10, I pursuant to 2000, 168:1, effective 1-1-01.)

Ec-Air

Air Resources Council

Ec-Wtr

Water Council

Ec-Wst

Waste Management Council

Ec-Wet

Wetlands Council (See RSA 21-O:5-a pursuant to 1996, 296:35, effective 8-9-96.)

Ed

Board of Education

Elec

Electricians' Board (Rules were renumbered Saf-C for the Department of Safety pursuant to transfer of the Board to the Department of Safety, effective 7-1-05. See RSA 21-P:12, VI, RSA 319-C:4, IV, and RSA 21-G:9, II(b).  The rules have been numbered Elec again pursuant to transfer of the Board from the Department of Safety and establishment of the Board's rulemaking authority under RSA 319-C:6-a.  See 2012, 237:1-3, 5, and 7 and 2013, 57:4, effective 6-4-13.)

Emab

Unemployment Compensation Appellate Board for the Department of Employment Security  (See RSA 282-A:66, I.)

Emer

Executive Director, Bureau of Emergency Communications  (Rules have been numbered Saf-C 7000, due to transfer of rulemaking authority to the Commissioner of the Department of Safety pursuant to 2003, 319:98, effective 9-4-03.)

Emp

Commissioner, Department of Employment Security

Eng

Board of Professional Engineers

Env

Department of Environmental Services

(Pursuant to 1996, 228:112, III, effective 7-1-96, rules were temporarily numbered Env-A, Env-C, Env-Wm, Env-Wr, Env-Ws and Wt despite Department reorganization by 1996, 228 into 3 Divisions, and vesting of all Division powers and responsibilities with the Commissioner.  Rules have been renumbered with additional and replacement subtitles indicating Department program areas as noted below pursuant to a rules reorganization plan approved on September 7, 2005.)

Env-A

Air-Related Programs (formerly designated as rules of Division of Air Resources.)

Env-C

Cross-Program Rules (Prior to 7-1-96 the subtitle Env-C designated rules assigned by Commissioner, and not by statute, to a particular Division.  Pursuant to 1996, 228, effective 7-1-96, Commissioner assumed all former statutory responsibilities of Divisions. Pursuant to 1995, 226:5, effective 8-13-95, establishing RSA 21-G:9, II(b), the Commissioner has authority to adopt all rules under the Divisions of the Department.  Pursuant to the rules reorganization plan approved on 9-7-05, Env-C designates Cross-Program Rules.)

Env-Hw

Hazardous Waste Programs

(Env-Hw, Env-Or, and Env-Sw are replacement subtitles for rules formerly designated as rules of the Division of Waste Management Env-Wm.)

Env-Or

Oil and Remediation Programs

Env-Sw

Solid Waste Programs

Env-Wr

Dam-Related Programs (Env-Wr had formerly indicated rules of the former Division of Water Resources which had been assigned to the Division of Water.)

Env-Dw

Drinking Water Programs

(Env-Dw and Env-Wq are replacement subtitles for rules formerly designated as rules of the Division of Water Env-Ws or the former Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control.)

Env-Wq

Water Quality and Quantity
Programs

Env-Wt

Wetlands Programs (Formerly Wt indicating Wetlands Board.  Wetlands Board was abolished effective 8-9-96 pursuant to 1996, 296:32, I.  Rules Wt of the Wetlands Board remained in effect as rules of the Department of Environmental Services pursuant to 1996, 296:30, eff 8-9-96, and have been since readopted with amendments by the Commissioner.)

(The 4 Env Councils have their own authority to adopt organizational rules and procedural rules governing appeals and hearings and are not subject to the DES Commissioner's rulemaking authority.)

Env-AC

Air Resources Council

Env-WC

Water Council

Env-WMC

Waste Management Council

Env-WtC

Wetlands Council (See RSA 21-O:5-a pursuant to 1996, 296:35, effective 8-9-96.)

Esb

Equalization Standards Board  (Board abolished and rules effectively repealed pursuant to 2013, 20:1, effective 7-15-13.  See Asb.)

Eth

Executive Branch Ethics Committee  (See RSA 21-G:32 pursuant to 2006, 21:3, effective 6-2-06.)

Fam

Board of Family Mediator Certification  (Formerly the Board of Marital Mediator Certification (Mar) pursuant to 2009, 21:4, effective 1-1-10.)

Fire

Fire Standards and Training Commission

Fis

Executive Director, Fish and Game Department

Fors

Board of Licensing for Foresters

Frl

State Board of Registration of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Gal

Guardian ad Litem Board  (See RSA 490-C:5 pursuant to 2002, 206:1, effective 5-16-02.)

Gcd

Governor's Commission on Disability (See RSA 362-E:5 pursuant to 1996, 240:1, effective 7-1-96.)

Gen

Governing Board of Genetic Counselors  (See RSA 326-K:9 pursuant to 2013, 271, effective 7-1-13.  See also Ahp.)

Geo

Board of Professional Geologists (See RSA 310-A:121 pursuant to 2000, 297:3, effective 8-20-00.)

Hab

Housing Appeals Board (See RSA 679:12 pursuant to 2019, 346:260, effective 7-1-20.)

Hcp

Board of Hearing Care Providers (See RSA 137-F:6, as amended effective 1-1-97 pursuant to 1996, 236:1.)

He

Department of Health and Human Services
(Pursuant to 1995, 310, effective 11-1-95, the Commissioner adopts all rules of the Department. However, the rules of the Department are temporarily still organized as noted below by subtitle to reflect the rulemaking authority and Department organization in effect prior to 11-1-95.   The rules will eventually be re-organized by the Department.)

He-A

Former Office of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention

He-C

Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services

He-Ch

Former Division for Children, Youth, and Families (Some rules governing the Division for Children, Youth, and Families are numbered He-C.)

He-E

Former Division of Elderly & Adult Services

He-M

Former Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services

He-P

Former Division of Public Health Services

He-W

Former Division of Human Services

He-Hea

Health Services Planning & Review Board (Abolished pursuant to 2013, 144:84, effective 6-30-16, which repealed RSA 151-C and effectively repealed the rules.)

Hedc

Higher Education Commission (See RSA 21-N:8-a, II, pursuant to 2013, 164:1, effective 6-28-13.)

Home

Board of Home Inspectors  (See RSA 310-A:187, pursuant to 2008, 339:1, effective 7-1-08.)

Hum

Commission for Human Rights

Ins

Commissioner, Insurance Department

Inst

Installation Standards Board  (See RSA 205-D:20, pursuant to 2004, 191:1, effective 7-1-04.)

Int

Board of Licensing for Interpreters of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (See RSA 326-I:5 pursuant to 2001, 232:1, effective 7-1-01.)

Jus

Attorney General, Department of Justice

Juv

Juvenile Parole Board

Lab

Commissioner, Department of Labor

Lan

Board of Licensure for Land Surveyors

Liq

State Liquor Commission

Lot

Lottery Commission
(Renumbered from rules of the former Sweepstakes Commission (Sw), including the rules of the former Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission (Pari).)

Lsa

Board of Landscape Architects

Man

Board of Manufactured Housing (See RSA 205-A:31.)

Mar

Board of Marital Mediator Certification (Rules were renumbered Fam for the Board of Family Mediator Certification pursuant to 2009, 21:4, effective 1-1-10.)

Med

Board of Medicine

Mhp

Board of Mental Health Practice
(Formerly the Board of Examiners of Psychology and Mental Health Practice.  See RSA 330-A:10 and 1998, 234:1, effective 10-31-98.)

Mid

Midwifery Council (See RSA 326-D:5, I.)

Mil

Milk Sanitation Board

Mirt

Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (See RSA 328-J:7 pursuant to 2016, 54:2, effective 7-1-16.)

Mper

Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board (See RSA 184:110, I pursuant to 2008, 74:6, effective 7-1-08.)

Mtec

Board of Registration of Medical Technicians (See RSA 328-I:4 pursuant to 2014, 295:1, effective 10-1-14.)

Mur

Municipal Records Board

Mvi

N.H. Motor Vehicle Industry Board  (See RSA 357-C:12.)

Nat

Naturopathic Board of Examiners (See RSA 328-E:10.)

Ncr

Commissioner, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources  (Pursuant to 2017, 156:15, effective 7-1-17, the Department was established under RSA 12-A:1 and the Department of Resources and Economic Development (Res) abolished.  The Department of Cultural Resources (Cul and Cul-H) was also abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:37, LIV, effective 7-1-17.  Pursuant to 2017, 156:49, effective 7-1-17, existing rules numbered Res were transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Ncr) and the Department of Business and Economic Affairs (Bea), as applicable, and existing rules numbered Cul-H were transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Ncr).  These rules continue in effect until they expire or are amended or repealed.  Existing rules numbered Res will eventually be renumbered Ncr or Bea, as applicable.  Existing rules numbered Cul-H will be renumbered Ncr.)

Nuh

Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators

Nur

Board of Nursing  (Formerly the Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration)

Occ

Governing Board of Occupational Therapists (See also Ahp.)

Odb

Oil Fund Disbursement Board

Omb

Office of the Ombudsman in the Department of Health and Human Services

Opt

Board of Registration in Optometry

Par

Adult Parole Board

Pari

Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission (Commission abolished pursuant to 2015, 276:121, effective 7-1-15, which amended RSA 284:6-a.  Existing rules numbered Pari were transferred pursuant to 2015, 276:137, II to the Lottery Commission (Sw) and will eventually be renumbered as rules of the Lottery Commission (Lot).)

Pas

Passenger Tramway Safety Board

Pda

Pease Development Authority  (Only for rules governing the Division of Ports and Harbors.  For rules subject to RSA 541-A, see RSA 12-G:42, X, RSA 12-G:47, and RSA 12-G:53, III and IV.  See RSA 12-G:42, XI, RSA 12-G:53, III and IV, and RSA 541-A:21, I(n) for extent of Authority's exemption from RSA 541-A.)

Per

Director of Personnel, Division of Personnel in the Department of Administrative Services

Per-A

Personnel Appeals Board

Pes

Pesticide Control Board

Ph

N.H. Pharmacy Board

Phy

Governing Board of Physical Therapists (See also Ahp)

Plc

Executive Director, Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
(Pursuant to 2015, 276:90, 93, 103, 104, and 107, effective 7-1-15, rulemaking authority governing certain professions was transferred to the Executive Director of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) from the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).  The existing rules in these areas were also transferred pursuant to 2015, 276:45 under RSA 310-A:1-a, II and III.  Pursuant to 2017, 144:4, effective 8-15-17, which amended RSA 314-A:6, rulemaking authority on body art licenses was also transferred to the Executive Director of the OPLC from the Commissioner of the DHHS, although administration of the rules on body art licenses had already been transferred under RSA 310-A:1-a, II and III.  See RSA 314:2, VI and VII, 314:8, 314:10, and 314:13 relative to rules He-P 1300 for electrologists; RSA 327-A:5, VI, 327-A:12, and 327-A:17 relative to rules He-P 6000 for ophthalmic dispensers; RSA 328-B:4, II, III, and VII, and 328-B:11-a relative to rules He-P 900 for massage therapists; and RSA 328-H:5, II, V, and VIII; RSA 314-A:6 relative to rules He-P 1100 on body art licenses for body piercing, branding, and tattooing; and RSA 328-H:13 for rules He-P 1400 for reflexologists, structural integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists.  These rules will eventually be renumbered as rules of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification under the title “Plc.”)

Pln

Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives
(Formerly Office of Energy and Planning, with change of name pursuant to 2017, 156:63 effective 7-1-17.  See Stra.)

Plu

State Board for the Licensing and Regulation of Plumbers (Board abolished pursuant to 2013, 275:15, I, effective 7-1-13, which repealed RSA 329-A.  Existing rules were transferred pursuant to 2013, 275:14, II to the Mechanical Licensing Board in the Department of Safety and were replaced by rules numbered Saf-Mec in 2015 and thereafter.)

Pod

Board of Podiatry

Pol

Police Standards & Training Council

Pos

Postsecondary Education Commission (Commission was abolished pursuant to 2011, 224:125, X, effective 7-1-11.  Selected rules transferred to the Board of Education Ed and the Higher Education Commission Hedc pursuant to 2011, 224:149.  Chapters Pos 600-900 and Pos 1600 were not transferred, and rulemaking authority was repealed by 2011, 224:125, IX and X.)

Psyc

Board of Psychologists  (See RSA 329-B:10 and RSA 329-B:27, IV pursuant to 2012, 213:1, effective 7-1-13.)

Pub

Public Employee Labor Relations Board

Puc

Public Utilities Commission

Rab

Real Estate Appraiser Board

Rai

Railroad Appeals Board  (See RSA 21-L:16, VI.)

Rea

N.H. Real Estate Commission

Rec

Governing Board of Recreational Therapists (See also Ahp.)

Rep

Board of Court Reporters  (See RSA 310-A:164, pursuant to 2007, 300:1, effective 7-1-07.)

Res

Commissioner, Department of Resources and Economic Development  (The Department of Resources and Economic Development was abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:15, effective 7-1-17.  Pursuant to 2017, 156:49, effective 7-1-17, existing rules were transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Ncr) and Department of Business and Economic Affairs (Bea), as applicable, and continue in effect until they expire or are amended or repealed.  Res 100 and Res 200 expired 7-1-18 pursuant to RSA 541-A:17, II.  Existing rules numbered Res will eventually be renumbered Ncr.)

Resp

Governing Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners (See also Ahp.)

Ret

Board of Trustees of the N.H. Retirement System

Rev

Commissioner, Department of Revenue Administration

Saf

Department of Safety

Saf-C

Commissioner, Department of Safety (Pursuant to 1995, 226:5, effective 8-13-95, the Commissioner has authority to adopt all rules of the Department, except for rules of the Mechanical Licensing Board.)

Saf-Mec

Mechanical Licensing Board, Department of Safety, Division of Fire Safety (Pursuant to 2013, 275:7-8, effective 7-1-13, the Board has its own rulemaking authority under RSA 153:28 and RSA 153:29 to adopt rules, but with the approval of the Commissioner.)

Sep

Board of Septic System Evaluators (See RSA 310-A:207 pursuant to 2016, 266:2, effective 1-1-17.)

Site

Site Evaluation Committee

Soil

Board of Natural Scientists

Spe

Governing Board of Speech Language Pathologists (See also Ahp.)

Sta & Atg-Se

Department of State.

Sta   Secretary of State
St-A   Director, Division of Archives and Records Management

Stra

Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives  (Formerly Office of Energy and Planning (Pln), with change of name pursuant to 2017, 156:63 (effective 7-1-17.)

Tax

Board of Tax and Land Appeals

Tra

Commissioner, Department of Transportation  (Adopts all rules of the Department.)

Tra-A  Division of Aeronautics

Tra-Ap

Appeals Board for the Department of Transportation  (The Board has its own rulemaking authority pursuant to RSA 21-L:15,  IV separate from the DOT Commissioner.)

Tre

State Treasurer

Tru

Board of Trust Company Incorporation  (Board was abolished pursuant to 2013, 56:48, II, effective 6-28-13, which repealed RSA 392:1.  See Ban.)

Un

Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire

Ve-H

Board of Managers of the N.H. Veterans' Home

Vet

Board of Veterinary Medicine

We

Water Well Board
Pursuant to 1986, 202:2, IV and RSA 482-B:3, I, the Water Well Board is an agency “administered by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Services”, but it has authority to adopt its own rules.  See RSA 21-O:4 and RSA 21-O:3, IV.)

Yds

Commissioner, Department of Youth Development Services  (Department was abolished pursuant to 2001, 286:21, effective 9-14-01. Rulemaking authority now belongs to the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to RSA 126-A:16, II-a and RSA 621-A:4, II, effective 9-14-01.  No legislative provision in 2001, 286 addressed the transfer of existing rules to the Department of Health and Human Services.)