Title XXX, Occupations and Professions

This subdivision shall not apply to a phototherapy device used by or under the supervision of a licensed health care professional for treatment of disease.

The office shall maintain a record containing the names and addresses of all licensees and of all salons, barbershops and schools licensed pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the retention policy established by the office of professional licensure and certification. The o…

All moneys received under this chapter shall be accounted for by the office of professional licensure and certification, and shall be deposited the same with the state treasurer.

I. The board shall: (a) Prescribe the duties of its officers; (b) Keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the retention policy established by the office of professional licensure and certification; and II. The board may establish criteria pursuant to RSA 541-A to lice…

The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The qualifications of applicants for licensure, including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of: (a) A high school education or its equivalent; and (b) Good professional character; II. Criteria for exam…

I. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for any natural person, and a felony for any other person, to engage for remuneration in any practice regulated by this chapter without the appropriate license. II. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to: (a) Operate a shop or school unle…

In this chapter: I. "Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in human tissue, except piercing of the ear lobe, through which jewelry or other items are inserted. II. "Branding" means a permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument, exc…

In this chapter: I. [Repealed.] II. [Repealed.] III. "Electrologist" means any person who engages in electrology for compensation, except the following persons: (a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state who performs electrology in such practice. (b) A person who…

The executive director may, in accordance with applicable law, maintain an action in the name of the state against any person, partnership, association, or corporation for practicing body piercing, marking, branding, or tattooing or operating an establishment in which these activ…

No individual licensed to practice electrology or any other individual shall use or cause to be used or promote the use of any advertising matter, promotional literature, testimonial, guarantee, or other representation, however disseminated or published, which is misleading, dece…

I. Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice body piercing, branding, or tattooing in this state without a license shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person. II. Any person who violates any other provision of…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.

The provisions of this chapter represent minimum standards and shall not preclude any licensee from voluntarily exceeding these standards with more stringent provisions.

I. The executive director, after notice and hearing, may sanction, in accordance with RSA 310:12, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. II. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposit…

The executive director shall establish the advisory board of body art practitioners. The board shall consist of 3 body art practitioners who are licensees in the state of New Hampshire. Each member shall be appointed to a term of 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2 consecu…

I. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice body piercing, branding, or tattooing without a license, unless such person is exempt under RSA 314-A:4. II. There shall be a fee for an initial license and a renewal license. The procedure and timeframe for license renewals shal…

The powers and duties of the executive director shall include: I. Licensure of individuals to practice electrology. II. Renewal of licenses. III. Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses. IV. The conduct of hearings. V. Conducting investigations. VI. Adopting rules. VII. Ass…

The executive director shall establish the electrology advisory committee. The committee shall consist of 3 electrologists who are licensees in the state of New Hampshire. The members shall be appointed for 3 years, with initial terms staggered so that the term of one member expi…

An apprentice license shall be issued if an applicant is unable to comply with any of the provisions of RSA 314-A:2. A person shall remain an apprentice for at least one year and until the supervising licensee attests that the apprentice is qualified to become licensed.

I. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice electrology in this state without first obtaining a license, unless such person is exempt under RSA 314:1, III. II. Licenses issued by the executive director shall be valid in accordance with RSA 310:8, II. III. Licenses shall be…

This chapter does not apply to: I. Any person licensed by the New Hampshire board of medicine or the office of professional licensure and certification, as applicable, for anyone acting within the scope of practice in accordance with RSA 328-D, RSA 329, or RSA 329-C. II. A person…

Any person who has been issued a license under this chapter shall conspicuously display such license in the office or offices identified on the license.

Applicants for renewal shall be required to complete 10 hours of continuing education related to the practice of electrology during the prior 2 years; provided that 5 hours of such continuing education shall be in didactic, live courses.

Renewal of licenses shall be contingent upon the licensee's completion of 3 hours of continuing education related to the practice of body piercing, branding, or tattooing during the current term of licensure, in accordance with RSA 310:8.

The executive director shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the practice of body piercing, branding, and tattooing and the licensure and operations of tattoo and body piercing facilities. Such rules shall include: I. Standards of hygiene to be met and maintained by est…

The executive director may sanction, in accordance with RSA 310:12, a licensee if it is determined after hearing that such licensee: I. Has made a materially false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with application for licensure. II. Has had a license issued un…

No practitioner shall: I. Use any piercing needle more than once, or use a tattooing needle on more than one person. II. Fail to comply with any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, order of the executive director, or any other provision of this chapter. III. Hire as an employe…

I. Branding and tattooing a person under the age of 18 is prohibited. II. Body piercing a person under the age of 18 is prohibited without consent of that person's parent or legal guardian. III. The consent required by paragraph II of this section shall be satisfied only by the p…

The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The license application form and content, and the license application procedures. II. The qualifications of applicants for licensure under RSA 314:3. III. The content and conduct of written and pract…

After a finding of misconduct the executive director may sanction, in accordance with RSA 310:12, any licensee under this chapter if the licensee: I. Violates any provision of this chapter or rule or order adopted or issued under it. II. Knowingly makes any false statement on any…

There shall be a board of podiatry consisting of 5 members; including 4 licensed podiatrists and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the council, to a term of 5 years. No member of the board shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive t…

I. The board shall meet quarterly, or more often as its business requires. A president and such other officers as the board deems necessary shall be elected annually from the membership of the board. II. No board action shall be taken without an affirmative vote of the majority o…

Any contract or agreement which creates or established the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a podiatrist licensed by the board to practice in this state, which includes any restriction to the right of such podiatrist to also …

I. Any person admitted to practice podiatry in this state shall be required to pass a proctored examination given by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. The person shall be of good professional character. The person shall have graduated from a college of podiatry o…

The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by statute. II. Eligibility requirements for renewal of licensure, including the requirements for continuing education. III. Ethical standard…

The board shall keep a true record of its official acts in accordance with the retention policy established by the office of professional licensure and certification. With the exception of records compiled in connection with investigatory and deliberative aspects of disciplinary …

Except where disciplinary action has been taken, the board shall issue the certificate for a licensed podiatrist to whoever satisfactorily passes an examination, and thereupon he shall have legal authority to diagnose and to treat by medical, mechanical, electrical and surgical m…

Successful passage of a proctored National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners test, parts I, II, and III is required. The board shall keep a record of examination results.

I. The office shall issue a license to applicants who have submitted a complete application, paid a license fee, achieved a satisfactory examination score, and satisfied all other criteria of competence and professional character required by this chapter. I-a. (a) The office shal…

The science of chiropractic deals with the analysis of any interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, the procedure preparatory to, and complementary to the correction thereof, by an adjustment of the articulations of the vertebral column and its immediate articu…

I. Each applicant shall pay to the office of professional licensure and certification a fee, established by the office, for which the applicant shall be entitled to an examination and to a reexamination, if necessary, within one year. II. The applicant shall: (a) Have graduated f…

Notwithstanding educational requirements provided for in RSA 316-A:11, any applicant for license to practice chiropractic who matriculated in a chiropractic school or college between January 1, 1951, and January 1, 1968, shall be a graduate of a legally chartered or incorporated …

Each applicant who qualifies under this chapter and who attains a minimum grade of 70 percent upon the examination given under RSA 316-A:13, I shall receive a license from the office of professional licensure and certification as a chiropractor permitted to practice in New Hampsh…

Any chiropractor who has received and holds a certificate or license issued by the board or office of professional licensure and certification may practice chiropractic as defined in RSA 316-A:1 but shall not prescribe for, or administer to, any person any medicine or drugs now o…

Persons licensed by the board shall be permitted to provide services through the use of telemedicine. "Telemedicine" means the use of audio, video, or other electronic media for the purpose of diagnosis, consultation, or treatment.

The board shall require that applicants pass parts 1, 2, and 3 of the written clinical competency examinations of the national examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners if an applicant was licensed after January 1, 1990. Applicants shall pass the ethics an…