Title X, Public Health

The powers and functions vested in the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to affect in any manner the powers, duties and functions vested in the department of health and human services under any other provision of law.

All costs and expenses directly incurred by electric generating facilities for pollution reductions that are a component of, or are required in connection with, any vehicle inspection and maintenance program adopted by the state of New Hampshire and approved by the federal Enviro…

In this chapter: I. "Affected sources" means existing fossil fuel burning steam electric power plant units in this state, specifically Merrimack Units 1 and 2 in Bow; Schiller Units 4, 5, and 6 in Portsmouth; and Newington Unit 1 in Newington, excluding any of these units that ma…

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. II. "Department" means the department of environmental services. III. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm or co-partnership, association, company, trust, corporatio…

Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context: I. [Omitted.] I-a. "Affected source," any stationary source, the construction, installation, operation, and modification of which is subject to Ti…

I. The commission shall be convened by the first-named member of the house of representatives, and shall hold its first meeting no later than 30 days after the effective date of this chapter. II. The department of education and the department of health and human services shall pr…

I. "Acid deposition" means that wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of chemical compounds, usually in the form of rain or snow, having the potential to form an aqueous compound with a pH level lower than the level considered normal under natural conditions. I-a. "Department…

I. "Air contaminant" means soot, cinders, ashes, any dust, fume, gas, mist (other than water), odor, toxic or radioactive material, particulate matter, or any combination thereof. II. "Air toxic" means air contaminants designated by the commissioner of the department of environme…

The state radiation control agency shall formulate and keep current a radiation incident plan for this state, in accordance with the duty assumed pursuant to Article III(a) of this compact.

In this chapter: I. "Department" means the department of environmental services. II. "Mobile source" means, for the purposes of this chapter, any motor vehicle registered for on-road use by the department of safety, division of motor vehicles.

I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. II. "Control efficiency" means the percentage of mercury removed by the pollution control system expressed as a percentage of the total mercury that is introduced into the pollution control syst…

The secretary of state shall send authenticated copies of this chapter to the governor of each of the other 2 states party to this compact.

The purpose of this chapter is to effectuate the policy set forth in RSA 125-F:1 by providing: I. A program of effective regulation of sources of radiation to protect the occupational and public health and safety. II. A program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the …

There is established an emissions reduction credits trading program to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.

In this chapter: I. "Acute health effect" means an adverse health outcome or disease which manifests itself upon or shortly after exposure to an environmental hazard. II. "Adverse health outcome" means any condition which results in human morbidity, mortality, impaired reproducti…

No person shall buy, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or install an OWHH that is not a certified OWHH. All OWHHs that were in operation as of the effective date of this section may continue to operate in compliance with the requirements of RSA 125-R:3, so long as they a…

The department may establish trading and bank programs regarding discrete emissions reductions, NOx budget allowances, or other emissions reduction credit mechanisms to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as limiting reasonable intentional exposure of patients to radiation by members of any legally recognized healing profession as authorized by law.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any steam locomotives and engines or replacements thereof used in connection with the operation of a railroad or railway which were in operation or on order prior to January 1, 1973, and are located entirely within the state; prov…

In this subdivision: I. "Affected CO2 source" means any source with one or more fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units having a nameplate rated capacity equal to or greater than 25 megawatts. II. "Budget allowances" means those RGGI allowances comprising the state annual …

I. The department shall establish and enforce a CO2 emissions budget trading program consistent with this subdivision that shall be in substantial accordance with the RGGI program. [Paragraph II effective until September 13, 2026; see also paragraph II set out below.] II. The pro…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application; and, to this end, the …

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or rule adopted pursuant to this chapter or who violates any order of the program issued under the authority of this chapter, except as provided in RSA 125-F:9, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or …

I. Any person who violates any license or registration provision of this chapter or any rule or order issued thereunder, or any term, condition, or limitation of any license or registration certificate issued thereunder, or commits any violation for which a license or registratio…

I. Each affected CO2 source shall obtain and retire a quantity of RGGI allowances equivalent to its CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired generation for each compliance period. Such retirement shall be done in stages. At the end of both the first and second year of the compliance …

I. There is hereby established an energy efficiency fund. This nonlapsing, special fund shall be continually appropriated to the department of energy to be expended in accordance with this section. The state treasurer shall invest the moneys deposited therein, as provided by law.…

No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of the rules adopted hereunder shall be excluded or impaired by this chapter.

The powers and functions vested in the department of health and human services, under the provisions of this chapter, shall not be construed to affect, in any manner, powers, duties and functions vested in the department of health and human services under any other provisions of …

I. The department shall reserve from auction, for retirement purposes, a quantity of budget allowances, not to exceed one percent of the annual budget, equivalent to the CO2 emissions reductions associated with renewable energy certificates recognized under RSA 362-F and purchase…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the p…

In this subdivision: I. "Diagnostic service" means providing any test to determine or identify the nature of a disease, including laboratory and exploratory tests. II. "Department" means the department of health and human services. III. "Health care practitioner" means any person…

I. Any health care practitioner who has an ownership interest in an entity which provides diagnostic or therapeutic services, or receives compensation or remuneration for referral of such patient to an entity which provides diagnostic or therapeutic services, shall disclose such …

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any health care practitioner who has an ownership interest in an entity which provides diagnostic or therapeutic services shall disclose such interest to the appropriate licensing authority regardless of whether any referrals are pro…

Any rules adopted by the department relative to auctions, pursuant to RSA 125-O:8, I(d), shall provide that they: I. Shall be conducted based on the schedule and frequency adopted by the department in consultation with other entities participating in the RGGI program; II. Shall i…

At the time of each comprehensive review by the participating states, the department of energy and the department shall concurrently review New Hampshire specific elements of the RGGI program, and include the results of such review and any recommendations for revisions to the New…

If the owner of an affected CO2 source is a public utility pursuant to RSA 362:2 that provides electric distribution service pursuant to RSA 374-F, the owner may recover through the utility's default service charge all prudently incurred costs of complying with the requirements o…

I. For the purposes of cost containment, the department shall make available for sale at one or more auctions up to the following amounts of allowances that shall be in addition to the budget allowance total for the given year under RSA 125-O:21, II, if: (a) The CO2 allowance auc…

I. The department shall implement an integrated, multi-pollutant strategy to reduce air emissions from affected sources. II. The integrated, multi-pollutant strategy shall be implemented in a market-based fashion that allows trading and banking of emission reductions to comply wi…

The commission shall: I. Recommend, where applicable, statutes, rules, policies, and education programs necessary to successfully provide New Hampshire citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing with access to competent interpreters at all levels of local and state government. II. …

The governor is authorized to take any action necessary to complete the exchange and filing of documents as between this state and any other state ratifying this compact.

I. The department shall develop an acid deposition control program which shall achieve a 25 percent reduction of sulfur dioxide from the baseline emissions by December 31, 1991. The program shall include the following requirements: (a) All major sources of sulfur dioxide in opera…

I. An emissions reduction credit certified by the department and issued to a device or source under this chapter is a limited authorization to hold and transfer such credits. Emissions reduction credits do not constitute a property right. Nothing in this chapter shall be construe…

I. The department shall develop a dioxin emissions reduction and control program. The program shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Studying the human health and ecological impacts of dioxin emissions and contamination. (b) Encouraging the development of, and e…

I. The department shall establish a statewide permit system for stationary sources which release regulated toxic air pollutants into the ambient air. II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the prevention, control, abatement, and limitation of r…

The department shall develop a mercury reduction and control program. The program shall include, but is not limited to, the following: I. Any municipal waste combustor with a design capacity to burn 100 tons per day or more of municipal solid waste shall reduce its mercury emissi…

I. There is established within the department of health and human services a health risk assessment bureau under the direction of a classified administrator of health risk assessments. The bureau shall be responsible for administering the health risk assessment program. II. The b…