Title X, Public Health

A civil action may be instituted in superior court on behalf of the department for injunctive relief to prevent the violation of the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and may enjoin…

I. Prior to the execution of any contract for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property which includes an asbestos disposal site, the seller shall disclose the following information to the buyer: (a) The nature and extent of the asbestos waste disposed of on the prop…

Contiguous municipalities may establish mosquito control districts for the purposes of applying for moneys from the mosquito control fund established in RSA 141-C:25 and for the purposes of applying for spraying permits. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of …

The commissioner or authorized representative shall be authorized to enter, at reasonable times and in performance of his or her duties, upon any private or public property, to inspect asbestos disposal site conditions and investigate reports by local health officials of newly di…

There shall be no implied cause of action for third party damages against any person under this chapter to the extent that the person's liability under this chapter is based solely on the person's ownership of an asbestos disposal site.

The commissioner, with the written approval of the governor, may establish, operate, or authorize the operation of temporary acute care centers for the purpose of the delivery of acute medical services to persons who would normally require admission to an acute care hospital, whe…

I. There is hereby established an ethics oversight advisory committee to offer advice to the commissioner relative to the ethical issues that may be identified in the course of planning for, and responding to, outbreaks of communicable disease that threaten to become epidemic or …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the exercise of the governor's emergency management powers under RSA 4:45-RSA 4:47.

I. The senior facility administrator of each health care facility licensed under RSA 151 shall designate an infection control officer for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. That person shall be the infection control practitioner, hospital epidemiologist, hospital infection…

I. No employer, labor organization, employment agency, or licensing agency shall directly or indirectly: (a) Solicit, require or administer genetic testing relating to any individual as a condition of employment, labor organization membership, or licensure. (b) Affect the terms, …

The commissioner shall: I. License contractors. II. Test persons and provide certificates to those who are found competent to engage in either asbestos abatement activities, school asbestos abatement planning activities, or activities involving the disturbance of asbestos at asbe…

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 we…

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 r…

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.

I. Health care providers, health care facilities, clinics, laboratories, medical records departments, and state offices, agencies, and departments shall allow the program to have access to individually identifiable health information relating to the occurrence of birth conditions…

The department shall: I. Provide information and guidance to the department of education for their development of courses and programs relative to the human immunodeficiency virus which meet the requirements of RSA 186:11, IX and XXVII. II. Develop training courses and materials …

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…

I. Any emergency response/public safety worker who, while in the line of duty, sustains an unprotected exposure to himself or herself or another individual protected under RSA 508:12, or who suspects such an exposure, shall, as soon as possible, provide a copy of the emergency re…

The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Procedures for testing blood samples under RSA 141-F:5, I. II. Procedures for testing body parts, tissues, or fluids under RSA 141-F:5, II. III. Procedures for confidentially testing body parts, tissues, or fluids…

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The definition of major and minor asbestos abatement projects. II. The necessary training, licensure, and certification requirements applicable to major and minor asbestos abatement projects. Such training…

Program staff and authorized department employees, agents, and contractors may use or disclose individually identifiable health information solely for the purposes specified in RSA 141-J:1. Such uses or disclosures shall be limited to the minimum amount of individually identifiab…

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 diag…

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…

A health insurer in connection with providing health insurance shall not: I. Require or request directly or indirectly any individual or a member of the individual's family to undergo genetic testing. II. Require or request directly or indirectly any individual to reveal whether …

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.

A physician or advanced practice registered nurse licensed or registered to practice in this state, an employee of a health care facility licensed under RSA 151, whether paid or unpaid, and an employee of a blood bank, blood center, plasma center, or agency which receives blood d…

I. When the source individual is transported to a health care facility licensed under RSA 151, the infection control officer shall receive and review a copy of the emergency response/public safety worker incident report form. If the transported source individual is diagnosed as h…

I. Except as provided in paragraph II of this section, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the provision of life insurance, disability income insurance, or long-term care insurance. II. A person in the business of providing life, disability income, or long-term care…

I. An individual who is the subject of individually identifiable health information may elect not to participate in the program. If the individual is a minor or is legally incompetent, the individual's parent or legal guardian may so elect on the individual's behalf. II. The prog…

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 th…

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 me…

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…

The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Form, content and distribution of the standardized emergency response/public safety worker incident report form required under RSA 141-G:4. II. A definition of blood or other potentially infectious material. III. …

I. The indoor non-occupational exposure standard shall be 0.01 fibers longer than 5 microns per cubic centimeter of air as determined by OSHA/NIOSH phase contrast optical microscopy methods, calculated as an 8-hour time weighted average. II. The indoor occupational exposure stand…

An aggrieved individual may bring a civil action under this chapter and, if successful, shall be awarded special or general damages of not less than $1,000 for each violation, and costs and reasonable legal fees.

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.

I. The department, or agencies operated by or under contract with the department, shall offer laboratory testing, in accordance with RSA 131, for the presence or absence of antibodies or antigens of the human immunodeficiency virus. II. All other laboratories, public or private, …

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…

An individual with respect to whom the program retains individually identifiable health information may: I. Elect at any time not to participate in the program. Upon such election, the program shall remove any individually identifiable health information relating to the individua…

No facility licensed under RSA 151 or agent, employee, administrator, physician, official, other representative of such facility, or emergency response/public safety worker shall be held jointly or severally liable, either as a facility or personally, for reporting as required un…

I. Except as provided in this section, test results of samples submitted for laboratory analysis under RSA 141-F:6 shall not be disclosed to any person or agency except: (a) The physician ordering the test or the person authorized by the physician; and (b) The commissioner, in ac…

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 treate…

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 h…

Any individually identifiable health information acquired, used, disclosed, or retained by the program shall not constitute a public record. The names and addresses of individuals who have elected not to participate in the program shall not be a public record. No individually ide…

I. Except as provided for under RSA 141-E:6, II, no person, whether natural or not natural, owning, controlling, or managing any workplace, public building, facility, school, or rental dwelling containing asbestos levels exceeding 0.01 fibers longer than 5 microns per cubic centi…

Whoever violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.