21-P:1 Purpose. – The purpose of this chapter is to improve the administration of state government by consolidating and providing unified direction of procedures, programs, and related functions in the field of public safety, in order to help assure the security and physical safety of the citizens of New Hampshire. It is the intent […]
21-P:10 Repealed by 2011, 224:274, I, eff. July 1, 2011. –
21-P:10-a Repealed by 2011, 224:274, II, eff. July 1, 2011. –
21-P:10-b Report and Budget. – I. The department of safety shall submit as part of the biennial report required under RSA 20:7, a report on the revenue generated from safe boater education certificates. II. In conjunction with the operating budget of the department of safety, the department shall submit a budget for the biennium […]
21-P:11 Repealed by 2002, 220:14, I, eff. July 1, 2002. –
21-P:11-a Deputy Director of Motor Vehicles. – I. The commissioner of safety shall nominate a deputy director of motor vehicles for appointment by the governor, with the consent of the council. The deputy director of motor vehicles shall serve a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed. The deputy director of motor vehicles […]
21-P:12 Division of Fire Safety. – There is established within the department a division of fire safety. Such division shall be under the supervision of an unclassified director who shall be known as the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall be nominated by the commissioner of safety, after consultation with the state […]
21-P:12-a Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services; Disposition of Funds. – I. There is established within the department a division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services, under the supervision of an unclassified director of fire standards and training and emergency medical services who shall administer and supervise […]
21-P:12-b Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. – I. There is established within the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services a bureau of emergency medical services under the supervision of a classified chief of the bureau of emergency medical services reporting to the division director. II. The bureau chief, under the […]
21-P:12-c Liability Limited; State Certified Fire Instructors. – I. Any person who is a state certified fire instructor employed by a nonprofit fire department or emergency medical service unit shall be immune from civil liability in any action brought on the basis of any act or omission during training which results in damage or […]
21-P:12-d Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services Fund. – There is established in the office of the state treasurer a separate, nonlapsing fund to be known as the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund from which the state treasurer shall pay expenses incurred in the administration of the division […]
21-P:12-e Fire Standards and Training, Emergency Medical Services, and Fire Safety Report and Budget. – I. The department of safety shall submit as part of the annual report required under RSA 20:7, a report on the training and educational programs offered or contracted by the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical […]
21-P:12-f Repealed by 2008, 335:7, II, eff. Sept. 5, 2008. –
21-P:12-g Mental Health Training for First Responders. – I. No person shall assume their role as fire service personnel, fire service dispatcher or emergency medical services personnel unless such person has satisfactorily completed mental health training focusing on post-traumatic stress from a program developed and delivered by the division of fire standards and training […]
21-P:13 Bureau of Hearings. – I. There is established within the department the bureau of hearings under the supervision of an administrator of hearings, who shall be directly responsible to the assistant commissioner, and who shall be a classified employee. II. The bureau of hearings shall be responsible for holding all adjudicative hearings on […]
21-P:14 Rulemaking Authority; Commissioner of Safety. – I. The commissioner of safety shall develop and adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relating to driver education courses to be given in the secondary schools of the state and motor vehicle drivers’ schools licensed under the provisions of RSA 263:44, and relating to the licensing of the […]
21-P:15 Departmental Organization; Transfers of Personnel and Appropriations. – I. Upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the governor and council are authorized to approve such changes in internal administrative departmental organization not inconsistent with RSA 21-P as the governor and council find from time to time may improve or make more economical the administration […]
21-P:15-a Hazardous Materials Incident Response Coordinator. – There is created within the department of safety, division of fire safety, the classified, full-time position of hazardous materials incident response coordinator. The position shall be at labor grade 23. The coordinator shall be appointed by the state fire marshal and shall oversee the preparedness of the […]
21-P:15-b Repealed by 2018, 40:1, eff. July 14, 2018. –
21-P:15-c Employee Candidate Background Checks. – I. The commissioner may require a background investigation and a criminal history records check on any candidate for employment or promotion prior to a final offer of employment. The commissioner may request only a state records check or both a federal and state records check, to be conducted […]