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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title X - Public Health » Title 135 - New Hampshire Hospital and Insane Persons

Section 135:14-a – Patient Employment.

    135:14-a Patient Employment. – The New Hampshire hospital is authorized to employ patients of said hospital to perform such services as may be determined as not necessarily being beneficial for the care and treatment of any such patients. Such patients shall not be state employees, and they shall be paid no less than the […]

Section 135:17 – Competency; Commitment for Evaluation.

    135:17 Competency; Commitment for Evaluation. – I. (a) When a person is charged or indicted for any offense, or is awaiting the action of the grand jury on any felony, the circuit or superior court before which he or she is to be tried, if a plea of insanity is made in court, or […]

Section 135:17-a – Competency Hearing; Commitment for Treatment.

    135:17-a Competency Hearing; Commitment for Treatment. – I. If, after hearing, the district court or superior court determines that the defendant is not competent to stand trial, the court shall order treatment for the restoration of competency unless it determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that there is no reasonable likelihood that the defendant […]

Section 135:17-b – Notification Authorized.

    135:17-b Notification Authorized. – I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the first instance a person has been charged with a violent crime and found incompetent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17-a, and civilly committed pursuant to RSA 135-C or RSA 171-B, found incompetent to stand trial pursuant to RSA 135:17 […]

Section 135:17-c – Information Related to Competency Determinations.

    135:17-c Information Related to Competency Determinations. – All evaluation reports, recommendations, medical records, or other documents related to the court’s determinations under RSA 135:17-a, I, II, and III shall be kept separately from the public court file and shall not be disclosed except as follows: I. The court may order release with the written […]

Section 135:21-b – Emergency Treatment.

    135:21-b Emergency Treatment. – A physician licensed in the state, a psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant licensed in this state, a psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse, or a person acting under such physician’s, psychiatrist-supervised physician assistant’s, or advanced practice registered nurse’s direction may administer a recognized and approved form of medical or psychiatric treatment […]