New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:32 – Ten-Day Limitation; Petition for Involuntary Admission
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:32
- APRN: means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed by the board of nursing who is certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner by a board-recognized national certifying body. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- Physician: means a medical doctor licensed to practice in New Hampshire. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- Probate: Proving a will
No person shall be admitted for an involuntary emergency admission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:27-33 for longer than a 10-day period, not including Saturdays and Sundays, unless a subsequent petition for involuntary emergency admission which contains allegations of specific acts or actions which occurred subsequent to the initial involuntary emergency admission is completed and the admission is ordered by a physician, PA, or APRN, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:2, II-a, in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:28, or unless a petition requesting a judicial hearing on the issue of involuntary admission under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:34-54 has been filed with the appropriate probate court within the involuntary admission period. Upon the filing of the petition with the probate court, the period of involuntary emergency admission may be extended until the issuance of the order of the probate court pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:45.