New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:48 – Transfers; Rules
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:48
- Administrator: means the superintendent, executive director, or other chief administrative officer of any facility or of any community mental health program operated under the supervision of the commissioner. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of health and human services. 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
- Receiving facility: means a treatment facility which is designated by the commissioner to accept for care, custody, and treatment persons involuntarily admitted to the state mental health services system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- Treatment: means examination, diagnosis, training, rehabilitation therapy, pharmaceuticals, and other services provided to clients in the mental health services system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
A receiving facility to which a person is ordered for involuntary admission pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:34-54 may transfer the person to another receiving facility if the receiving facility to which the person is to be transferred can better provide the degree of security and treatment required by the person. All transfers shall require prior approval of the chief administrator of the state mental health services system. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to transfer criteria and procedures for the challenge of transfer decisions by the persons so transferred.