New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:6 – Bureaus Established; Staffing
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I. There shall be established within the department the bureau of behavioral health services, which shall include, but not be limited to, New Hampshire hospital, Glencliff home, and community mental health services.
II. The commissioner shall appoint a person duly qualified by training and experience to serve as chief executive officer of New Hampshire hospital and perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
III. The commissioner shall appoint a chief operating officer of New Hampshire hospital. Such person shall be, through training and experience, qualified to serve and shall perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
IV. The commissioner may establish one or more positions of unit director and senior physician, psychiatrist, dentist, and director of nursing and shall appoint qualified personnel to these positions. The commissioner may abolish these positions because of a change in organization, lack of work, unappropriated or insufficient funds, or like reasons.
V. The commissioner shall appoint a person duly qualified by training and experience to serve as administrator of the Glencliff home and perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
VI. There shall be established a medical director, who shall be responsible for providing oversight and advice on the clinical services and treatment within the state mental health services system. The commissioner shall appoint or designate a person duly qualified by training and experience to fulfill these responsibilities and to perform such other duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
VII. The annual salary of each person appointed to a position established under this section and his or her right to maintenance shall be in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:1-5.
VIII. Each person appointed under this section shall serve subject to the following provisions:
(a) The commissioner may terminate the appointee from the position for either:
(1) Good cause, which shall include, but not be limited to malfeasance, misfeasance, or insubordination; or
(2) The abolition of a position because of a change in organization, lack of work, unappropriated or insufficient funds, or like reasons.
(b) Termination shall be made only after written notice to the appointee stating the reasons for the decision. Within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the termination, the appointee may appeal the termination in writing to the commissioner. Within 20 days of receiving the notice of appeal, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 541-A. Within 10 days after completion of the hearing process, the commissioner shall render a written decision either upholding or reversing the termination. If the commissioner reverses the termination, the appointee shall be reinstated and all pay and benefits lost during the time of the appeals process shall be restored to the appointee.
II. The commissioner shall appoint a person duly qualified by training and experience to serve as chief executive officer of New Hampshire hospital and perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:6
- 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
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Physician: means a medical doctor licensed to practice in New Hampshire. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- Psychiatrist: means a physician licensed to practice in New Hampshire who is either board certified or board eligible according to the most recent regulations of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. 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
III. The commissioner shall appoint a chief operating officer of New Hampshire hospital. Such person shall be, through training and experience, qualified to serve and shall perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
IV. The commissioner may establish one or more positions of unit director and senior physician, psychiatrist, dentist, and director of nursing and shall appoint qualified personnel to these positions. The commissioner may abolish these positions because of a change in organization, lack of work, unappropriated or insufficient funds, or like reasons.
V. The commissioner shall appoint a person duly qualified by training and experience to serve as administrator of the Glencliff home and perform such duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
VI. There shall be established a medical director, who shall be responsible for providing oversight and advice on the clinical services and treatment within the state mental health services system. The commissioner shall appoint or designate a person duly qualified by training and experience to fulfill these responsibilities and to perform such other duties as are assigned by the commissioner.
VII. The annual salary of each person appointed to a position established under this section and his or her right to maintenance shall be in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 94:1-5.
VIII. Each person appointed under this section shall serve subject to the following provisions:
(a) The commissioner may terminate the appointee from the position for either:
(1) Good cause, which shall include, but not be limited to malfeasance, misfeasance, or insubordination; or
(2) The abolition of a position because of a change in organization, lack of work, unappropriated or insufficient funds, or like reasons.
(b) Termination shall be made only after written notice to the appointee stating the reasons for the decision. Within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the termination, the appointee may appeal the termination in writing to the commissioner. Within 20 days of receiving the notice of appeal, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 541-A. Within 10 days after completion of the hearing process, the commissioner shall render a written decision either upholding or reversing the termination. If the commissioner reverses the termination, the appointee shall be reinstated and all pay and benefits lost during the time of the appeals process shall be restored to the appointee.