New Hampshire Revised Statutes 141-C:12 – Orders
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I. The commissioner, in imposing isolation and quarantine under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:11, in requiring treatment under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:15, or in excluding children under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:20-d, shall do so by written order. The order shall include, as appropriate, the following information:
(a) The cause of the quarantine or isolation.
(b) The location of quarantine or isolation.
(c) When appropriate, that decontamination be performed on commodities, conveyances, baggage and cargo.
(d) When treatment is required as part of the order, where such treatment is available and, if applicable, what effect the receipt of treatment may have on the conditions of isolation and quarantine.
(e) The period of duration of isolation or quarantine.
(f) The commissioner’s signature.
(g) The reason and length of time for the exclusion of children from schools and child care facilities.
II. Orders issued under this section shall be complied with immediately.
III. When an individual subject to an order for isolation or quarantine refuses to cooperate with such order, the commissioner may issue a complaint, which shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace. Such complaint shall set forth the reasons for the order imposing isolation or quarantine and the place or facility where the individual shall be isolated or quarantined. Upon being presented with such an order, any law enforcement officer shall take such individual into custody and transport the individual to the place or facility where the individual is to be isolated or quarantined.
(a) The cause of the quarantine or isolation.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 141-C:12
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
- justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
- sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
(b) The location of quarantine or isolation.
(c) When appropriate, that decontamination be performed on commodities, conveyances, baggage and cargo.
(d) When treatment is required as part of the order, where such treatment is available and, if applicable, what effect the receipt of treatment may have on the conditions of isolation and quarantine.
(e) The period of duration of isolation or quarantine.
(f) The commissioner’s signature.
(g) The reason and length of time for the exclusion of children from schools and child care facilities.
II. Orders issued under this section shall be complied with immediately.
III. When an individual subject to an order for isolation or quarantine refuses to cooperate with such order, the commissioner may issue a complaint, which shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace. Such complaint shall set forth the reasons for the order imposing isolation or quarantine and the place or facility where the individual shall be isolated or quarantined. Upon being presented with such an order, any law enforcement officer shall take such individual into custody and transport the individual to the place or facility where the individual is to be isolated or quarantined.