New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:8-a – Confidentiality of Client Records
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:8-a
- Client: means a person who voluntarily seeks substance abuse treatment as provided by the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention through its agents or substance abuse treatment contractors. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- 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
No reports or records or the information contained therein on any client of the program or a certified alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility or any client referred by the commissioner shall be discoverable by the state in any criminal prosecution. No such reports or records shall be used for other than rehabilitation, research, statistical or medical purpose, except upon the written consent of the person examined or treated. Confidentiality shall not be construed in such manner as to prevent recommendation by the commissioner to a referring court, nor shall it deny release of information through court order pursuant to appropriate federal regulations.