Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 172 - New Hampshire Substance Use Disorder Services System

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• biennially: when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the biennial meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of November biennially, dating from the commencement of biennial elections in 1878; and the word "annual" when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the annual meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of March. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:7
• Certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor: means a person who is certified by the director of the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention as qualified to provide alcohol abuse counseling, drug abuse counseling, combined alcohol and drug abuse counseling, counseling to families with one or more substance abusing members, and counseling to children of alcoholics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Certified substance abuse treatment facility: means a facility funded in part or in whole by the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention, and certified under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Controlled drugs: has the same meaning as in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Designated drug counselor: means a person approved by the commissioner to evaluate and treat drug users and drug abusers. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Drug dependence: means a state of physical addiction or psychic dependence, or both, upon a drug following use of that drug upon a repeated periodic or continuous basis except:
  (a) Upon a morphine-type drug as an incident to current medical treatment of a demonstrable physical disorder, other than produced by the use of the drug itself, or
  (b) Upon amphetamine-type, ataractic, barbiturate-type, hallucinogenic or other stimulant or depressant drugs as an incident to current medical treatment of a demonstrable physical or psychological disorder, or both, other than produced by the drug itself. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Incapacitated: means that a person as a result of his or her use of drugs is in a state of intoxication, or mental confusion resulting from withdrawal, such that:
  (a) He or she appears to need medical care or supervision by approved drug treatment personnel to assure his or her safety; or
  (b) He or she appears to present a direct active or passive threat to the safety of others. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Intoxicated: means a condition in which the mental or physical functioning of an individual is substantially impaired as a result of the presence of drugs in his or her system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• Other stimulant and depressant drugs: means controlled drugs other than amphetamine-type, barbiturate-type, cannabis-type, cocaine-type, hallucinogenics and morphine-type which are found to exert a stimulant and depressant effect upon the higher functions of a central nervous system and which are found to have a potential for abuse. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Protective custody: means a civil status in which an incapacitated person is detained by a peace officer for the purposes of:
  (a) Assuring the safety of the individual or the public or both; and
  (b) Assisting the individual to return to a functional condition. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 172:1
• 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