Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151-A:2

  • Nursing home: means any institution or facility, whether proprietary or non-proprietary, defined as a nursing home for licensing purposes pursuant to RSA 151, or the equivalent facility or facilities as defined by the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151-A:1
  • Nursing home administrator: means any individual who is charged with the general administration of a nursing home whether or not such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether or not such individual's functions and duties are shared with one or more other individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151-A: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 nursing home in the state may operate unless it is under the supervision of an administrator who holds a currently valid nursing home administrator‘s license and registration issued pursuant to this chapter. No person shall practice or offer to practice nursing home administration in this state or use any title, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is a nursing home administrator unless such person is duly licensed and registered as a nursing home administrator as required by this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter shall be construed to require an applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator who is certified by a recognized church or religious denomination which teaches reliance on spiritual means alone for healing as having been approved to administer institutions certified by such church or denomination for the care and treatment of the sick in accordance with its teachings, to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.