New Hampshire Revised Statutes 275-I:1 – State Enforcement of Federal Vaccination Mandates Prohibited
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I. This state shall not engage in the enforcement of, or any collaboration with the enforcement of, any federal law, order, or rule that effectively requires any person as a condition of his or her employment, or as a condition of any other activity, to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or any variant thereof, or to submit more than once per month a negative test for COVID-19 or any variant thereof. No state or local government agency, and no official or employee thereof, shall enforce or assist in the enforcement or administration of any such law, order, or rule.
II. Such prohibited activities shall include:
(a) Investigating the violation of, or imposing any penalty for the violation of, any law, order, or rule addressed by paragraph I;
(b) Providing any assistance to any federal department or agency in investigating or penalizing the violation of any law, order, or rule addressed by paragraph I, either through personnel activity or through the use of any state or local government property; or
(c) Providing the COVID-19 vaccination status of any named individual to any federal department or agency, or engaging in any communication with any federal department or agency regarding any investigation into a violation of a law order, or rule addressed by paragraph I.
III. Paragraphs I and II of this section shall not apply to any health care facility, provider, or contractor subject to a federal vaccine requirement including the survey and certification policies and procedures under the authority of the department of health and human services, bureau of licensing and certification.
II. Such prohibited activities shall include:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 275-I:1
- month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
- 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
(a) Investigating the violation of, or imposing any penalty for the violation of, any law, order, or rule addressed by paragraph I;
(b) Providing any assistance to any federal department or agency in investigating or penalizing the violation of any law, order, or rule addressed by paragraph I, either through personnel activity or through the use of any state or local government property; or
(c) Providing the COVID-19 vaccination status of any named individual to any federal department or agency, or engaging in any communication with any federal department or agency regarding any investigation into a violation of a law order, or rule addressed by paragraph I.
III. Paragraphs I and II of this section shall not apply to any health care facility, provider, or contractor subject to a federal vaccine requirement including the survey and certification policies and procedures under the authority of the department of health and human services, bureau of licensing and certification.