The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the licensing of home health care providers that are separate from rules relative to other health facilities. Such rules shall be subject to the requirements of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151:9, II-V and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151:9, IX and shall include the following:
I. General requirements for licensure which shall include provisions for financial feasibility and suitability of the owner and governing body.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151:9-a

  • 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
  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
  • 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

II. Qualifications of staff.
III. Treatment and services and the coordination of treatment and services.
IV. Supervision of direct service staff.
V. Organizational structure, including lines of authority.
VI. Client records.
VII. Business records.
VIII. Other aspects of home health care services which may be necessary to protect the public.
IX. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151:16-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.
X. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151:16-a.
XI. Standards for services offered by home health care providers including homemaker and personal care services.
XII. Requirements for mandatory registration of individual home care service providers which shall not exceed a criminal background check and a state registry check.