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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 171-B:16

  • 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 person who is admitted to a receiving facility or to the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to this chapter shall be discharged, either absolutely or conditionally, prior to the expiration of the order of commitment without prior approval of the chief administrator of the state developmental services system when the person is committed to a receiving facility, or the commissioner of the department of corrections, when the person is committed to the secure psychiatric unit. No person who is transferred to the secure psychiatric unit pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:15 shall be discharged or transferred from the unit prior to the expiration of the order of commitment without prior approval of the commissioner of the department of corrections.