New Hampshire Revised Statutes 171-B:4 – Petition
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The petition for admission on an involuntary basis shall include:
I. The name of the person sought to be admitted and such person’s last known address.
II. The specific facts that the petitioner alleges satisfy N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2.
III. A certificate from a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall have experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities, who has examined the person and reviewed the condition or behavior of the person sought to be admitted within 10 days of the date the petition is filed and who agrees that, based on this examination, such person satisfies N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2, IV and V.
IV. The names and addresses of witnesses who can testify to the specific acts, conditions, or behaviors of the person sought to be admitted which the petitioner alleges will satisfy the requirements of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2.
I. The name of the person sought to be admitted and such person’s last known address.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 171-B:4
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- petitioner: shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
II. The specific facts that the petitioner alleges satisfy N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2.
III. A certificate from a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall have experience and training in developmental and intellectual disabilities, who has examined the person and reviewed the condition or behavior of the person sought to be admitted within 10 days of the date the petition is filed and who agrees that, based on this examination, such person satisfies N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2, IV and V.
IV. The names and addresses of witnesses who can testify to the specific acts, conditions, or behaviors of the person sought to be admitted which the petitioner alleges will satisfy the requirements of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2.