Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 317-A:16

  • Active duty: means full-time duty as an enlisted member, or as a commissioned or warrant officer, in any branch of the armed forces. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:50
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Army Reserve, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Space Force, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:50
  • biennially: when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the biennial meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of November biennially, dating from the commencement of biennial elections in 1878; and the word "annual" when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the annual meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of March. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:7
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
A dentist or dental hygienist licensed under this chapter who does not actively engage in such practice in New Hampshire within 2 years of his or her previous biennial registration shall have the licensee’s name transferred to an inactive list and shall be required to register biennially and pay the inactive registration fee as long as the licensee remains inactive. Any dentist or dental hygienist holding an inactive license shall be restored to active status by the board upon the filing of a written request with the board and the furnishing of evidence of continuing professional character and continuing education and upon payment of the full registration fee established in rules adopted by the board. A licensee on inactive status who has been practicing in another state shall provide a letter of good standing from that state. A person‘s right to maintain a license with active status shall not be affected by any absence from active practice in New Hampshire while serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.