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Ex. DUT-NH-001 Standing duty Primary source read

RSA chapter 141-C (full chapter)

Communicable Disease

New Hampshire General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Human Services) · New Hampshire (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Hampshire
Level
State
Authority
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. Title X (Public Health), chapter 141-C (Communicable Disease)
Issued
1986-08-02 Aug. 2, 1986
Effective
standing (read as 1986-08-02)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since Aug. 2, 1986 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
Addressees
  • persons generally; owners, consignees and operators of conveyances, commodities and premises; health care providers; employers under the rules adopted pursuant to the chapter
Character
statutory duty
Collection
Standing duties: New Hampshire DUT-NH

Operative words

it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that communicable diseases be prevented, and that such occurrences be identified, controlled, and, when possible, eradicated at the earliest possible time by application of appropriate public health measures and medical practices.

Penalty

RSA 141-C:21: misdemeanor if a natural person, felony if any other person; RSA 141-C:23: injunction in superior court

What it required

The chapter charges the Department to identify, investigate and control communicable disease (141-C:3,:4), binds persons to examination, isolation, quarantine and written orders (141-C:9,:11,:12), reaches premises and events (141-C:16-a,:16-b), and punishes every violation of the chapter or its rules (141-C:21) with injunctive relief in addition (141-C:23).

Retrieval note

Official chapter page as captured August 16, 2021 (text in force in 2021 Q3 except RSA 141-C:5, IV, added by 2021, 61:7 eff. Aug. 3, 2021, which the capture predates; that paragraph, read on gc.nh.gov Sept. 28, 2026, commands health officers 'in the event of a public health emergency declared pursuant to RSA 4:45, [to] enforce orders issued pursuant to RSA 4:47'). gc.nh.gov refused this machine's connections after the first hour, so exhibits were taken from the Wayback Machine's captures of the official pages. RSA 21-P:53 (Commissioner's public health powers during a state of emergency, 'in addition to those set forth in RSA 141-C') read on gc.nh.gov and cited from it; not saved.

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