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United States — New Hampshire
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Facility licensees, administrators, and employees must not willfully abuse, mistreat, or neglect patients; violations can be misdemeanors or felonies, and retaliation for reporting is also a misdemeanor.
United States — New Hampshire
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Approved organizations may access facility patients, and facilities and the ombudsman have duties around approval, access, complaints, and patient confidentiality.
United States — New Hampshire
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A facility licensee must conspicuously post specified complaint-procedure information and hearing/order notices in an office area accessible to patients, employees, and visitors.
United States — New Hampshire
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A facility being built or substantially renovated when a resident-limit rule is adopted cannot be denied a license just because of that rule, if life safety and room-size requirements are met.
United States — New Hampshire
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Licensed facilities must require people in contact with clients and residents to wear identification that shows name, licensure status if any, and staff position, unless paragraph II’s exception applies.
United States — New Hampshire
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Health care facility administrators, or their designees, must verify a medical technician’s registration with the board before hiring that technician.
United States — New Hampshire
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Existing facilities already operating when the law was enacted must be given a reasonable time to comply with the rules, regulations, and minimum standards in this provision.
United States — New Hampshire
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An aggrieved person may seek equitable relief in superior court; a violating facility can owe damages and, if in contempt, the plaintiff’s reasonable attorney fees and costs.
United States — New Hampshire
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Hospitals must file an annual report with the attorney general containing specified information about relationships with physician hospital organizations and related staffing, contracts, structure, and policies.
United States — New Hampshire
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This section defines “Commissioner,” “Department,” and “Infection” for this subdivision.
United States — New Hampshire
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Covered facilities must track infections and vaccination coverage and report them to the department.
United States — New Hampshire
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The department must maintain a statewide infection database and reporting system, and the commissioner must publish annual infection reports unless validation standards are not met.
United States — New Hampshire
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Certain healthcare facilities may provide, and the department may collect, specified data or patient identifiers under NHSN protocols, but patient name, address, phone number, and social security number must not be included.
United States — New Hampshire
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The department must assess fees on covered hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and end-stage renal dialysis centers, and the commissioner must seek available federal funding for the program.
United States — New Hampshire
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This section defines several terms used in the subdivision, including “Commissioner,” “Department,” “Serious disability,” and “Surgery.”
United States — New Hampshire
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Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must report certain adverse health care events to the commissioner, follow the commissioner’s reporting format, and keep identifying information out of the report.
United States — New Hampshire
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The commissioner must establish and run an adverse health event reporting system to improve quality, not to punish errors.
United States — New Hampshire
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A person or entity planning a hospital near a critical access hospital must give written notice, and a review process can block licensure if the new facility would materially harm services.
United States — New Hampshire
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License applicants must file sworn applications, pay the annual fee, and follow department requirements for application contents and signatures.
United States — New Hampshire
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A facility that fails to timely file an adverse event report, conduct a root cause analysis, implement a corrective action plan, or provide the findings on time may face disciplinary action and other sanctions.