1. (a) The timeframes established in RSA 265-A:18 for scheduling and completing screenings and evaluations shall begin the day following the client’s conviction or the client’s release from the county correctional facility, whichever is later.

2. (b) Clients shall comply with the timeframes for scheduling and completing screenings and evaluations described in RSA 265-A:18, unless one of the following extenuating circumstances apply:

   1. (1) The client is physically, medically, or psychiatrically unable to comply due to confinement to an institution or incapacitation, as documented by a medical doctor or institution administrator;
   2. (2) The chosen IDCMP is unable to schedule the client within the timeframe established, as documented by the IDCMP, except that, for this extenuating circumstance to apply, which the client shall take the next available opening; and
   3. (3) If, after a screening or a substance use disorder evaluation has been scheduled, the client is unable to attend due to documented reasons beyond the client’s control, such as a death in the client’s immediate family, a medical emergency pertaining to the client or the client’s immediate family, or other factors which cause the client to not be able to keep the IDCMP appointment, and is granted an excused absence described in He-A 507.08.
3. (c) The IDCMP shall be responsible for requesting approval from the department of any extenuating circumstances.
4. (d) Any approval of extenuating circumstances shall include a new required timeframe for compliance.

Source. #10240, eff 1-1-13; renumbered by #10438 (from He-A 506.02); ss by #13846, eff 1-6-24, EXPIRES: 1-6-34