1. (a) A physician or APRN in a facility shall prescribe medication as a form of emergency treatment, to be administered without the individual’s consent, only after personally examining or observing the individual for whom the medication is ordered, except as provided in (b) below.
2. (b) A physician or APRN may authorize involuntary administration of a previously prescribed medication by telephone order at the time a personal safety emergency is declared. Such authorization shall be countersigned by the ordering physician or APRN within 24 hours of the order for involuntary administration of the medication.
3. (c) When emergency medication is ordered, the individual shall be offered, whenever feasible, a choice of taking the medication orally or by injection.
4. (d) Psychosurgery, electroconvulsive therapy, sterilization, or experimental treatment of any kind shall not be used as involuntary emergency treatment.
5. (e) If a physician or APRN prescribes medication for a child as stated in He-M 305.02(k)(1)a. and b., the administration shall be considered a “medication restraint” as defined in RSA 126-U:1, IV(a), and shall be administered pursuant to the requirements of RSA 126-U.

Source. #3095, eff 8-19-85; EXPIRED: 8-19-93 New. #5204, eff 8-22-91, EXPIRED: 8-22-97 New. #7183, eff 12-24-99, EXPIRED: 12-24-07 New. #9120, eff 4-3-08, EXPIRED: 4-3-16 New. #11102, INTERIM, eff 5-25-16, EXPIRED: 11-21-16 New. #12077, eff 12-28-16; ss by #12929, eff 11-26-19