1. (a) No involuntary treatment shall be imposed pursuant to a request for authority to administer emergency treatment prior to a decision being rendered by the presiding officer in accordance with He-M 306.06 except in accordance with He-M 305, personal safety emergencies.
2. (b) Treatment shall not be administered to a voluntarily admitted individual who refuses to accept it.
3. (c) The chief medical officer of New Hampshire hospital shall monitor treatment provided pursuant to He-M 306.03 at least every 7 days through review with the attending physician or APRN and order discontinuation of the treatment authorization upon determination that the criteria for treatment authorization no longer exist. The chief medical officer may delegate these functions to the associate medical director or to another New Hampshire hospital psychiatrist who is a board-certified physician and not the attending physician for the patient.
4. (d) No more than 2 authorizations for emergency treatment shall be granted during each single involuntary admission.
5. (e) Authorizations shall not exceed 4 during the total period of the involuntary admission order.

6. (f) “Single involuntary admission” means:

   1. (1) The period of initial involuntary admission following the order of the probate court pursuant to RSA 135 C-34-54; or
   2. (2) Any subsequent period of involuntary admission following an absolute revocation of conditional discharge.
7. (g) The authorization to provide emergency treatment to the patient shall immediately expire if a guardian over the person of the patient with authority to make treatment decisions is appointed during the period of emergency treatment authorized by the presiding officer.

Source. #3096, eff 8-19-85; EXPIRED: 8-19-91 New. #4708, eff 12-1-89, EXPIRED: 12-1-95 New. #7133, eff 11-23-99; ss by #7559, eff 9-25-01; ss by #9520, eff 8-4-09; amd by #10641, eff 7-18-14; paras (a), (b), and (d)-(g) expired: 8-4-18, New. #13035, EMERGENCY, eff 4-14-20, EXPIRES: 10-11-20; ss by #13108, eff 9-22-20