1. (a) “Administrator” means the superintendent or other chief executive officer of a facility or THPS.
2. (b) “Advance practice registered nurse (APRN)” means “advanced practice registered nurse” as defined in RSA 135-C:2, II-a, namely “an advanced practice registered nurse licensed by the board of nursing who is certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner by a board-recognized national certifying body.”
3. (c) “Clinician” means a person who is qualified to provide community mental health services pursuant to He-M 426.08 (h)-(m).
4. (d) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
5. (e) “Community mental health program (CMHP)” means “community mental health program” as defined in RSA 135-C:2, IV. The term includes the term community mental health provider.
6. (f) “Conditional discharge” means the release of a person from a facility during a period of court-ordered involuntary admission on the condition that the person comply with specific provisions of community-based treatment or be subject to readmission to a facility.
7. (g) “Department” means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.
8. (h) “Emergency service staff member” means a CMHP or THPS clinician who provides short-term clinical or psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and referral for persons experiencing acute symptoms of a mental illness and in accordance with He-M 426.08(h)(1).
9. (i) “Facility” means New Hampshire hospital or any other treatment program designated as a receiving facility under RSA 135-C:26 to receive persons for involuntary admission under RSA 135-C:34-54 and involuntary emergency admission under RSA 135-C:27-33.

10. (j) “Informed decision” means a choice made voluntarily by a person or applicant for services or, where appropriate, such person’s legal guardian, after all relevant information necessary to making the choice has been provided, when:

    1. (1) The person understands that he or she is free to choose or refuse any available alternative;
    2. (2) The person clearly indicates or expresses his or her choice; and
    3. (3) The choice is free from all coercion.
11. (k) “In need of care” means a situation where a conditionally discharged person no longer requires inpatient treatment but where a prescribed regimen of medical psychiatric or psychiatric care or treatment is required to prevent the recurrence of the circumstances which led to the person’s dangerous condition.
12. (l) “Involuntary admission” means an order of involuntary commitment made pursuant to RSA l35-C:34-54 by a probate court.
13. (m) “Law enforcement officer” means a person identified in RSA 630:l, II.
14. (n) “Physician assistant (PA)” means a physician assistant licensed to practice in New Hampshire.
15. (o) “Psychiatrist” means “psychiatrist” as defined in RSA 135-C:2, XIII, namely, “a physician licensed to practice in New Hampshire who is either board-certified or board-eligible according to the most recent regulations of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., or its successor organization.”
16. (p) “Transitional housing program services (THPS)” means a residential program that provides housing and support services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness.
17. (q) “Treatment team member” means a mental health clinician who is qualified pursuant to He-M 426.08 (h)-(m) and who shares ongoing responsibility for the care and treatment of a CMHP client or THPS client.

Source. #2748, eff 6-14-84; ss by #4205, eff 1-15-87; ss by #4810, eff 5-1-90; ss by #5554 eff 1-15-93; ss by #5863, eff 7-1-94; ss by #7228, eff 3-31-00; ss by #9113, INTERIM, eff 3-25-08; ss by #12014, eff 10-25-16, EXPIRES: 9-21-08; ss by #9240, eff 8-23-08; amd by #10641, eff 7-18-14; ss by 12014, eff 10-25-16; ss by #13250, EMERGENCY RULE, eff 8-6-21; ss by #13332, eff 1-25-22