1. (a) Pursuant to RSA 310:5, III, and subject to (c), below, licensees in the professions regulated by the following boards shall be charged a professionals’ health program fee of $28 for each application for initial licensure, renewal licensure, or reinstatement of licensure:

   1. (1) Board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals;
   2. (2) Board of chiropractic examiners;
   3. (3) Board of dental examiners;
   4. (4) Board of licensed dietitians;
   5. (5) Board of medicine;
   6. (6) Board of mental health practice;
   7. (7) Midwifery council;
   8. (8) Board of nursing;
   9. (9) Board of registration in optometry;
   10. (10) Pharmacy board;
   11. (11) Board of podiatry;
   12. (12) Board of psychologists;
   13. (13) Board of veterinary medicine; and
   14. (14) Any other board listed in RSA 310:2, II that votes to participate in the professionals’ health program and that is added to any existing contract for services or that is part of a new contract for services.

2. (b) If a board is added pursuant to (a)(14), above, the executive director shall:

   1. (1) Publicize the board’s participation in the way most likely to inform affected persons; and
   2. (2) Initiate a rulemaking to add the board to (a), above.
3. (c) An applicant for an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) license who pays the PHP fee when obtaining a registered nurse (RN) license shall not be charged the fee more than once for the initial license or for each renewal or reinstatement license.
4. (d) The OPLC shall deposit professionals’ health program fee payments in the New Hampshire health professionals’ program administration fund established by RSA 310:5, III.
5. (e) The professionals’ health program fee shall be separate from, and in addition to, the application processing and licensing fee established in Plc 1002.

Source. #13328, eff 7-8-21; ss by #13264, INTERIM, eff 9-22-21 (formerly Plc 1001.03); ss by 13336, eff 1-27-22; ss by #13390, eff 7-15-22; ss by #13838, eff 1-26-24