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2010 New Hampshire Statutes
TITLE XI HOSPITALS AND SANITARIA
CHAPTER 151 RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HEALTH FACILITY LICENSING
Section 151:25 Temporary Absence.
NH Rev Stat § 151:25 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
151:25 Temporary Absence. –
I. When a patient leaves a facility for emergency medical treatment the facility shall hold the bed open for the patient for 10 calendar days, if there is a reasonable expectation that the patient will return within 10 days and if the facility receives payment for the period of absence, provided that no town, city, county, or state funds shall be used for such payment. Temporary absences for therapeutic reasons shall be limited to 10 days a year.
II. When a patient's absence is longer than 10 days, or the facility has not received payment for the period of absence, the patient shall have the option to return to the facility for the next available bed.
Source. 1981, 453:1. 1983, 274:10. 2001, 111:3, eff. Aug. 25, 2001.
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