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2010 New Hampshire Statutes
TITLE XI HOSPITALS AND SANITARIA
CHAPTER 151 RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HEALTH FACILITY LICENSING
Section 151:37 Definitions.
NH Rev Stat § 151:37 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
151:37 Definitions. – In this subdivision:
I. "Commissioner'' means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
II. "Department'' means the department of health and human services.
III. "Serious disability'' means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual or a loss of bodily function, if the impairment or loss lasts more than 7 days or is still present at the time of discharge from an inpatient health care facility, or loss of a body part.
IV. "Surgery'' means the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by manual or operative methods. Surgery includes endoscopies and other invasive procedures.
Source. 2009, 287:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.
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