2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 153-A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND TRAUMA SERVICES
Section 153-A:24 - Responsibility for Public Agency Response Services.

NH Rev Stat § 153-A:24 (2016) What's This?
    153-A:24 Responsibility for Public Agency Response Services. –
    I. A person shall be liable for response expenses if, in the judgment of the court, such person:
       (a) Negligently operates a motor vehicle, boat, off highway recreational vehicle, or aircraft while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or controlled drug and thereby proximately causes any incident resulting in a public agency response;
       (b) Takes another person or persons hostage or threatens to harm himself or another person, thereby proximately causing any incident resulting in an appropriate public agency response; or
       (c) Recklessly or intentionally creates a situation requiring an emergency response.
    II. A person's liability under this subdivision for response expenses shall not exceed $10,000 for any single public agency response incident.

Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.

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