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2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXX - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter 332-K - NURSING CARE AND CONSUMER DIRECTED ATTENDANT CARE SERVICES
Section 332-K:1 - Nursing Care and Consumer Directed Attendant Care Services; Care by Unlicensed Persons.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 332-K:1 (2017)
332-K:1 Nursing Care and Consumer Directed Attendant Care Services; Care by Unlicensed Persons. –
I. No provision of Title XXX shall prohibit the following care:
(a) Nursing care provided by family and friends.
(b) Consumer directed attendant care services directed by or on behalf of an individual with a disability of any age who requires assistance with such services in order to live in his or her home and community, including a residential care facility.
II. For the purpose of this section:
(a) "Attendant care services'' means assistance with any of the following:
(1) Activities of daily living;
(2) Instrumental activities of daily living; or
(3) Health maintenance activities.
(b) "Health maintenance activities'' means activities that a licensed health care professional determines could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically able and may safely be performed in the home or community setting. Such activities include, but are not limited to, bowel and bladder care, routine ostomy care, medication administration, and wound care.
I. No provision of Title XXX shall prohibit the following care:
(a) Nursing care provided by family and friends.
(b) Consumer directed attendant care services directed by or on behalf of an individual with a disability of any age who requires assistance with such services in order to live in his or her home and community, including a residential care facility.
II. For the purpose of this section:
(a) "Attendant care services'' means assistance with any of the following:
(1) Activities of daily living;
(2) Instrumental activities of daily living; or
(3) Health maintenance activities.
(b) "Health maintenance activities'' means activities that a licensed health care professional determines could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically able and may safely be performed in the home or community setting. Such activities include, but are not limited to, bowel and bladder care, routine ostomy care, medication administration, and wound care.
Source. 2015, 239:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.
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