{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-135-21-b","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 135:21-b","heading":"Emergency Treatment.","body":"A physician licensed in the state, a psychiatrist-supervised physician associate licensed in this state, a psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse, or a person acting under such physician's, psychiatrist-supervised physician associate's, or advanced practice registered nurse's direction may administer a recognized and approved form of medical or psychiatric treatment which the physician, psychiatrist-supervised physician associate, or psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse reasonably believes will tend to promote the physical and mental health of a patient of the New Hampshire hospital, Glencliff home, any community mental health or developmental services program or treatment facility receiving state grants under RSA 171-A, or any other treatment facility designated as a receiving facility under RSA 135-C, when:\nI. The physician, psychiatrist-supervised physician associate, or psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse reasonably believes that a medical or psychiatric emergency exists; and\nII. The patient because of physical or mental condition is unable to make an informed decision, as defined in RSA 135-C:2, IX, with respect to the medical or psychiatric treatment offered; and\nIII. No person who is legally responsible for the patient can be consulted or appointed; and\nIV. A reasonable person would consent to the administration of the emergency treatment.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 135: NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL AND INSANE PERSONS","Commitment to Hospitals"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/135/135-21-b.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:18:14Z","sha256":"5d0d0c705155f08550af8fe7c3b9df40fa3b78bec0715149a961a766eb1e7fe0","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-135-21-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-135-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}