{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-29-a","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 135-C:29-a","heading":"Rescission of Involuntary Admission.","body":"I. Following completion of an involuntary emergency admission certificate under RSA 135-C:28 and before custody of the person is accepted by a law enforcement officer pursuant to RSA 135-C:29, the certificate may be rescinded and the person who is the subject of the certificate released in any of the following circumstances:\n(a) A mobile crisis team under contract with the department of health and human services accepts transfer of the person's care.\n(b) An assertive community treatment team operated by a community mental health program accepts transfer of the person's care.\n(c) A community-based provider accepts transfer of the person's care.\nII. Following completion of an involuntary emergency admission certificate under RSA 135-C:28 and before custody of the person is accepted by a law enforcement officer pursuant to RSA 135-C:29, the certificate shall be rescinded and the person who is the subject of the certificate released if the physician , PA, or APRN who completed the certificate, or any other physician, PA, or APRN authorized to complete such certificates, finds that the person no longer meets the criteria of RSA 135-C:27.\nIII. No civil action shall be maintained against a person who rescinds an involuntary admission pursuant to paragraph I or II, provided that the person is acting in good faith within the limits of his or her authority.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 135-C: NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM","Involuntary Emergency Admissions"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/135-C/135-C-29-a.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:18:47Z","sha256":"9fe9e11313341f586d3802a828123560fe7d486d259ff526e00bc8c0581e9da6","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-29","next":"us-nh/rsa-135-c-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}