{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-8","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 137-J:8","heading":"Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate.","body":"A person may not exercise the authority of an agent or a surrogate while serving in one of the following capacities:\nI. The principal's attending practitioner or a person acting under the direct authority of the attending practitioner.\nII. A nonrelative of the principal who is an employee of the principal's health care provider or residential care provider.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 137-J: WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS","Advance Directives"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/137-J/137-J-8.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:21:21Z","sha256":"c83cedd187c530671c116585a3fe2efa0a4b1cb9e1198e131ff4cb3e14f30f60","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-7","next":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}