{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-281-a-60","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 281-A:60","heading":"Rulemaking; Powers of the Commissioner.","body":"I. The commissioner shall have the power to adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the following:\n(a) Content and format of all forms necessary under this chapter.\n(b) Method of filing memoranda of payments under RSA 281-A:40 and method of filing forms required under RSA 281-A:53-a.\n(c) What constitutes substantial noncompliance with RSA 281-A:42.\n(d) Procedures for hearings and appeals held in accordance with this chapter.\n(e) Method of recordkeeping and filing of reports for employers.\n(f) A scale of legal fees under RSA 281-A:44.\n(g) Content and manner of supplying medical information required under RSA 281-A:23, V.\n(h), (i) [Repealed.]\n(j) Using the most recent edition of the American Medical Association's \"Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment\" in accordance with RSA 281-A:32, XIV, and updating such rules as other editions of such guide are published.\n(k) Guidelines for employers' safety programs and procedures for filing such programs in accordance with RSA 281-A:64, II and procedures necessary to establish joint loss management committees as required under RSA 281-A:64, III.\n(l) Developing the multi-media education program required under RSA 281-A:65, I and procedures for using it to educate persons on the workers' compensation law and safety procedures.\n(m) Preparing and distributing of the manual required under RSA 281-A:65, II.\n(n) Establishing initial, minimum funding requirements necessary to seek authorization to self-insure under this chapter.\n(o) Procedures for safety inspections required under RSA 281-A:64, IV.\n(p) What constitutes a sufficient number of and an approval process for injury management facilitators as required under RSA 281-A:23-a, V.\n(q) What shall constitute temporary alternative work opportunities under RSA 281-A:23-b.\n(r) Licensing, bonding, and qualifications of third party administrators in accordance with RSA 281-A:5-d; establishment of fees not to exceed $200 for issuance and renewal of licenses, both of which shall be deposited in the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b; assessment of civil penalties not to exceed $2,500 for each violation of such rules, which sums shall be deposited in the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.\n(s) Pre-approval of medical care benefits under RSA 281-A:23.\n(t) Adjusted total disability benefits under RSA 281-A:29.\n(u) Temporary partial disability benefits at a diminished earning capacity under RSA 281-A:31.\n(v) Applications to the special fund under RSA 281-A:30 and RSA 281-A:54.\n(w) Claims adjusters under RSA 281-A:63.\n(x) Employee incarceration under RSA 281-A:3-a.\n(y) Medical examinations under RSA 281-A:38.\n(z) Vocational rehabilitation under RSA 281-A:25.\n(aa) Lump sum and third-party settlements under RSA 281-A:37 and RSA 281-A:13.\nII. The commissioner may employ such clerical or other assistants as deemed necessary for the proper performance of the commissioner's duties under this chapter.","path":["Title XXIII: LABOR","Chapter 281-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXIII/281-A/281-A-60.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:44:24Z","sha256":"d39eb23dcb15480ea632d6f56701028c3875b1cb31a89397277ae6b9194fbabb","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-281-a-59","next":"us-nh/rsa-281-a-61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}