Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 163
SB 88 – FINAL VERSION
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04May2005… 1254h
2005 SESSION
08/01
SENATE BILL 88
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill establishes who may be a responsible licensed professional during the transportation of patients.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/07/05 0971s
04May2005… 1254h
05-0998
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to emergency medical transportation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
163:1 New Paragraph; Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Exception. Amend RSA 153-A:16 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. If a physician determines that an inter-facility transfer of a recognized critical access hospital patient is urgent and the availability of 2 licensed emergency medical services providers exceeds 30 minutes, then a registered nurse certified in emergency nursing, an emergency physician, or an emergency physician assistant may act as the responsible provider for the patient during the transfer, provided that each is certified in advanced cardiac life support and has completed a bureau of emergency medical services inter-facility training module.
163:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 21, 2005)
(Effective Date: August 20, 2005)