New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-E - Former Division of Elderly and Adult Services
Chapter He-E 700 - ADULT PROTECTION SERVICES PROGRAM
Part He-E 701 - OVERVIEW
Section He-E 701.23 - Retention of Protective Investigation Material

(a) For all investigations of self-neglect that are determined to be unfounded, material related to the investigation shall be retained for one year after the date of approval.

(b) For all other investigations that result in an unfounded determination, material related to the investigation shall be retained for 3 years from the date of approval.

(c) For all investigations that result in a founded determination, the material related to the investigation shall be retained for 7 years after the date of approval, or for 7 years after the date the perpetrator's name is entered onto the registry.

(d) For investigations in which founded determinations are overturned based on either the reconsideration process or on appeal the material related to the investigation shall be retained pursuant to (a) or (b) above from the date of the notice or decision.

(e) For investigations that result in a founded determination, based on the reconsideration process or on appeal, material related to the investigation shall be retained for 7 years from the date of the notice or the decision.

(f) For investigations that result in one of the dispositions described in He-E 701.05, material related to the investigation shall be retained for 6 months from the date of approval.