New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 300 - DISEASES
Part He-P 307 - IMMUNIZATION/VACCINATION REGISTRY
Section He-P 307.02 - Definitions

(a) "Administering health care provider" means a health care provider whose medical focus is limited to completing a screening checklist for contraindications and administering a vaccination.

(b) "Authorized user" means a person or entity which is authorized to enter information into or access certain information contained in the registry, including:

(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of health and human services, or his or her designee.

(d) "Current health care provider" means a health care provider who the patient has chosen for ongoing health care and who maintains a complete medical history of the patient.

(e) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.

(f) "Former health care provider" means a health care provider that is no longer a patient's current health care provider.

(g) "Health care provider" means the following persons who or entities which provide health care services: hospitals, medical clinics and offices, physicians, naturopaths, pharmacists, dentists, registered or other nurses and nurse practitioners, medical assistants, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians.

(h) "Immunization" means "immunization" as defined in RSA 141-C:2, XI-a, namely, "inoculation with a specific antigen to promote antibody formation in the body."

(i) "Managed care organization" means an entity which offers a managed care plan, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XXV, namely, "a health benefit plan that either requires a covered person to use, or creates incentives, including financial incentives, for a covered person to use health care providers managed, owned, under contract with, or employed by the health carrier."

(j) "New Hampshire immunization/vaccination registry (registry) " means a single repository of accurate, complete, and current immunization records to aid, coordinate, and promote effective and cost-efficient disease prevention and control efforts for New Hampshire residents.

(k) "Opt out" means the process an individual follows to elect not to participate in the registry and, after which, one's immunization/vaccination record will not be provided to the registry.

(l) "Patient" means an individual who receives an immunization/vaccination or other health care services.

(m) "Public health purpose" means a population-based activity or individual effort primarily aimed at the prevention of injury, disease, or premature mortality, or the promotion of health in the community.

(n) "Read-only rights" means the ability of the data to be accessed but not entered or modified.

(o) "Read/write rights" means the ability of the data to be accessed, entered, or modified.

(p) "Refusal" means the act of not receiving a vaccination on a particular day or at a particular medical appointment, for such reasons as, wanting to delay the vaccination to another time, not wanting a particular vaccination at that time, behavioral or medical issues at the time of vaccination, or a religious exemption from a particular vaccination. This term does not include refusal to participate in the registry.

(q) "Registrant" means the patient whose immunization record is contained in the registry.

(r) "Vaccination event" means an immunization/immunoglobulin administration, exemption, refusal as defined in (p) above, adverse reaction.