New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Plc - Executive Director, Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
Chapter Plc 300 - LICENSURE OF REGULATED PROFESSIONS
- Part Plc 301 - PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; SENDING NOTICES AND LICENSES; AVAILABILITY OF CONTACT INFORMATION; COMPUTATION OF TIME
- Part Plc 302 - DEFINITIONS
- Part Plc 303 - REQUIRED CREDENTIALS AND EXAMINATIONS
- Part Plc 304 - INITIAL LICENSURE
- Part Plc 305 - TEMPORARY LICENSURE
- Part Plc 306 - TEMPORARY LICENSURE FOR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND SPOUSES
- Part Plc 307 - LICENSEE OBLIGATIONS
- Part Plc 308 - RENEWALS; CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Part Plc 309 - REINSTATEMENT
- Part Plc 310 - ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
- Part Plc 311 - DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
- Part Plc 313 - LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT
- Appendix A - State Statutes Implemented
- Appendix B - Other Statutory Provisions
Statutory Authority: RSA 310-A:1-d, II(h)(2); RSA 310-A:1-f; RSA 310-A:1-p; RSA 332-G:7, IV(c)
REVISION NOTE:
Chapter Plc 300 was formerly titled "Massage Therapists", but the rules on massage therapists were renumbered as Chapter Plc 900. See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2 for Chapter Plc 900 titled "Massage Therapists" for the filings affecting the former Chapter Plc 300.
Document #13606, effective 05-01-23, adopted new rules Part Plc 301 through Part Plc 304 and Part Plc 306 through Part Plc 311, and readopted with amendment and renumbered the existing rule Part Plc 801 titled "Temporary Licensure" as Part Plc 305, in Chapter Plc 300 now titled "Licensure of Regulated Professions". Document #13606 established uniform licensing procedures, basic responsibilities and obligations of licensees, including ethical and professional standards, and uniform procedures for disciplinary sanctions, for all licenses issued by the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification.
The former Part Plc 801 had contained the only effective rules in the former Chapter Plc 800 titled "Temporary and Emergency Licensure of Health Care and Other Professionals." Document #13606 replaced all prior filings as follows affecting the former Chapter Plc 800:
Plc 800
Document #13011, effective 3-24-20, originally adopted Chapter Plc 800 as an emergency rule titled "Emergency Licensure", containing Part Plc 801 titled "Scope and Duration" and Part Plc 802 titled "Procedures for Applying for an Emergency License" containing 2 rules: Plc 802.01 titled "Method of Applying for an Emergency License" and Plc 802.02 titled "Processing of Applications." Document #13011 implemented the Governor's Emergency Order #15, effective 3-23-20, but as an emergency rule Chapter Plc 800 in Document #13011 expired 9-20-20 pursuant to RSA 541-A:18, I.
Document #13027, effective 4-9-20, readopted with amendment Plc 802.02 as an emergency rule, which expired 10-6-20.
Chapter Plc 800 was adopted again, with the amendment in Plc 802.02, by the Governor's Emergency Order #29, Exhibit P, effective 10-15-20, after the emergency rules expired.
Document #13145, effective 12-11-20, adopted Plc 802.03 as an emergency rule titled "Method of Applying for a Student Nursing Emergency License", which expired 6-9-21. Document #13145 implemented the Governor's Emergency Order #75, effective 12-10-20.
Document #13153, effective 12-31-20, then adopted Plc 802.04 as an emergency rule titled "Method of Applying for a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) Emergency License." Document #13153 implemented the Governor's Emergency Order #78, effective 12-30-20.
The expiration of the State of Emergency by the Governor at midnight June 11, 2021 terminated the Emergency Orders still in effect. Plc 802.03 in Document #13145 had already expired 6-9-21 as an emergency rule.
Document #13213, effective 6-11-21, adopted Chapter Plc 800 again as an emergency rule, with the exception of Plc 802.04 in Document #13153 which was still in effect. Plc 800 was now re-titled "Temporary Licensure", with changes from the rules in Document #13011 and #13027. Document #13213 contained Part Plc 801 titled "Scope and Duration" and Part Plc 802 titled "Procedures for Applying for a Temporary License". Part Plc 801 contained 2 rules-Plc 801.01 titled "Scope" and Plc 801.02 titled "Duration." Part Plc 802 contained 2 rules-Plc 802.01 titled "Method of Applying for a Temporary License" and Plc 802.02 titled "Processing of Applications." Plc 802.04 in Document #13153 expired as an emergency rule 6-29-21.
Document #13262, effective 9-17-21, adopted Plc 803 titled "Emergency Licensure under Laws of 2021, 121:2" as an emergency rule, containing Plc 803.01 through Plc 803.07. The rules in Document #13262 expired 3-16-22.
Document #13292, effective 11-24-21, readopted with amendment the rules in Document #13213 as regular rules before they would have expired as emergency rules on 12-8-21. Chapter Plc 800 was re-titled "Temporary and Emergency Licensure of Health Care and Other Professionals." The former Part Plc 801 titled "Scope and Duration" was readopted with amendment and re-titled "Temporary Licensure", and the former Plc 801.01 and Plc 801.02 were readopted with amendments and renumbered as Plc 801.01 through Plc 801.03. The former Plc 802.01 titled "Method of Applying for a Temporary License" was readopted with amendment and renumbered as Plc 801.04 through Plc 801.06. The former Plc 802.02 titled "Processing of Applications" was readopted with amendment and renumbered as Plc 801.07. Part Plc 802 was reserved.
Document #13319, effective 12-23-21, then adopted Part Plc 802 as an emergency rule and was titled "Expedited Issuance of Temporary Licenses; Conversion of Emergency Licenses to Temporary Licenses", containing Plc 802.01 through Plc 802.04, and which expired 6-21-22.
