§ 151:2-e — Special Health Care Service License Required; Rules; Funding

I. No person shall initiate any new special health care service without acquiring a special health care service license under this chapter.
II. In this chapter, "special health care service" shall include:
(a) Cardiac catheterization laboratory services;
(b) Open heart surgery or coronary artery bypass graft surgery; and
(c) Megavoltage radiation therapy.
III. (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to specify:
(1) The requirements for equipment, personnel, training, operating, volume, and other criteria to assure the quality and safety for patients receiving each special health care service;
(2) The procedure for applying for and maintaining a special health care service license including, but not limited to, the frequency of licensing inspections, submission of information and data to evaluate the performance and ongoing operation of services and enforcement under this section; and
(3) The fees for applying for and maintaining a special health care service license in order to fully offset the cost to the department, including consultant fees and other related expenses necessary to process the application, and for any ongoing expenses to the department for maintaining a special health care service license.
(b) Any facility that provides a special health care service shall be in compliance with all applicable rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
IV. The provisions of this chapter applicable to applicants and facilities licensed under RSA 151:2 shall apply equally to any person applying for or receiving a special health care service license under this section.

Legislative History

2016, 198:1, eff. July 1, 2016. 2019, 155:1, eff. July 1, 2019.