PROFESSIONAL
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION, OFFICE OF
NOTE:
Pursuant to 2015, 276:90, 93, 103, 104,
and 107, effective 7-1-15, rulemaking authority governing certain professions
was transferred to the Executive Director of the Office of Professional
Licensure and Certification (OPLC) from the Commissioner of the Department of
Health and Human Services. The existing
rules in these areas were also transferred pursuant to 2015, 276:45 under RSA
310-A:1-a, II and III.
Pursuant to 2017, 144:4, effective
8-15-17, which amended RSA 314-A:6, rulemaking authority on body art licenses
was also transferred to the Executive Director of the OPLC from the
Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, although administration
of the rules on body art licenses had already been transferred under RSA
310-A:1-a, II and III.
See RSA 314:2, VI and VII, 314:8, 314:10,
and 314:13 relative to rules He-P 1300 for electrologists; RSA 327-A:5, VI,
327-A:12, and 327-A:17 relative to rules He-P 6000 for ophthalmic dispensers;
RSA 328-B:4, II, III, and VII, and 328-B:11-a relative to rules He-P 900 for
massage therapists; RSA 314-A:6 relative to rules He-P 1100 on body art
licenses for body piercing, branding, and tattooing; and RSA 328-H:5, II, V,
and VIII, and 328-H:13 for rules He-P 1400 for reflexologists, structural
integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists.
These rules will eventually be renumbered as rules of the Office of
Professional Licensure and Certification under the title “Plc.”
#12621* Adopt
Plc 300 Massage Therapy (formerly He-P 900) (eff 9-21-18)
#12622* Adopt
Plc 400 Body Art Rules (formerly He-P
1100) (eff 9-21-18)
#12863* Adopt Plc 100-200 Organizational Rules,
Practice and Procedural Rules (eff 9-3-19) DO NOT EXPIRE
#13011* EMERGENCY RULE - Adopt Plc 800 Procedures
for Issuing Emergency Licenses (eff 3-24-20) EXPIRES: 9-20-20
#13027 EMERGENCY RULE – Readopt w/Amend Plc
802.01 Out of State Medical Provider Verification During Declared State of
Emergency (eff 4-9-20) EXPIRES: 10-6-20
#13125* EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Plc 1002.23 Initial
Fees and Renewal Fees for Pharmacies and Mail Order Pharmacies (eff 10-23-20)
EXPIRES: 4-21-21
#13153 EMERGENCY RULE - Adopt Plc 802.04 Method for Applying for a
Licensed Nurse Assistant (LNA) Emergency License (eff 12-31-20) EXPIRES:
6-29-21
#13187* Readopt w/Amend Plc 401.06, Plc 402.03, Plc 404.01 Changes to
Body Art Rules (eff 4-13-21)
#13213 EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Plc 800 Procedures for Issuing Temporary
Licenses (eff 6-11-21) EXPIRES: 12/8/21
#13228 Adopt Plc 1001 OPLC Rules Governing General Fees, Credit Card
Fees, and Professional Health Program Fees (eff 7-8-21)
#13258* INTERIM RULE - Adopt Plc 405 Microblading
Certification (eff 9-2-22) EXPIRES: 3-1-22
#13260 EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Plc 1002.10 Anesthesia/Sedation
Inspection Fees for Dentists (eff 9-10-21) EXPIRES: 3-9-22
#13262 EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Plc 803 Emergency Licensure Under Laws
of 2021, 121:2 (eff 9-17-21) EXPIRES:
3-16-22
#13264 INTERIM RULE - Readopt w/Amend Plc 1001 Purpose; Applicability;
Definitions; Generally-Applicable Fees (eff 9-22-21) EXPIRES: 3-21-22
#13265 INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1002.23 Fees for the Board of Pharmacy
(eff 9-22-21) EXPIRES: 3-21-22
#13266 INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1003 Per Diem Compensation;
Reimbursable Expenses (eff 9-22-21) EXPIRES: 3-21-22
#13290-A INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1002.26 Renewal Fees
for Physician Assistants (eff 11-19-21) EXPIRES: 05/18/2022
#13292* Readopt w/Amend Plc 801 and Plc 802 as Plc
801 Temporary Licensure of Health Care and Other Professionals (eff 11-24-21)
#13293* Readopt w/Amend Plc 100 Organizational
Rules (eff 11-24-21) DO NOT EXPIRE
#13316* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1003 Per Diem
Compensation; Reimbursable Expenses (eff 12-22-21)
#13319 EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Plc 802 Expedited
Issuance of Temporary Licenses; Conversion of Emergency Licenses to Temporary
Licenses (eff 12-23-21) EXPIRES: 6-21-22
#13335 INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1002.07 Application
Fees for Microblading Certificates (eff 1-27-22) EXPIRES: 7-26-22
#13337* Readopt w/Amend Plc 405 Microblading Certification (eff 1-27-22)
#13383* Readopt w/Amend Plc 303 Massage Therapy License by Reciprocity
(eff 5-26-22) EXPIRES: 5-26-32
#13387* Readopt/w Amend Plc 1003.02 Definitions and
Adopt 1003.07 Reimbursable Expenses for Board of Registration of Funeral
Directors & Embalmers (eff 5-26-22) EXPIRES: 5-26-32
#13390* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 1001.08, 1001.14,
1001.15, 1001.16 Professionals' Health Program Fees; Fees for Letter of Good
Standing, Warranty Seal (eff 7-15-22) EXPIRES: 7-15-32
#13391* Adopt Plc 1100 Reflexologists, Structural
Integrators, and Asian Bodywork Therapists (formerly He-P 1400) (eff 5-27-22)
EXPIRES: 5-27-32
NOTE:
Pursuant
to 2022, 64:1 and 64:2, effective 7-19-22, the Board of Court Reporters was
renamed and re-established as the Advisory Board of Court Reporters under RSA
310-A:162, I and RSA 310-A:163. The
former rulemaking authority of the Board of Court Reporters was transferred to
the Executive Director of the Office of Professional Licensure and
Certification under RSA 310-A:164.
Existing rules numbered “Rep” for the former Board of Court Reporters
will eventually be repealed by the Executive Director and renumbered as “Plc”
rules.
Pursuant
to 2022, 72:4 and 72:5, effective 7-19-22, the Governing Board of Recreational
Therapists was renamed and re-established as the Advisory Board of Recreational
Therapists under RSA 326-J:1, I and RSA 326-J:1-a. The former rulemaking authority of the
Governing Board of Recreational Therapists was transferred to the Executive
Director of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification under RSA
326-J:1-a, II and RSA 326-J:3, I.
Existing rules numbered “Rec” for the former Governing Board of Recreational
Therapists will eventually be repealed by the Executive Director and renumbered
as “Plc” rules.
Pursuant
to 2022, 72:10 and 72:15, effective 7-19-22, the Governing Board of Respiratory
Care Practitioners was renamed and re-established as the Advisory Board of
Respiratory Care Practitioners under RSA 326-E:1, I and RSA 326-E:5. The former rulemaking authority of the
Governing Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners was transferred to the
Executive Director of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
under RSA 326-E:2. Existing rules
numbered “Resp” for the former Governing Board of Respiratory Care
Practitioners will eventually be repealed by the Executive Director and renumbered
as “Plc” rules.
Pursuant to 2022, 104:1 and 104:4,
effective 7-26-22, the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy was
renamed and re-established as the Advisory Board of Medical Imaging and
Radiation Therapy under RSA 328-J:7, I
and RSA 328-J:3. The former rulemaking
authority of the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy was transferred
to the Executive Director of the Office of Professional Licensure and
Certification under RSA 328-J:7.
Document #13431 below was adopted by the Executive Director after the
rulemaking authority was transferred.
Existing rules numbered “Mirt” for the former Board of Medical Imaging
and Radiation Therapy will eventually be repealed by the Executive Director and
renumbered as “Plc” rules.
#13420* Adopt/Readopt w/amend Plc 1002 Application-Related
Fees Specific to Each Profession (eff 8-8-22) EXPIRES: 8-8-32
#13427* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 200 Practice and
Procedure (eff 8-4-22) DO NOT EXPIRE
#13431 Readopt w/Amend Mirt 303.05, 303.07, 303.08, 303.09 Initial
Licensure Eligibility Requirements (eff 8-11-22) EXPIRES: 8-11-32 (See NOTE
above)
#13495* Adopt Plc 700 Electrologists (formerly He-P 1300) (eff 12-22-22) EXPIRES:
12-22-32
#13496* INTERIM RULE - Adopt Plc 1500 Respiratory
Care Practitioners (eff 11-24-22) EXPIRES: 5-23-23 (See NOTE above)
#13506 Adopt Plc 101.06 Definition of
"Telephone Number" (eff 12-16-22) DO NOT EXPIRE
#13507* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1001.07 Application Fee
for Temporary Permits (eff 12-16-22) EXPIRES: 12-15-32
#13512* INTERIM RULE - Adopt Plc 1400 Recreational
Therapists (eff 12-30-22) EXPIRES: 6-28-23 (See NOTE above)
#13529* Repeal Resp 100-500 Repeal of Rules of the
Former Governing Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners (eff 1-25-23) EXPIRES:
1-25-33 (See NOTE above)
#13547* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1200 Court
Reporters (eff 2-1-23) EXPIRES 7-31-23
(See NOTE above)
#13548* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 1300 Medical
Imaging and Radiation Therapy (eff 2-1-23) EXPIRES: 7-31-23 (See NOTE above)
#13585* Repeal Rep 100-500 Repeal of Title Rep
Relative to Court Reporters (eff 3-23-23 (See NOTE above)
#13586* Repeal Mirt 100-500 Repeal of Rules of the
Former Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board (eff 3-22-23) (See NOTE
above)
#13606* Adopt Plc 300 Licensure of Regulated Professions (eff 5-1-23)
EXPIRES: 5-1-33
#13621* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1500 Respiratory Care
Practitioners (eff 5-22-23) EXPIRES: 5-22-33
#13677* Adopt Plc 1001.17 Fees for Site Visits and
Inspections Not Related to Licensure (eff 7-1-23) EXPIRES: 7-1-33
#13689 EMERGENCY RULE – Readopt w/amendments Plc
1507.04, 1507.07, 1507.08 Changes to Respiratory Care Practitioners’ Continuing
Education Requirements (eff 7-20-23) EXPIRES: 1-16-24
#13701* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1300 Medical Imaging and
Radiation Therapy (eff 8-1-23) EXPIRES: 8-1-33
#13704* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1200 Court Reporters (eff
8-1-23) EXPIRES: 8-1-33
#13705* Readopt w/Amend Plc 1400 Recreational
Therapists (eff 8-1-23) EXPIRES: 8-1-33
#13763* INTERIM – Adopt Plc 302.19, Plc 313 License
by Endorsement (eff 10-15-23) EXPIRES: 4-12-24
#13797* Readopt/Readopt w/Amend Plc 100 Organizational
Rules, Including Right-to-Know Requests (eff 10-26-23) EXPIRES: 10-26-33
#13821 EMERGENCY RULE – Amend Plc 1002.04, 1002.41
Renewal Fee Reductions for Architect Certificates of Authority and Professional
Engineer Certificates of Authority (eff 12-14-23) EXPIRES: 6-11-24
#13837* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 200 various Revisions
to Practice and Procedure Rules (eff 12-28-23) DO NOT EXPIRE
#13838* Readopt w/Amend/Repeal Plc 1001 various Amendments
to Purpose, Applicability, Definitions, and Generally-Applicable Fees (eff
1-26-24) EXPIRES: 1-26-34
#13839* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend/Repeal
Plc 1500 various Updates to Rules for Respiratory Care Practitioners (eff
12-28-23) EXPIRES: 12-28-33
#13863 DECLARATORY
RULING—Issued pursuant to Plc 210 and under RSA 310:4, II(c), RSA 310:6, V, and
RSA 332-G:14, IV. Concerning whether RSA
310:6, V on temporary licensure may be applied retroactively as a remedial
statute by the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) to
extend the Petitioner’s temporary license to practice medicine, which was
issued by the OPLC prior to July 1, 2023 under the former RSA 310-A:1-f, and
whose temporary license expired 4 days before a full license was granted, also
prior to July 1, 2023, by the Board of Medicine. (eff 2-2-24)
#13885* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 800 Ophthalmic Dispensing (eff 4-15-24)
EXPIRES: 4-15-34
#13914* Adopt Plc 1600 Registration of Nurse Agencies (eff 5-6-24)
EXPIRES: 5-6-34
#13952* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 1003.01 - Plc 1003.06, Plc 1003.08 Amendments
to Per Diem Compensation and Reimbursable Expenses Rules (eff 5-15-24) EXPIRES:
5-15-34
#13954* Readopt w/Amend Plc 313 Licensure by Endorsement (eff 5-3-24)
EXPIRES: 5-3-34
#13955* Adopt/Readoption/Readopt/w Amend Plc 300 various parts and
sections Licensure and Discipline of Regulated Professions (eff 5-3-24)
EXPIRES: 5-3-34
#13971* Adopt Plc 500 Professionals' Health Program (eff 7-1-24) EXPIRES:
7-1-34
#13972* Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 1002.04, Plc 1002.41 Renewal Fees for
Architect Certificates of Authority and Professional Engineer Certificates of
Authority (eff 5-22-24) EXPIRES: 5-22-34
#14031* Adopt Plc 400 Inspections (eff 8-15-24) EXPIRES: 8-15-34
#14088* Readopt w/Amend Plc 313.03 Applications for Licensure by
Endorsement (eff 9-27-24) EXPIRES: 9-27-34
#14133 INTERIM RULE - Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 200 various Changes to
Practice and Procedure Rules Based on Recent Legislation (eff 12-1-24) EXPIRES:
5-30-25
#14134* INTERIM RULE - Readopt w/Amend Plc 300 various Changes to
Licensure and Discipline Rules Based on Recent Legislation (eff 12-1-24)
EXPIRES: 5-30-25
#14135* Readopt w/Amend Plc 100 Organizational Rules Including Definitions
For Title Plc (eff 12-1-24) DO NOT EXPIRE
#14136* Readopt w/Amend Plc 201-202 Clarifications, Incorporation of
Definitions, and Removal of Duplicate Definitions in Practice and Procedure
Rules (eff 12-1-24) DO NOT EXPIRE
#14137* Readopt w/Amend Plc 301.06, Plc 302 Adjustments to Definitions for
Licensure and Discipline of Regulated Professions (eff 12-1-24) EXPIRES:
12-1-34
#14183* INTERIM RULE - Adopt Plc 308.15 Refund of Fees When License
Relinquished (eff 2-1-25) EXPIRES: 7-31-25
#14217* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Plc 2000 Voluntary Certification of Community
Health Workers (eff 4-1-25) EXPIRES: 9-28-25
#14241* Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 200 various Revisions to OPLC Practice
and Procedure (eff 5-22-25) DO NOT EXPIRE
#14244 EMERGENCY
RULE – Adopt Plc 1004 Examination Fees for Licensing-Related Exams Administered
Under Contract (eff 4-23-25) EXPIRES: 10-20-25
#14289* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend
Plc 1001 various Purpose; Applicability; Definitions; Generally-Applicable
Fees; Inspection Fees; Administrative Fees Relating to Supervision Agreements
and Continuing Compliance Approvals, Activities, and Records (eff 7-1-25)
EXPIRES: 7-1-35
#14290* Adopt/Readopt/w
Amend Plc 1002 Application Processing and Licensing Fees Specific To Each
Profession (eff 7-1-25) EXPIRES: 7-1-35
#14305* Adopt/Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Plc 300 various
Amendments to Licensure and Discipline of Regulated Professions (eff 8-19-25)
EXPIRES: 8-19-35
#14326* Readopt w/Amend Plc 313.10 Definitions
Related to Substantially Similar Requirements (eff 7-23-25) EXPIRES: 7-23-35
#14330* Adopt Plc 1800 Certification of Assessing
Professionals (eff 9-22-25) EXPIRES: 9-22-35
#14331* Adopt Plc 2100 Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) Program for Manufactured Housing (eff 8-20-25) EXPIRES: 8-20-35
#14377* Readopt w/Amendment Plc 1004 Examination Fees
for Licensing-Related Exams Administered Under Contract (eff 10-8-25) EXPIRES:
10-8-35
#14387* Adopt/Readopt w/Amendment Plc 900 Massage
Therapists (eff 10-17-25) EXPIRES: 10-17-35
#14388* Readopt w/Amendment Plc 2000 Voluntary
Certification of Community Health Workers (eff 10-24-25 EXPIRES: 10-24-35
#14429* Adopt Plc 1900 Voluntary Certification of
Doulas and Lactation Service Providers (eff 1-16-26) EXPIRES: 1-16-36
#14442* Readopt
w/Amendment Plc 1400 Recreational Therapists (eff 1-26-26) EXPIRES: 1-26-36
#14444* Readopt w/Amendment Plc 1100 Reflexologists, Structural
Integrators, and Asian Bodywork Therapists (eff 1-26-26) EXPIRES: 1-26-36
#14538 DECLARATORY RULING – Plc 904.01, Plc 904.02, Plc 904.03, and RSA
328-B:4, VII(c). Concerning whether a potential applicant for a massage
therapist license could combine education hours acquired through an out of
state training with those of a New-Hampshire approved massage training program
to meet minimum education standards for initial licensure. (eff 3-20-26)
#14540* Readopt w/Amendment Plc 304.04 Additional
Information and Documentation Required for Initial License Application (eff
5-19-26) EXPIRES: 5-19-36
#14574 EMERGENCY RULE – Readopt w/Amend Plc 313.24 Substantially
Similar Requirements for the Professions Regulated by the Electricians’ Board
(eff 5-6-26) EXPIRES: 11-2-26
#14602 EXPEDITED REVISIONS TO AGENCY FORMS – Readopt
w/Amendment Plc 304.01 “Universal Application for Initial Licensure”, (eff
7-19-26) EXPIRES: 7-19-36