CHAPTER 27
SB 33 – FINAL VERSION
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2015 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 33
AN ACT relative to continuing education requirements for mental health practitioners on suicide prevention.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires the completion of continuing education units on suicide prevention for the renewal of a license issued by the board of mental health practice.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/29/2015 0044s
15-0297
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to continuing education requirements for mental health practitioners on suicide prevention.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
27:1 Board of Mental Health Practice; Rulemaking; Suicide Prevention Continuing Education. Amend RSA 330-A:10, XIV to read as follows:
XIV. Procedures for assuring the continuing competence of persons licensed under this chapter including, but not limited to, continuing education requirements, provided that at least 3 hours of the required continuing education units for biennial renewal shall be from a nationally recognized, evidence-based or best practices training organization in the area of suicide prevention, intervention, or postvention and how mental illness, substance use disorders, trauma, or interpersonal violence directly impacts risk for suicide.
27:2 Rulemaking. The board of mental health practice shall commence rulemaking under RSA 541-A to adopt rules which comply with RSA 330-A:10, XIV as amended by section 1 of this act no later than 30 days after the effective date of this act.
27:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 7, 2015
Effective Date: July 6, 2015