Bill Text: NH HB263 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-29 - Signed by the Governor on 7/28/2014; Chapter 0258; Effective Date 1/1/2015. [HB263 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB263-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 258

HB 263 – FINAL VERSION

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20Mar2014… 0914h

2014 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 263

AN ACT relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sad, Ches 1

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill immunizes from civil and criminal liability persons who report someone as medically unfit to drive.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

29Jan2014… 2282h

20Mar2014… 0914h

13-0029

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to reporting a person as medically unfit to drive.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

258:1 New Section; Drivers’ Licenses; Medically Unfit Person. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 6-c the following new section:

263:6-d Reporting Medically Unfit Person; Immunity. Any licensed health care provider who reasonably and in good faith believes a person cannot safely operate a motor vehicle based on clinical evaluation appropriate to his or her practice and who reports such to the division of motor vehicles shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from making the report. All reports made and medical records reviewed and maintained by the division of motor vehicles pursuant to this section shall be considered motor vehicle records under RSA 260:14.

258:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.

Approved: July 28, 2014

Effective Date: January 1, 2015