{"id":"DUT-NH-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Hampshire General Court (administered by town health officers and the Department of Health and Human Services)","authority":"RSA ch. 147 (Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste); RSA ch. 128 (Health Officers)","instrument":"RSA 147:1 (with RSA 147:3,:4,:11,:16-a and RSA 128:5)","title":"Local Regulations","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CLOSE","DUTY"],"addressees":["owners or persons in control of premises; restaurants and other food serving establishments; persons generally"],"clause":"any restaurant or other food serving establishment found to be in violation of the sanitary and health code adopted may be closed without a hearing for a 10-day period or until the violation is corrected and the sanitary condition is approved by the local health officer.... III. Any person wilfully violating such regulations shall be guilty of a violation.","enforcement":"Closure without hearing for 10 days; license suspension; violation per day (147:1, III; 147:11); vacate orders (147:16-a)","functions":[],"notes":"Town health officers may regulate nuisances and the sanitary and health conditions of food-serving establishments, close a non-compliant establishment without a hearing for ten days and suspend its license after hearing (147:1); they \u0027shall inquire into all nuisances and other causes of danger to the public health\u0027 (147:3), may order owners or occupants to remove a nuisance (147:4), treat continuance as \u0027a violation for each day\u0027 (147:11), and may order premises vacated on \u0027a clear and imminent danger to the life or health of occupants or other persons\u0027 (147:16-a); the town health officer \u0027shall enforce the public health laws and rules\u0027 (128:5, I).","sourceUrl":"http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/X/147/147-1.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220108141121/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/X/147/147-1.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":63324,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NH","url":"/library/DUT-NH-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NH-015","citation":"New Hampshire General Court (administered by town health officers and the Department of Health and Human Services), RSA 147:1 (with RSA 147:3,:4,:11,:16-a and RSA 128:5) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NH-015)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":["NH-026"]}