RSA 135-C:28 Involuntary Emergency Admission Examination.

I. The involuntary emergency admission of a person shall be to the state mental health services system under the supervision of the commissioner. The commissioner shall maintain a list of physicians, PAs, and APRNs, as defined in RSA 135-C:2, II-a, who are approved by either a designated receiving facility or a community mental health program approved by the commissioner. The admission may be ordered upon the certificate of an approved physician, approved PA, or approved APRN, as defined in RSA 135-C:2, II-a, provided that within 3 days of the completion of the petition the physician, PA, or APRN has conducted, or has caused to be conducted, a physical examination if indicated and circumstances permit, and a mental examination. The physician, PA, or APRN must find that the person to