RSA 172:1 Definitions.
Title: XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter: 172 - NEW HAMPSHIRE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES SYSTEM
Certain terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context.
I, II. [Repealed.]
III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health and human services.
IV-IX. [Repealed.]
IX-a. "Client" means a person who voluntarily seeks substance abuse treatment as provided by the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention through its agents or substance abuse treatment contractors.
X. "Abuse of drugs" means the use of controlled drugs solely for their stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system and not as a therapeutic agent recommended by a practitioner in the course of medical treatment or in a program of research operated u