RSA 141-C:4 Duties of Commissioner.
Title: X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter: 141-C - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
The commissioner shall:
I. Identify communicable diseases to be reported to the department under RSA 141-C:8.
II. Investigate outbreaks of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:9.
III. Establish, maintain, and suspend isolation and quarantine to prevent the spread of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:11.
IV. Order persons who pose a threat to the life and health of the public to receive such treatment and care as necessary to eliminate the threat under RSA 141-C:15.
V. Purchase and distribute such pharmaceutical agents as may be deemed necessary to prevent the acquisition and spread of communicable disease under RSA 141-C:17.
VI. Provide laboratory services to support the detection and control of communicable disease under RSA 141-C:19.