135:14-a Patient Employment. – The New Hampshire hospital is authorized to employ patients of said hospital to perform such services as may be determined as not necessarily being beneficial for the care and treatment of any such patients. Such patients shall not be state employees, and they shall be paid no less than the prevailing federal minimum wage. Payment of wages to such patient workers shall be made through a payment program which does not conflict with state or federal requirements. Source. 1974, 40:42, II. 1975, 377:1. 1979, 69:1, eff. June 17, 1979.
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