NH OPLC Right to Know Requests

A government record means any information that has been created, accepted, or obtained by, or on behalf of, any public body or agency during its official functions. This includes written communications and other information in paper, electronic, or other physical form.

Types of records you may request include, but are not limited to, public meeting minutes, and documents such as reports and contracts.

Only pre-existing records are required to be released under the Right-to-Know Law. This means you may only request documents which already exist, and OPLC is not required to produce any information you are requesting if the information is not already maintained in a form already kept or reported or readily available. (RSA 91-A:4, VII) This also means you may not make any requests for OPLC to compile lists through a 91:A request. 
 

• Non-public meeting minutes
• Licensee’s personal information such as home address, phone number and e-mail address See NH.gov privacy policy on public disclosure: https://www.nh.gov/policy/index.htm
• License applications that require a Social Security number (RSA 161-B:11, VI-a)
• Licensee’s test scores
• Complaints or investigations about a licensee that did NOT result in public discipline. This is true even if you are the person who made the complaint, the licensee, or the alleged victim.
• Records older than OPLC is required to keep per our retention policy.

RSA 91-A:4, IV(d) permits OPLC to charge requestors a reasonable fee to cover the costs of producing/reviewing/redacting records. If the information you are requesting is readily available, you will not be charged a fee. However, if the information you are requesting needs to be compiled, reviewed, and redacted, you may be charged for the cost of producing those records.  

No, FOIA is similar to the Right to Know law. FOIA applies only to federal government departments and agencies; it does not apply to the State of New Hampshire agencies. Likewise, New Hampshire’s Right to Know law does not apply to the federal government.

Any requests made to OPLC citing FOIA will instead be addressed under the provisions of the NH Right to Know law.
 

No. You should be aware that 91-A does not require agencies to do research for you, to analyze data, to answer written questions, or to create records in response to a request. 
 

• Name and Term of Board Members
• Information including but not limited to, public meeting minutes, agendas, Zoom links to public meetings, proposed rule changes and opportunities for public input
• List of active licensees, license number and expiration date. Information regarding licensees is available by individual or by profession at: https://forms.nh.gov/licenseverification/. If you need to compile a list the instructions are found at: https://www.oplc.nh.gov/list-oplc-licensees-and-their-license-types.  The list can be sorted once it is downloaded and put into a spreadsheet .  
• Individual licensees and records of public discipline by Board.
• Number of complaints by board may be found in Annual Reports: https://www.oplc.nh.gov/annual-reports
• Bid and procurement information (Department of Administrative Services) https://apps.das.nh.gov/bidscontracts/bids.aspx
• List of current Court Appointed Mediators and GALs