Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-234 Certificate of registration; board; suspend or revoke; notice; hearing.
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The Board of Barber Examiners may suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of any barber who has violated any order of the board promulgated hereunder; Provided, no certificate of registration shall be suspended or revoked by the board until (1) the person accused has be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-235 Appeal; procedure.
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Any licensee, considering himself or herself aggrieved by any action of the board taken pursuant to the Barber Act may appeal the action of the board, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Repealed. Laws 1953, c. 238, § 7.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-237 Expenses of administration; how paid.
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All expenses incidental to the administration of sections 71-225 to 71-237 shall be paid from the funds of the Board of Barber Examiners in the manner and form governing other expenditures of that board.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-238 Reciprocal licensure agreements; board; powers.
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The board may negotiate reciprocal agreements for licensure with any other state or country for licensed barbers and registered barber instructors.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-239 Foreign licenses; recognition; board; powers.
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For purposes of recognizing licenses which have been issued in other states or countries to practice barbering as a licensed barber or registered barber instructor, the board may: (1) Enter into a reciprocal agreement with any state which is certified to it by the proper examinin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-239.01 Foreign licenses; recognition; licensure without examination; application; form; contents; issuance; appeal.
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(1) The board may issue a license without examination to a person licensed in a state, territory, or country with which the board has not entered into a reciprocal agreement under section 71-239 as provided in this section. (2) An applicant for licensure without examination under…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-24 Donated prescription drugs; requirements.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-240 Board; review foreign licensing requirements.
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The Board of Barber Examiners shall at least once each year review the licensing requirements of other states or countries which issue licenses to practice barbering in the various classifications in which the board conducts examinations for licenses in this state. The board shal…
Transferred to section 71-2461.
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Transferred to section 71-2470.
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Repealed. Laws 2015, LB 37, § 93.
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Transferred to section 71-2480.
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Transferred to section 71-2481.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2406 Mail Service Pharmacy Licensure Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-2406 to 71-2409 shall be known and may be cited as the Mail Service Pharmacy Licensure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2407 Mail service pharmacy license; requirements; fee.
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(1) Any person operating a mail service pharmacy outside of the State of Nebraska shall obtain a mail service pharmacy license prior to shipping, mailing, or in any manner delivering dispensed prescription drugs as defined in section 38-2841 into the State of Nebraska. (2) To be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2408 Department of Health and Human Services; disciplinary actions; violations; Attorney General; duties.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may deny, refuse renewal of, revoke, or otherwise discipline or restrict the license of a mail service pharmacy for (a) any discipline of the pharmacy license held by such pharmacy in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2409 Rules and regulations.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pharmacy, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Mail Service Pharmacy Licensure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-241 Board; reciprocal agreement; conditions.
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In negotiating any reciprocal agreement, the Board of Barber Examiners shall be governed by the following: (1) When the laws of any state or country or the rules of the authorities of such state or country place any requirement or disability upon any person licensed in this state…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2410 Emergency Box Drug Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-2410 to 71-2417 shall be known and may be cited as the Emergency Box Drug Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2411 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Emergency Box Drug Act: (1) Authorized personnel means any medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, or physician assistant; (2) Calculated expiration date has the same meaning as in secti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2412 Long-term care facility; emergency boxes; use; conditions.
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(1) Drugs may be administered to residents of a long-term care facility by authorized personnel of the long-term care facility from the contents of emergency boxes located within such long-term care facility if such drugs and boxes meet the requirements of this section. (2) When …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2413 Drugs to be included in emergency boxes; requirements; removal; conditions; notification of supplying pharmacy; expired drugs; treatment; examination of emergency boxes; written procedures; establishment.
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(1) The supplying pharmacy and the medical director and quality assurance committee of the long-term care facility shall jointly determine the drugs, by identity and quantity, to be included in the emergency boxes. The supplying pharmacy shall maintain a list of emergency box dru…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2414 Department; powers; grounds for disciplinary action.
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The department shall have (1) the authority to inspect any emergency box and (2) access to the records of the supplying pharmacy and the long-term care facility for inspection. Refusal to allow the department to inspect an emergency box or to have access to records shall be groun…
Repealed. Laws 2009, LB 195, § 111.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2416 Violations; department; powers; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
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(1) The department may limit, suspend, or revoke the authority of a supplying pharmacy to maintain emergency boxes in a long-term care facility for any violation of the Emergency Box Drug Act. The department may limit, suspend, or revoke the authority of a long-term care facility…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2417 Controlled substance; exemption.
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Any emergency box containing a controlled substance listed in section 28-405 and maintained at a long-term care facility shall be exempt from subsection (3) of section 28-414.03.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2418 Legislative findings.
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(1) The Legislature finds that many controlled substances have useful and legitimate medical and scientific purposes and are necessary to maintain the health and general welfare of the people of Nebraska. Principles of quality medical practice dictate that the people of Nebraska …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2419 Physician, nurse, or pharmacist; disciplinary action or criminal prosecution; limitation.
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A physician licensed under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act who prescribes, dispenses, or administers or a nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act or pharmacist licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act who administers or dispenses a controlled substance in excess of the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-242 Reciprocal agreement; applicant for licensure or registration; requirements; failure to qualify; effect.
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The board shall not enter into any reciprocal agreement with any state or country with reference to the practice of barbering as a licensed barber or registered barber instructor for which the board conducts examinations unless every person licensed or registered in such state or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2420 Board of Medicine and Surgery; duties.
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The Board of Medicine and Surgery shall adopt policies and guidelines for the treatment of pain to ensure that physicians who are engaged in the appropriate treatment of pain are not subject to disciplinary action, and the board shall consider policies and guidelines developed by…
Transferred to section 38-28,107.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2422 Cancer Drug Repository Program Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-2422 to 71-2430 shall be known and may be cited as the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2423 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act: (1) Cancer drug means a prescription drug used to treat (a) cancer or its side effects or (b) the side effects of a prescription drug used to treat cancer or its side effects; (2) Department means the Department of Health an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2424 Cancer drug repository program; established.
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The department shall establish a cancer drug repository program for accepting donated cancer drugs and dispensing such drugs to Nebraska residents. Participation in the program shall be voluntary.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2425 Cancer drug donation.
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Any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a cancer drug manufacturer or health care facility, may donate cancer drugs to the program. Cancer drugs may be donated to a participant.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2426 Cancer drug; accepted or dispensed; conditions.
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(1) A cancer drug shall only be accepted or dispensed under the program if such drug is in its original, unopened, sealed, and tamper-evident packaging. A cancer drug packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and dispensed if the outside packaging is opened but the single-uni…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2427 Participant; duties; fee authorized.
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(1) A participant shall comply with all applicable provisions of state and federal law relating to the storage, distribution, and dispensing of donated cancer drugs and shall inspect all such drugs prior to dispensing to determine if they are adulterated or misbranded as defined …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2428 Immunity.
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(1) Any person or entity, including a cancer drug manufacturer, which exercises reasonable care in donating, accepting, distributing, or dispensing cancer drugs under the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act shall be im…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2429 Rules and regulations.
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The department, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pharmacy, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Eligibility criteria and other standards an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-243 Reciprocal agreement; terminated; when.
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When the requirements for a license in any state or country with which this state has a reciprocal agreement as authorized by section 71-239 are changed by any law or rule of the authorities of such state so that such requirements are no longer substantially as high as those exis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2430 Participant registry.
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The department shall establish and maintain a participant registry for the program. The participant registry shall include the participant's name, address, and telephone number and shall identify whether the participant is a physician's office, a pharmacy, a hospital, or a health…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2431 Community health center; relabeling and redispensing prescription drugs; requirements.
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(1) Prescription drugs or devices which have been delivered to a community health center for dispensing to a patient of such health center pursuant to a valid prescription, but which are not dispensed or administered to such patient, may be delivered to a pharmacist or pharmacy u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2432 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-2432 to 71-2435: (1) Clandestine drug lab means any area where glassware, heating devices, or other equipment or precursors, solvents, or related articles or reagents are used to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine; (2) Contaminated property means a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2433 Property owner; law enforcement agency; Nebraska State Patrol; duties.
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A property owner with knowledge of a clandestine drug lab on his or her property shall report such knowledge and location as soon as practicable to the local law enforcement agency or to the Nebraska State Patrol. A law enforcement agency that discovers a clandestine drug lab in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2434 Local public health department; powers and duties; fees; release of property for human habitation; civil penalty.
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(1) The local public health department serving the municipality or county where a clandestine drug lab has been discovered shall monitor the rehabilitation of any contaminated property at such location in accordance with standards and procedures established or approved by the dep…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2435 Leased property; termination of lease; notice.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if leased property contains a clandestine drug lab, an owner may terminate the lease agreement upon three days' written notice for the purpose of rehabilitating the contaminated property in accordance with the rules and regulations adop…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2436 Immunosuppressant Drug Repository Program Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-2436 to 71-2443 shall be known and may be cited as the Immunosuppressant Drug Repository Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2437 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Immunosuppressant Drug Repository Program Act: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Immunosuppressant drug means anti-rejection drugs that are used to reduce the body's immune system response to foreign material and inhibit a t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2438 Immunosuppressant drug repository program; established.
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The department shall establish an immunosuppressant drug repository program for accepting donated immunosuppressant drugs and dispensing such drugs. Participation in the program shall be voluntary.