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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6021 Administrator refuse access; hearing; procedure; access authorized.
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 71-6019 and 71-6020, the administrator of a nursing home may refuse access to the nursing home to any person if the presence of such person in the nursing home would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or would threat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6022 Transfer or discharge of resident; conditions; procedure; involuntary transfer or discharge; notice requirements.
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(1) A nursing home shall not transfer or discharge a resident except (a) upon his or her consent, (b) for medical reasons, (c) for the resident's safety or the safety of other residents or nursing home employees, (d) when rehabilitation is such that movement to a less restrictive…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6023 Involuntary transfer or discharge; notice; contents.
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(1) The notice required by subsection (2) of section 71-6022 shall contain: (a) The stated reason for the proposed transfer or discharge; (b) The effective date of the proposed transfer or discharge; and (c) In not less than twelve-point type, the text of section 71-445. (2) A co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6023.01 Licensure; retention of medicaid resident required; when.
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A nursing home seeking or renewing a license shall be required to retain a resident whose economic status changes so that such resident receives medicaid or becomes eligible for medicaid if such resident has resided in the nursing home for a period of at least one year after July…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-603 Vital statistics; duties of department; rules and regulations.
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The department shall provide for the registration of vital events and shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Vital Statistics Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-603.01 Electronic signatures; department; duty.
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The department shall provide for an electronic means of receiving electronic signatures as provided in section 86-611 for purposes of filing and amending death and fetal death certificates under the Vital Statistics Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6037 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-6008 to 71-6037 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Nursing Home Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6038 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-6038 to 71-6042: (1) Complicated feeding problems include, but are not limited to, difficulty swallowing, recurrent lung aspirations, and tube or parenteral or intravenous feedings; (2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; (3) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039 Nurse aide; qualifications; training requirements; department; duties; licensure as nurse; effect.
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(1) No person shall act as a nurse aide for a service provider under the medicaid comprehensive developmental disabilities waiver for services as defined in section 71-6501, or in a facility or a distinct part of a facility that provides care as defined in section 71-405, 71-406,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.01 Paid dining assistant; qualifications.
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No person shall act as a paid dining assistant in a nursing home unless such person: (1) Is at least sixteen years of age; (2) Is able to speak and understand the English language or a language understood by the nursing home resident being fed by such person; (3) Has successfully…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.02 Paid dining assistant; permitted activities.
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A paid dining assistant shall: (1) Only feed residents who have no complicated feeding problems as selected by the nursing home based on the resident's latest assessment and plan of care and a determination by the charge nurse that the resident's condition at the time of such fee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.03 Paid dining assistant; training requirements.
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(1) The department may prescribe a curriculum for training paid dining assistants and may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for such courses of training. Such courses shall be no less than eight hours in duration. The department may approve courses of training for paid d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.04 Paid dining assistant registry.
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The department shall maintain a paid dining assistant registry and shall include in the registry individuals who have successfully completed a paid dining assistant course of training and a competency evaluation program.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.05 Paid dining assistant; nursing home; duties.
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Each nursing home shall maintain (1) a record of all paid dining assistants employed by such facility, (2) verification of successful completion of a training course for each paid dining assistant, and (3) verification that the facility has made checks with the Nurse Aide Registr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6039.06 Eligibility for Licensee Assistance Program.
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Nurse aides and paid dining assistants are eligible to participate in the Licensee Assistance Program as prescribed by section 38-175.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-604 Birth certificate; preparation and filing.
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(1) A certificate for each live birth which occurs in the State of Nebraska shall be filed on a standard Nebraska certificate form. Such certificate shall be filed with the department within five business days after the birth. (2) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-604.01 Birth certificate; sex reassignment; new certificate; procedure.
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Upon receipt of a notarized affidavit from the physician that performed sex reassignment surgery on an individual born in this state and a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction changing the name of such person, the department shall prepare a new certific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-604.02 Acknowledgment of maternity; biological mother not the birth mother; forms; effect on birth certificate; rebuttable presumption; spouse; paternity; affidavits; department; powers and duties.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Biological mother means a person who is related to a child as the source of the egg that resulted in the conception of the child; and (b) Birth mother means the person who gave birth to the child. (2) During the period immediately before or a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-604.05 Birth certificate; restriction on filing; social security number required; exception; use; release of data to Social Security Administration.
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(1) The department shall not file (a) a certificate of live birth, (b) a certificate of delayed birth registration for a registrant who is under twenty-five years of age when an application for such certificate is filed, (c) a certificate of live birth filed after adoption of a N…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6040 Department; approve programs and materials.
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The department shall approve all courses, lectures, seminars, course materials, or other instructional programs used to meet the requirements of sections 71-6038 to 71-6042.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6041 Department; adopt rules and regulations.
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To protect the health, safety, and welfare of nursing home residents and the public, the department shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of sections 71-6038 to 71-6042. Such rules and regulations shall be consiste…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6042 Chief medical officer; enforcement; powers.
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The chief medical officer as designated in section 81-3115 shall have the authority to enforce sections 71-6038 to 71-6042 and rules and regulations adopted under section 71-6041 by any of the following means: Denial, suspension, restriction, or revocation of a nursing home's lic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-605 Death certificate; cause of death; sudden infant death syndrome; how treated; cremation, disinterment, or transit permits; how executed; filing; requirements.
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(1) The funeral director and embalmer in charge of the funeral of any person dying in the State of Nebraska shall cause a certificate of death to be filled out with all the particulars contained in the standard form adopted and promulgated by the department. Such standard form sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-605.01 Death certificate; death in military service outside continental limits of United States; recording.
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Death certificates issued by or under the authority of the United States for persons who were residents of Nebraska at the time they entered the military or armed forces of the United States, and died while in the service of their country while outside the continental limits of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-605.02 Death certificate; death in military service outside continental limits of United States; fees.
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The department shall preserve permanently all such certificates and shall charge and collect in advance the fee prescribed in section 71-612, to be paid by the applicant for each certified copy supplied to the applicant or for any search made at the applicant's request for access…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-605.04 Death; autopsy; sudden infant death syndrome; report by county attorney or coroner; to whom.
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The county attorney or coroner shall, within two days of the issuance of the autopsy results showing death suspected due to the sudden infant death syndrome, notify a representative of the Nebraska Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation or the appropriate area community mental h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-606 Stillborn child; death certificate; how registered; duties; certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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(1) A stillborn child shall be registered as a fetal death on a certificate form furnished by the department. Such certificate shall not be required for a child which has not advanced to the twentieth week of gestation. The certificate shall be filed with the department by the fu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-607 Nonviable birth; commemorative certificate; department; duties; fee.
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(1)(a) A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to the Uniform Credentialing Act who attends or diagnoses a nonviable birth or a health care facility licensed pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act at which a nonviable birth occurs shall advise a patient who exper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-608.01 Birth and death certificates; local registration; where filed; exemption.
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Persons in any county containing a city of the metropolitan or primary class which has an established city-county or county health department pursuant to sections 71-1626 to 71-1636 which has an established birth and death registration system shall be exempt from the requirements…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-610 Maternity homes; hospitals; birth reports.
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Maternity homes and lying-in hospitals, and places used as such, shall report to the department on the first day of each month the sex and date of birth of all children born in their respective institutions during the preceding month. The report shall also show the names and addr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-6101 to 71-6108 shall be known and may be cited as the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6102 Registered interior designer; regulation; registration; required, when.
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In order to safeguard life, health, and property, to promote the public welfare, and to recognize the need for design professionals to obtain government-issued permits or approval that may only be obtained with a construction document stamp, the profession of interior design is d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6103 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act: (1) Design means the preparation of schematics, layouts, plans, drawings, specifications, calculations, and other diagnostic documents which show the features of a registered interior design project; (2) Direct super…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6104 Registration; requirements.
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To be a registered interior designer, an individual shall: (1) Apply to the State Treasurer in a form and manner prescribed by the State Treasurer; (2) Pay an application fee of not more than fifty dollars as determined by the State Treasurer; and (3) Satisfy the requirements for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6105 Interior design registry; created; listing; term; eligibility; examinations.
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(1)(a) The interior design registry is created. (b) The State Treasurer shall list each interior designer registration in the registry. A listing in the registry shall be valid for the term of the registration and upon renewal unless such listing is refused renewal or is removed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6106 Seal; design; use.
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(1) Each registered interior designer shall obtain a seal. The design of the seal shall be determined by the State Treasurer. The following information shall be on the seal: State of Nebraska; registrant's name; registrant's business city; and the words Registered Interior Design…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6107 Registration; required; exceptions.
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2025, it is unlawful for any person to use the title registered interior designer or similar description to convey the impression that such person is a registered interior designer unless the person is registered under the Interior Design Voluntary Regist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6108 State Treasurer; powers and duties.
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(1) The State Treasurer shall: (a) Operate an interior designer registry listing registered interior designers; (b) Credit fees collected under the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act to the State Treasurer Administrative Fund; and (c) Prescribe individually identifiable s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-611 Department; forms; duty to supply; use of computer-generated forms; authorized.
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The department shall supply all necessary blanks, forms, and instructions pertaining to the recording of births and deaths to physicians, hospitals, and funeral directors and embalmers. Upon written request, the department may authorize a funeral director and embalmer licensed in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-612 Department; certificates; copies; fees; waiver of fees, when; search of death certificates, abstracts of marriage, abstracts of death; fee; access; petty cash fund; authorized.
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(1) The department, as the State Registrar, shall preserve permanently all certificates received. The department shall supply to any applicant for any proper purpose, as defined by rules and regulations of the department, a certified copy of the record of any birth, death, marria…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-613 Violation; penalty.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 71-649, any person violating any of the provisions of sections 71-601.01 to 71-616 shall be deemed guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-614 Marriage licenses; amendment; department; county clerk; duties.
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As soon as possible after completion of an amendment to a marriage license by the department, the department shall forward a noncertified copy of the marriage license reflecting the amendment to the county clerk of the county in which the license was filed. Upon receipt of the am…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-615 Annulments or dissolutions of marriage; monthly reports; duty of clerk of district court.
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On or before the fifth day of each month, the clerk of the district court of each county shall make and return to the department, upon suitable forms furnished by the department, a statement of each action for annulment or dissolution of marriage granted in the court of which he …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-616 Reports; department to tabulate.
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The department shall preserve permanently all births, deaths, marriages, and divorces received, and shall tabulate statistics therefrom.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-616.01 Match birth and death certificates; viewing records; department; powers.
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To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the department is authorized to match birth and death certificates and to post the facts of death to the appropriate birth certificate. To assist in the matching…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-616.02 Filing and registering of information; additional methods authorized.
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Information required in certificates or reports authorized by sections 71-605.02, 71-612, and 71-616.01 may be filed and registered by electronic or other means if authorized by the department and as prescribed by department regulation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-616.03 Filing and issuing vital records; additional methods authorized.
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The department may accept for filing and issue certified copies of vital records generated from microfilm, imaging, electronic means, or any other medium as designated by the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-616.04 Preservation of vital records; methods authorized.
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To preserve vital records, the department may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports of vital records. Such reproductions, when verified and approved by the department, shall be accepted as the original records, and the do…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.01 Delayed Birth Registration Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-617.01 to 71-617.15 shall be known and may be cited as the Delayed Birth Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.02 Delayed birth registration; application; fee; certificate registered; documentary evidence, defined.
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A notarized application may be filed with the department for a delayed registration of birth of any person born in the State of Nebraska whose birth is not registered within one year after the date of birth. If the birth occurred in the State of Nebraska at any time since the com…