Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1999, LB 530, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3522 Compact; withdrawal.
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The State of Nebraska hereby withdraws from the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. The Governor shall notify in writing each of the governors of the other compact states and the chairperson of the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commiss…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3523 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that costs incurred by the State of Nebraska attributable to the shipment of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste in or through the state shall be borne by the shipper.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3524 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-3523 to 71-3528: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) High-level radioactive waste means (a) irradiated reactor fuel, (b) liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system or equiva…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3525 Fees.
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Until January 1, 2005, a fee of two thousand dollars shall be assessed on each cask of high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste shipped in or through the state, whether shipped by motor carrier or rail. On and after January 1, 2005, the department shall establish and ass…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3526 Radiation Transportation Emergency Response Cash Fund; created; use; investment; changes in fees; when.
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The Radiation Transportation Emergency Response Cash Fund is created. The fund shall consist of fees credited pursuant to section 71-3525. The fund shall be used for the purposes stated in such section, except that transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3527 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 71-3523 to 71-3526.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3528 Applicability of sections.
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Sections 71-3523 to 71-3527 do not apply to high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste shipped by or for the United States Government for military, national security, or national defense purposes. Sections 71-3523 to 71-3527 do not require disclosure of defense information…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3529 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that costs incurred by the State of Nebraska attributable to the calibration of radiological instruments be borne by the responsible agency and to provide state and local governmental agencies a cost-effective source for the calibration of radi…
Transferred to section 38-1018.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3530 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-3529 to 71-3536: (1) Department means the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Division within the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency under the Military Department; (2) Radiological instrument includes, but is not limited to, radiological meters, radi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3531 Fees; use.
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(1) Until January 1, 2008, a fee shall be assessed on each radiological instrument calibrated by the department as follows: Direct reading dosimeters, twenty-two dollars; electronic dosimeters, thirty-one dollars; CD V-700 meters, thirty-six dollars; CD V-715 meters, twenty-five …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3532 Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the director of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. The fund shall consist of all non-federal-fund revenue received by the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. The fund shall o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3533 Delivery and receipt of radiological instruments.
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The responsible agency shall be responsible for delivery and receipt of radiological instruments to and from the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3534 Forfeiture of instrument; when; procedure.
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If a replaced, repaired, or calibrated radiological instrument has not been receipted from the department by the responsible agency sixty days after the completed replacement, repair, or calibration date, the department shall provide written notification to the responsible agency…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3535 Applicability of sections.
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Sections 71-3529 to 71-3536 shall not apply to a radiological instrument owned and replaced, repaired, or calibrated by the department, except when a responsible agency has been issued a radiological instrument and, by agreement, has consented to be responsible for the replacemen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3536 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 71-3529 to 71-3536.
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 296, § 815.
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Transferred to section 38-1019.
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Transferred to section 38-1020.
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Transferred to section 38-1021.
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Transferred to section 38-1022.
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Transferred to section 38-1023.
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Transferred to section 38-1024.
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Transferred to section 38-1025.
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Transferred to section 38-1026.
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Transferred to section 38-1027.
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Transferred to section 38-1028.
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Transferred to section 38-1029.
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Transferred to section 38-1030.
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Transferred to section 38-1031.
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Transferred to section 38-1032.
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Transferred to section 38-1033.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3601 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act: (1) Communicable tuberculosis means tuberculosis manifested by a laboratory report of sputum or other body fluid or excretion found to contain tubercle bacilli or by chest X-ray findings interpreted as active tubercul…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3601.01 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-3601 to 71-3614 shall be known and may be cited as the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3602 Communicable tuberculosis; orders authorized; refusal; state health officer or local health officer; powers and duties.
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(1) When there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has communicable tuberculosis and the person refuses to submit to the examination necessary to determine the existence of communicable tuberculosis, the state health officer or local health officer may order such pers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3603 Petition; hearing; notice; costs.
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The county attorney of the county in which the proceedings are to be held as provided in section 71-3602 shall act for the department or local board of health. Either the state health officer or local health officer shall advise the county attorney in writing of the violation. Wi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3604 Hearing; procedure; order.
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(1) Upon the hearing set in the order, the person named in the order shall have a right to be represented by counsel, to confront and cross-examine witnesses against him or her, and to have compulsory process for the securing of witnesses and evidence in his or her own behalf. (2…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3605 Appeal; procedure.
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Any person aggrieved by a final decision in a contested case, whether such decision is affirmative or negative in form, is entitled to judicial review under the provisions of sections 25-2728 to 25-2738.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3606 Commitment; length of time.
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Upon commitment, the person shall be confined until such time as the responsible attending physician determines that the patient no longer has communicable tuberculosis or that his discharge will not endanger public health.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3607 Commitment; release; procedure.
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Any time beyond sixty days after commitment, the person or any friend or relative believing that the patient no longer has communicable tuberculosis or that his discharge will not endanger public health may institute proceedings by petition in the county court of the county where…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3608 Commitment; voluntary hospitalization or treatment.
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No person having communicable tuberculosis who in his or her home or elsewhere obeys the rules, regulations, and orders of the department for the control of tuberculosis or who voluntarily accepts hospitalization or treatment in a health care facility which is licensed and approv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3609 Commitment; medical or surgical treatment; consent required.
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No person committed under the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act shall be required to submit to medical or surgical treatment without his or her consent or, if incompetent, without the consent of his or her legal guardian, or, if a minor, without the consent of a parent or…
Repealed. Laws 1999, LB 68, § 91.
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Transferred to section 38-1034.
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Transferred to section 38-1035.
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Transferred to section 38-1036.
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Transferred to section 38-1037.
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Transferred to section 38-1038.
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