Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-519 Screening test; duties; disease management; duties; fees authorized; immunity from liability.
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(1) All infants born in the State of Nebraska shall be screened for phenylketonuria, congenital primary hypothyroidism, biotinidase deficiency, galactosemia, hemoglobinopathies, medium-chain acyl co-a dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), mucopol…
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-520 Food supplement and treatment services program; authorized; fees.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a program to provide food supplements and treatment services to individuals suffering from the inherited or congenital infant or childhood-onset diseases set forth in section 71-519. To defray or help defray the costs of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5201 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-5201 to 71-5209, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Residency program shall mean a residency education program which is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; (2) Model ambulatory practice unit shall mean the faci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5202 Medical education residency program; established; purpose; implementation.
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There is hereby established a statewide medical education residency program for the purpose of training resident physicians. The Dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Nebraska Medical Center shall be responsible for implementing the development and expansion of res…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5203 Residency programs; funding; use of funds.
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The Legislature shall provide funding for residency programs as provided in sections 71-5201 to 71-5209. Such funding shall be in addition to all other funding of the University of Nebraska, including current sources of funding house officer education and training. The funding fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5204 Funding; designation of minimum enrollments and priorities.
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Funding provided by section 71-5203 shall be sufficient to provide for the following minimal residency enrollments: (1) During fiscal year 1975-76, funding shall be provided for two hundred eighty-three residencies, including forty-three in the family practice residency program; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5205 Family practice residency program; how funded.
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The family practice residency program may be funded in part by grants provided by the Department of Health and Human Services or agencies of the federal government. If such grants are provided, the Legislature shall not provide funding for such program.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5206 Family practice residents; contract with other programs to assist in training; when; requirements.
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If the College of Medicine of the University of Nebraska is unable to train the number of family practice residents provided for in section 71-5204, the college may, with the approval of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, contract with other associated programs w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5206.01 Family practice residents; funding of stipends and benefits.
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(1) The Legislature may provide funding to the Office of Rural Health for the purpose of funding the cost of resident stipends and benefits, which funding may include health insurance, professional liability insurance, disability insurance, medical education expenses, continuing …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5207 Recruitment and training of physicians for rural communities; program established; purpose.
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There is hereby created a program for the recruitment and training of physicians for rural communities, which shall be included as a program in the general budget of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The purpose of such program shall be to coordinate, train, and recruit …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5208 Dental education program in comprehensive dentistry; established; purpose; implementation.
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There is hereby established a statewide dental education program in comprehensive dentistry for the purpose of training dentists in the clinic of the College of Dentistry during the senior year of dental training. The Dean of the College of Dentistry of the University of Nebraska…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5209 Comprehensive dentistry program; funding.
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Funding for the comprehensive dentistry program shall be provided in the manner set forth in section 71-5203.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-521 Tests and reports; department; duties.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall prescribe the tests, the test methods and techniques, and such reports and reporting procedures as are necessary to implement sections 71-519 to 71-524.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5210 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-5210 to 71-5212 shall be known and may be cited as the Primary Care Provider Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5211 Primary care, defined.
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For purposes of the Primary Care Provider Act, primary care means family practice, general practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5212 Postgraduate residency training program; University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center; develop plans.
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The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Creighton University Medical Center shall each develop a separate plan to increase the number of graduates from its medical center who enter a primary care postgraduate residency training program. Each report shall include numeric…
Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 782, § 253.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-522 Central data registry; department; duties; use of data.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish and maintain a central data registry for the collection and storage of reported data concerning inherited or congenital infant or childhood-onset diseases. The department shall use reported data to ensure that all infant…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-523 Departments; powers and duties; adopt rules and regulations; contracting laboratories; requirements; fees.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide educational and resource services regarding screened diseases to persons affected by sections 71-519 to 71-524 and to the public generally. (2) The Department of Health and Human Services may apply for, receive, and ad…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-524 Enforcement; procedure.
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In addition to any other remedies which may be available by law, a civil proceeding to enforce section 71-519 may be brought in the district court of the county where the infant is domiciled or found. The attending physician, the hospital or other birthing facility, the Attorney …
Repealed. Laws 1993, LB 536, § 128.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-526 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-526 to 71-530 shall be known and may be cited as the Childhood Vaccine Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-527 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) Childhood communicable diseases constitute a serious threat to the public health of the people of this state and the prevention of childhood communicable diseases is a goal of the people; (2) The effectiveness of childhood vacci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-528 Intent and purpose.
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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the citizens of the State of Nebraska benefit by participation in national efforts to take innovative action to provide immunization of our children by removal of barriers which impede vaccine delivery and by improving access to immuni…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-529 Statewide immunization action plan; department; powers.
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The Department of Health and Human Services may participate in the national efforts described in sections 71-527 and 71-528 and may develop a statewide immunization action plan which is comprehensive in scope and reflects contributions from a broad base of providers and consumers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-530 Act; entitlement not created; availability of funds; effect.
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The Childhood Vaccine Act is not intended to create an entitlement to any activities described in the act, and the Department of Health and Human Services may perform the activities described in the act to the extent funds are available.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5301 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; (2) Director means the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment or his or her authorized representative; (3) Desig…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5301.01 Use of lead-free materials; rules and regulations.
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The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding the use of lead-free materials in public water systems in compliance with standards established in accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5302 Drinking water and monitoring standards; harmful materials; how determined; applicability; priority system.
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(1) The director shall adopt and promulgate necessary minimum drinking water standards, in the form of rules and regulations, to insure that drinking water supplied to consumers through all public water systems shall not contain amounts of chemical, radiological, physical, or bac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5303 Public water system; permit; director; powers; hearing; appeal.
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(1) No person shall operate or maintain a public water system without first obtaining a permit to operate such system from the director. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of such permit. (2) The director shall inspect public water systems and report findings to the owner, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5304 Rules and regulations; construction and operation of system; objectives.
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(1) The director shall adopt and promulgate, as necessary, minimum rules and regulations governing the siting, design, construction, alteration, classification, and operation of public water systems to insure that such public water systems shall not contain amounts of chemical, r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5304.01 Violations; administrative orders; director; emergency powers; hearing; administrative penalties.
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(1) Whenever the director has reason to believe that a violation of any provision of the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act, any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated under such act, or any term of a variance or exemption issued pursuant to section 71-5310 has occurred, he or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5304.02 Public water system; notice; requirements.
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(1) The director may require a public water system to give notice to the persons served by the system and to the department whenever the system: (a) Is not in compliance with an applicable maximum contaminant level or treatment technique requirement of or a testing procedure pres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5305 Public water system; construction, extension, or alteration; written authorization required; exception; procedure.
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(1) No major construction, extension, or alteration of a public water system shall be commenced without written authorization from the director. No such authorization shall be needed in the case of minor repairs and matters of maintenance. No such authorization shall be granted u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5305.01 Certain new water systems; technical, managerial, and financial capacity.
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All new community water systems and new nontransient noncommunity water systems commencing operation after October 1, 1999, shall demonstrate technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate under the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act. The director may adopt and promulgate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5305.02 Capacity development strategy; department; solicit public comment.
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The department shall develop a capacity development strategy to assist public water systems in acquiring and maintaining technical, managerial, and financial capacity pursuant to section 71-5305.01. The department shall consider and solicit public comment on: (1) The methods or c…