Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5306 Director; powers and duties; Safe Drinking Water Act Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) To carry out the provisions and purposes of the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act, the director may: (a) Enter into agreements, contracts, or cooperative arrangements, under such terms as are deemed appropriate, with other state, federal, or interstate agencies or with municip…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5307 Operator of public water system; license required.
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No public water system shall be issued or otherwise hold a permit to operate a public water system, granted by the department, unless its operator possesses a license issued by the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5308 License; application; fees; renewal.
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(1) An applicant shall submit an application and the applicable fees for a license to act as a licensed operator of a public water system to the department. (2) The director shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to establish and collect fees to cover all reasonable and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5309 Qualifications of operators of public water system; licenses; issuance; rules and regulations; expired license; relicensure; department; powers and duties; disciplinary action; grounds.
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(1) The director shall adopt and promulgate, as necessary, minimum rules and regulations governing the qualifications of operators of public water systems. In adopting such rules and regulations, the director shall give consideration to the levels of training and experience which…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-531 Test; anonymous testing; referral for treatment; person committed to the Department of Correctional Services; department; duties.
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(1) A person seeking a human immunodeficiency virus test shall have the right to remain anonymous. If an anonymous test is requested, a health care provider shall confidentially refer such person to a site which provides anonymous testing. (2) When a health care provider or a hea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5310 Director; authorize variances or exemptions to standards; procedure.
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(1) The director may authorize variances or exemptions from the drinking water standards issued pursuant to section 71-5302 under conditions and in such manner as deemed necessary and desirable. Such variances or exemptions shall be permitted under conditions and in a manner whic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5310.01 Notice, order, or other instrument; service.
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Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice, order, or other instrument issued by or under authority of the director under the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act may be served on any person affected by such notice, order, or other instrument, personally or by publication, an…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5311.01 Compliance not dependent on funding.
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The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act or any other loan or grant program or any delay in obtaining the funds shall not alter the obligation of the system to comply in a timely manner with the Nebrask…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5311.02 Voluntary compliance.
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The director shall make every effort to obtain voluntary compliance through warning, conference, or any other appropriate means prior to initiating enforcement proceedings, except that such requirement shall not be construed to alter enforcement duties or requirements of the dire…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5312 Violations; penalty; county attorney or Attorney General; action to assure compliance.
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Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 71-5301 to 71-5313 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor and each day shall constitute a separate offense in cases of continued violation. It shall be the duty of the county attorney or the Attorney General, to wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5312.01 Existing rules, regulations, licenses, certificates, forms of approval, suits, other proceedings; how treated.
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(1) All rules and regulations adopted prior to July 1, 2021, under the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act shall continue to be effective to the extent not in conflict with the changes made by Laws 2021, LB148. (2) All licenses, certificates, or other forms of approval issued prior …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5313 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-5301 to 71-5313 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5314 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-5314 to 71-5327 shall be known and may be cited as the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5315 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that safe drinking water is essential to the protection of public health. The Legislature further finds that the construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of modern and efficient public water systems and safe drinking water projects are essent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5316 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Safe Drinking Water Act means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as the act existed on October 23, 2018; (2) Construction means any of the following: Preliminary planning to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5317 Federal grants; director; powers.
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The director may obligate and administer federal grants for construction of safe drinking water projects pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5318 Drinking Water Facilities Loan Fund; Land Acquisition and Source Water Loan Fund; Drinking Water Administration Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Drinking Water Facilities Loan Fund is created. The fund shall be held as a trust fund for the purposes and uses described in the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act. The fund shall consist of federal capitalization grants, state matching appropriations, proceeds of s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5319 Repayment of loan or credit; effect.
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If funds are loaned to or otherwise credited to the Drinking Water Facilities Loan Fund or the Land Acquisition and Source Water Loan Fund with an obligation to repay such loan or credit, the obligation to repay the amount of the loan or credit and the interest thereon shall, upo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-532 Test results reportable; manner.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which make the human immunodeficiency virus infection reportable by name in the same manner as communicable diseases under section 71-502.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5320 Pledge; effect.
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Any pledge of the Drinking Water Facilities Loan Fund or the Land Acquisition and Source Water Loan Fund or any part thereof or any pledge of the assets of such funds made by the department as authorized by the council shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5321 Council; powers and duties.
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The council shall have the following powers and duties: (1) The power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to govern eligible systems and application procedures and requirements for making loans under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act; (2) The power to adopt an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5322 Department; powers and duties.
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The department shall have the following powers and duties: (1) The power to establish a program to make loans to owners of public water systems, individually or jointly, for construction or modification of safe drinking water projects in accordance with the Drinking Water State R…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5323 Loans; eligibility.
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Loans shall be made only to owners of eligible systems for eligible projects pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5324 Loans; requirements.
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(1) All loans made under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act shall be made only to owners of public water systems that: (a) Meet the requirements of financial, technical, and managerial capability set by the department; (b) Pledge sufficient revenue sources for the repaym…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5325 Loan terms.
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Loan terms shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The term of the loan shall not exceed thirty years, except for systems serving disadvantaged communities which term may not exceed forty years; (2) The interest rate shall be at or below market interest rates; (3…
Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 383, § 9.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5327 Reserves authorized.
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At any time after the first year the fund is effective the director may: (1) Reserve a dollar amount equal to thirty-three percent of a capitalization grant made pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and add the funds reserved to any funds provided to the state …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5328 Lead Service Line Cash Fund; created; use; investment; Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; grants; authorized.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Department means the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; (b) Metropolitan utilities district means a district created pursuant to section 14-2101; and (c) Qualified labor training organization means any job training service provider…
Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 93, § 27.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-539 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that sections 71-539 to 71-544 provide for the exchange of immunization information between health care professionals, health care facilities, health care services, schools, postsecondary educational institutions, licensed child care facilities…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-540 Immunization information; nondisclosure.
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All immunization information may be shared with the Department of Health and Human Services and entered into the central database created pursuant to section 71-541.01. A patient or, if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent or legal guardian may deny access under sections …
Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 667, § 26.
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Transferred to section 38-28,108.
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Transferred to section 38-28,109.
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Transferred to section 38-28,110.
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Transferred to section 38-28,111.
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Transferred to section 38-28,112.
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Transferred to section 38-28,113.
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Transferred to section 38-28,114.
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Transferred to section 38-28,115.
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Transferred to section 71-5401.01.
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Transferred to section 38-28,116.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-541 Immunization information system; immunization information; access; fee.
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Any person or entity authorized under section 71-541.01 to access immunization information in the immunization information system established pursuant to section 71-541.01 may access such information pursuant to rules and regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-541.01 Immunization information system; established; purpose; access to records authorized.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish an immunization information system for the purpose of providing a central database of immunization information which can be accessed pursuant to rules and regulations of the department by any person or entity listed in s…