Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
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…
Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 385, § 7.
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Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 385, § 7.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 26.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2017, LB644, § 21.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Transferred to section 38-2419.
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Transferred to section 38-2420.
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Transferred to section 38-2421.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Transferred to section 38-2422.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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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…
Transferred to section 38-2424.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Transferred to section 38-2418.
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Transferred to section 38-2423.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Transferred to section 38-2417.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1319.
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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…