Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 26.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 2022, LB704, § 4.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 143.
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Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 27.
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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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.03 Delayed birth certificate; contents.
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Any birth certificate filed one year or more after the date of birth shall be marked Delayed and shall show on the face of the certificate the date of the delayed registration. A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be listed on…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.04 Delayed birth certificate; persons applying.
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In order to request the issuance of a certificate of delayed birth registration, the applicant shall be at least eighteen years of age. If the applicant is not yet eighteen years of age, application may be made only by the applicant's father, mother, guardian, or attendant at bir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.05 Delayed birth certificate; application; fee; records required.
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Each application for a certificate of delayed birth registration shall be accompanied by the fees required by subsection (1) of section 71-617.15 and three independent supporting records as provided in section 71-617.06, only one of which may be an affidavit of personal recollect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.06 Delayed birth certificate; independent supporting records; enumerated.
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Independent supporting records shall include, but not be limited to, original records or certified or notarized copies of: (1) A recorded certificate of baptism performed under age four; (2) An insurance policy application personal history sheet; (3) A federal census record; (4) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.07 Refusal to issue delayed birth certificate; reasons; appeal.
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If an applicant for a certificate of delayed birth registration fails to submit the minimum documentation required for the delayed registration or if the department has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of either the applicant's sworn statement or the document…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.08 Delayed birth certificate; denial; appeal; procedure.
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(1) If a delayed certificate of birth is denied by the department, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed with the county court of Lancaster County, of the county of the petitioner's residence, or of the county in which the birth is claimed to have occurred…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.09 Delayed birth certificate; petition; accompanying documents.
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A statement of the department indicating why a delayed certificate of birth was not issued and registered and all documentary evidence which was submitted to the department in support of such registration shall accompany a petition filed under section 71-617.08.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.10 Delayed birth certificate; hearing; notice; witnesses.
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The court shall fix a time and place for a hearing upon a petition filed under section 71-617.08 and shall give the department ten calendar days' notice of such hearing. Authorized representatives of the department may appear and testify in the proceeding.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.11 Delayed birth certificate; hearing; findings; order; contents.
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If the court finds from the evidence presented that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and such other findings as the case may require and shall issue an order o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.12 Delayed birth certificate; court order; clerk of the court; duties.
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The clerk of the court shall forward any order made under section 71-617.11 to the department not later than the tenth day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The order shall be registered by the department and shall constitute the certificate of bi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.13 Delayed birth certificate; department; duties.
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The department shall certify on a delayed registration of birth that no other record of the birth is on file with the department.
Repealed. Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 143.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.15 Delayed birth certificate; fees.
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(1) The department shall charge and collect the same fee as prescribed in subsection (1) of section 71-612 when an application for a delayed birth certificate is filed. All such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund. T…
Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 27.
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Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 42, § 27.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-6201 to 71-6229 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6202 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act is to establish guidelines for the regulation of health professions which are not licensed or regulated and those licensed or regulated health professions which seek to change their scope of practice. The Legislatur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6203 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 71-6204 to 71-6220.01 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6204 Applicant group, defined.
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Applicant group shall mean any health professional group or organization, any individual, or any other interested party which proposes that any health professional group not previously regulated be regulated by the division or which proposes to change the scope of practice of a r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6205 Board, defined.
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Board shall mean the State Board of Health.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6206 Certificate or certification, defined.
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Certificate or certification shall mean a voluntary process by which a statutory regulatory entity grants recognition to an individual who has met certain prerequisite qualifications specified by such regulatory entity and who may assume or use certified in the title or designati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6206.01 Chairperson, defined.
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Chairperson shall mean the chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6207 Committee, defined.
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Committee shall mean the technical committee created in section 71-6224.