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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,107 Nursing Student Loan Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Nursing Student Loan Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be the repository for loan repayments received under section 71-17,105. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,108 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-17,108 to 71-17,114 shall be known and may be cited as the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,109 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act: (1) Approved nursing program means a program offered by a public or private postsecondary educational institution in Nebraska (a) which consists of courses of instruction in regularly scheduled classes leading to a master of s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,110 Loan; eligibility.
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To qualify for a loan under the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act, a student shall (1) be a resident of Nebraska, (2) be enrolled in a masters or doctoral accredited nursing program, and (3) agree in writing to engage in nursing instruction in an approved nursing program.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,111 Loan distribution; conditions.
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Loans may be made by the department under the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act for educational expenses of a qualified student who agrees in writing to engage in nursing instruction in an approved nursing program for two years of full-time nursing instruction for each year a loan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-17,114 Department; powers and duties.
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The department has the administrative responsibility to track loan recipients and to develop repayment tracking and collection mechanisms. The department may contract for such services. When a loan has been forgiven pursuant to section 71-17,111, the amount forgiven may be taxabl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1795.01 Nurse Licensure Compact.
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The State of Nebraska adopts the Nurse Licensure Compact in the form substantially as follows: Nurse Licensure Compact ARTICLE I Findings and Declaration of Purpose a. The party states find that: 1. The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1796 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-1796 to 71-1799 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Center for Nursing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1797 Legislative findings and intent.
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The Legislature finds that it is imperative that the State of Nebraska protect its investment and the progress made in its efforts to alleviate the nursing shortage which exists. The Legislature also finds that the Nebraska Center for Nursing will provide the appropriate means to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1798 Nebraska Center for Nursing; established; goals; expansion of clinical training sites; workforce development.
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(1) The Nebraska Center for Nursing is established. The center shall address issues of supply and demand for nurses, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurses. The Legislature finds that the center will repay the state's investment by providing an ongo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1798.01 Board of Nursing; duties.
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The Board of Nursing shall recommend annually to the Department of Health and Human Services the percentage of all nursing fees collected during the year that are to be used to cover the cost of the Nebraska Center for Nursing, except that the percentage shall not be greater than…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1799 Nebraska Center for Nursing Board; created; members; terms; powers and duties; expenses.
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(1) The Nebraska Center for Nursing Board is created. The board shall be a policy-setting board for the Nebraska Center for Nursing. The board shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) Ten members, at least three of whom shall be registered nurses, one of whom shall be a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1801 Pathogenic microorganisms; sale and distribution; permit required.
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The sale and distribution of any material or substance, containing live microorganisms which are pathogenic to humans, is hereby prohibited unless authorized by special permits as provided for by sections 71-1802 and 71-1803.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1802 Permit; Department of Health and Human Services, authority; certification to State Veterinarian.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby authorized to issue permits for the use of the pathogenic microorganisms described in section 71-1801 in the prevention or control of diseases in humans, if in the opinion of the department there is sufficient warrant for thei…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1803 Permit; State Veterinarian, authority; rules and regulations.
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The State Veterinarian is hereby authorized to issue permits for the use of the pathogenic microorganisms described in section 71-1801 in the prevention or control of diseases of animals, if in the opinion of the Department of Health and Human Services there is sufficient warrant…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1804 Permit; duration; abrogation; renewal.
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The permits, issued under the provisions of sections 71-1802 and 71-1803, shall be valid for the period of one year, or part thereof, expiring on December 31 of each year. However, all such permits must remain subject to abrogation and renewal, if in the opinion of the Department…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1805 Violation; penalty.
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Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 71-1801 to 71-1804 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1901 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01: (1) Person includes a partnership, limited liability company, firm, agency, association, or corporation; (2) Child means an unemancipated minor; (3) Child-placing agency has the definition found in section 71-1926; (4) Department me…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1902 Foster care; license required; license renewal; kinship homes and relative homes; department and child-placing agencies; duties; placement in nonlicensed relative home or kinship home; approval by department; when; license revocation; procedure.
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(1) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations on requirements for licenses, waivers, variances, and approval of foster family homes taking into consideration the health, safety, well-being, and best interests of the child. An initial assessment of a foster f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1903 Foster care; investigation by department; State Fire Marshal; fee; criminal history record information check.
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(1) Before issuance of a license under sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01, the department shall cause such investigation to be made as it deems necessary to determine if the character of the applicant, any member of the applicant's household, or the person in charge of the service an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1904 Rules and regulations; licensing and regulation; waiver of licensing standard; when.
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(1) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01 for (a) the proper care and protection of children by licensees under such sections, (b) the issuance, suspension, and revocation of licenses to provide foster care, (c)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1905 Violation; penalty.
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01 shall be deemed guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1906 Native American foster homes; legislative intent.
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In order to achieve the goals and further the purposes of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, it is the intent of the Legislature that Native American families have the option to meet separate licensing standards for Native Amer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1906.01 Native American foster homes; rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing separate licensing standards for Native American foster homes located outside the boundaries of any Indian reservation or tribal service area as defined in section 43-1503. The department shall, in consult…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1907 Child passenger restraint; requirements; violation; penalty.
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Any person furnishing foster care who is subject to licensure under section 71-1902 or the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act, when transporting in a motor vehicle any children for whom care is being furnished, shall use an approved child passenger restra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1908 Child Care Licensing Act, how cited; legislative findings.
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(1) Sections 71-1908 to 71-1923.04 shall be known and may be cited as the Child Care Licensing Act. (2) The Legislature finds that there is a present and growing need for quality child care programs and facilities. There is a need to establish and maintain licensure of persons pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1909 Purposes of act; legislative intent.
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(1) The purposes of the Child Care Licensing Act are to provide: (a) Statewide licensure standards for persons providing child care programs; and (b) The department with authority to coordinate the enforcement of standards on licensees. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature tha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1910 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Child Care Licensing Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2)(a) Program means the provision of services in lieu of parental supervision for children under thirteen years of age for c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1911 Licenses; when required; issuance; corrective action status; display of license; dual license.
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(1) A person may operate child care for three or fewer children without having a license issued by the department. A person who is not required to be licensed may choose to apply for a license and, upon obtaining a license, shall be subject to the Child Care Licensing Act. A pers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1911.01 Fees.
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(1) For a license to operate a program for fewer than thirty children, each applicant for a license and each licensee shall pay to the department, at the time of initial application and annually thereafter, a license fee of twenty-five dollars. (2) For a license to operate a prog…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1911.02 Application; contents.
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(1) An applicant for a license to operate a program required to be licensed under the Child Care Licensing Act shall file a written application with the department. The application shall be accompanied by the license fee pursuant to section 71-1911.01 and shall set forth the full…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1911.03 Applicant; liability insurance.
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(1) An applicant for a license under the Child Care Licensing Act shall provide to the department written proof of liability insurance coverage for the hours such applicant is operating and a child is in the applicant's care of at least one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1912 Department; investigation; inspections; national criminal history record information check; procedure; cost; background checks; person ineligible for employment; when.
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(1) Before issuance of a license, the department shall investigate or cause an investigation to be made, when it deems necessary, to determine if the applicant or person in charge of the program meets or is capable of meeting the physical well-being, safety, and protection standa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1912.01 Child care staff member; national criminal history record information check; required, when; federal Child Care Subsidy program; eligibility to participate.
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(1) For purposes of this section, child care staff member means an individual who is not related to all of the children for whom child care services are provided and: (a) Who is employed for compensation by a child care provider not required to be licensed under the Child Care Li…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1912.02 Child care program; volunteer; permitted, when; section; termination.
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(1) No child care program licensed under the Child Care Licensing Act shall be prohibited from including a volunteer in the supervised staff-to-child ratio if the volunteer (a) receives qualifying results for either (i) a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check or (ii) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1912.03 Youth afterschool eligibility letter; employment eligibility; requirements; expiration; renewal; department; powers and duties; acceptance; applicability of section.
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(1) The department shall establish a youth afterschool eligibility letter for individuals who are sixteen or seventeen years of age and who are seeking employment in school-age child care programs or temporary nonresidential child care programs. For purposes of this section, temp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1913 Fire inspections; sanitation and physical well-being standards; liability insurance; investigations.
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(1) The department may request the State Fire Marshal to inspect any program for fire safety pursuant to section 81-502. The State Fire Marshal shall immediately notify the department whenever he or she delegates authority for such inspections under such section. (2) The departme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1913.01 Immunization requirements; record; report.
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(1) Each program shall require the parent or guardian of each child enrolled in such program to present within thirty days after enrollment and periodically thereafter (a) proof that the child is protected by age-appropriate immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, poliomyel…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1913.02 Immunization reports; audit; deficiencies; duties.
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(1) The department shall perform annually a random audit of the reports submitted under section 71-1913.01 to check for compliance with such section on an annual basis and such other audits and inspections as are necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of disease. Audit r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1913.03 Immunization; department; adopt rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the required levels of protection, using as a guide the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1913.04 Anaphylaxis policy; required, when; publication.
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(1) Beginning July 1, 2026, a program licensed pursuant to the Child Care Licensing Act without a policy in effect at such time, that cares for a child with a known food or other allergy, shall adopt a specific policy to address incidents of anaphylaxis involving children at the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1914 Department; serve as coordinating agency; local rules and regulations; report of violation.
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(1) The department shall be the state's coordinating agency for licensure and regulation of programs in this state in order to (a) provide efficient services pursuant to the Child Care Licensing Act, (b) avoid duplication of services, and (c) prevent an unnecessary number of insp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1914.01 Unlicensed child care; investigation.
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When the department receives a complaint of allegedly improper unlicensed care, the department shall investigate the claim and shall go to the premises of the alleged unlicensed program to ascertain if child care is being provided there which must be licensed according to the Chi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1914.02 Unlicensed child care; restraining order or injunction; department; powers.
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The department may apply for a restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction against any person violating the Child Care Licensing Act by providing unlicensed child care when a license is required. The district court of the county where the violation is occurring shall…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1914.03 Unlicensed child care; violations; penalty; county attorney; duties.
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(1) Any person violating the Child Care Licensing Act by providing unlicensed child care when a license is required is guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor. Each day the violation continues shall be a separate offense. (2) The county attorney of the county in which any provision of u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1915 Department; emergency powers; injunction.
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(1) Whenever the department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the physical well-being and safety of a child in a program, the department may, without notice or hearing, issue an order declaring the existence of such an emergency and requiring th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1916 Department; administrative procedures.
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(1) The department shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, consistent with the Child Care Licensing Act, as necessary for (a) the proper care and protection of children in programs regulated under the act, (b) the issuance and discipline of licenses, and (c) the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1917 School-age child care program; inspections; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.
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(1) For purposes of licensing a school-age child care program, a school-age child care program which operates in an accredited or approved school under the rules and regulations of the State Department of Education shall be deemed to meet the standards of the State Department of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1917.01 Blankets; prohibited in cribs.
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Blankets shall not be used in cribs in any child care facility.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1918 Complaint tracking system.
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The department shall maintain a complaint tracking system which shall identify licensing violations discovered from a complaint investigation, an unannounced inspection, or a self-report investigation for licensees under the Child Care Licensing Act.