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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3904 Applicability of act.
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The Indoor Tanning Facility Act does not apply to: (1) A physician licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act who uses, in the practice of medicine, medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation; or (2) Any individual who owns tanning equipment e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3905 Operator, owner, or lessee; prohibited acts; signed statement required; when; consent; proof of age; duties.
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It shall be unlawful for an operator, an owner of a tanning facility, or a lessee of a tanning facility to allow any person less than sixteen years of age to use tanning equipment at the tanning facility unless the person is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Before each …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3906 Operator, owner, or lessee; civil penalty.
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Any operator, owner of a tanning facility, or lessee of a tanning facility who allows any person less than sixteen years of age to use tanning equipment at the tanning facility without being accompanied by the parent or legal guardian who signed the statement required under secti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3907 Operator, owner, or lessee; post warning sign; information.
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(1) An operator, an owner of a tanning facility, or a lessee of a tanning facility shall post a warning sign in a conspicuous location in the tanning facility where it is readily visible by any person entering the tanning facility. The warning sign shall have black letters which …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3908 Operator, owner, or lessee; ensure compliance.
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An operator, an owner of a tanning facility, or a lessee of a tanning facility shall ensure that the tanning facility complies with all applicable federal laws and regulations and the Indoor Tanning Facility Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3909 Complaint; department; powers.
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Upon receipt of a complaint regarding a tanning facility, the department, with the recommendation of the board, may inspect any tanning facility during the hours of operation of the tanning facility to ensure compliance with the Indoor Tanning Facility Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4001 Transactions, defined.
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Procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing, or using human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, and other human tissues such as corneas, bones, or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting any of them in the human body is…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4002 Plasma donation; consent.
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Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more may consent to donate plasma without the permission of a parent or guardian. The consent is not subject to later disaffirmance because of minority.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-401 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-401 to 71-479 shall be known and may be cited as the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-402 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and the Nebraska Nursing Home Act is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for the licensure of health care facilities and health care services in the State of Nebraska and for the development, establi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-403 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 71-404 to 71-431 shall apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-404 Adult day service, defined.
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(1) Adult day service means a person or any legal entity which provides care and an array of social, medical, or other support services for a period of less than twenty-four consecutive hours in a community-based group program to four or more persons who require or request such s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-405 Ambulatory surgical center, defined.
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(1) Ambulatory surgical center means a facility (a) where surgical services are provided to persons not requiring hospitalization who are discharged from such facility within twenty-three hours and fifty-nine minutes from the time of admission, (b) which meets all applicable requ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-406 Assisted-living facility, defined.
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Assisted-living facility has the same meaning as in section 71-5903.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-407 Care, defined.
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(1) Care means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other sup…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-408 Center or group home for the developmentally disabled, defined.
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Center or group home for the developmentally disabled means a facility where shelter, food, and care, advice, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, or related services are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to four or more persons residing at such facili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-408.01 Children's day health service, defined.
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(1) Children's day health service means a person or any legal entity which provides specialized care and treatment, including an array of social, medical, rehabilitation, or other support services for a period of less than twenty-four consecutive hours in a community-based group …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-409 Critical access hospital, defined.
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Critical access hospital means a facility (1) with acute care inpatient beds where care or treatment is provided on an outpatient basis or on an inpatient basis to persons for an average period of not more than ninety-six hours and emergency services are provided on a twenty-four…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-410 Department, defined.
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Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-4101 to 71-4104 shall be known and may be cited as the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information and Support Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4102 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information and Support Act: (1) Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Down syndrome means a chromosomal condition caused by cell division that results in the presence of an e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4103 Information support sheet.
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A health care practitioner who provides prenatal or postnatal care, who administers or requests administration of a prenatal or postnatal screening or diagnostic test that detects Down syndrome, and who receives a test result from such test that indicates a high likelihood or the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4104 Department; duties; Down syndrome organization; include information on website.
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(1) The department shall make the following information available: (a) Up-to-date information about Down syndrome that has been reviewed by medical experts and Down syndrome organizations. The information shall be provided in a written format and shall include the following: (i) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-411 Director, defined.
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Director means the Director of Public Health of the Division of Public Health.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-412 General acute hospital, defined.
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General acute hospital means a hospital with a duly constituted governing body where medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, diagnostic radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services are provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis by the organized medical staff of such ho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-413 Health care facility, defined.
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Health care facility means an ambulatory surgical center, an assisted-living facility, a center or group home for the developmentally disabled, a critical access hospital, a general acute hospital, a health clinic, a hospital, an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-414 Health care practitioner facility, defined.
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Health care practitioner facility means the residence, office, or clinic of a practitioner or group of practitioners credentialed under the Uniform Credentialing Act or any distinct part of such residence, office, or clinic.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-415 Health care service, defined.
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Health care service means an adult day service, a children's day health service, a home health agency, a hospice or hospice service, a PACE center, or a respite care service. Health care service does not include an in-home personal services agency as defined in section 71-6501.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-416 Health clinic, defined.
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(1) Health clinic means a facility where advice, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, care, or services relating to the preservation or maintenance of health are provided on an outpatient basis for a period of less than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons not residing …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-417 Home health agency, defined.
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(1) Home health agency means a person or any legal entity which provides skilled nursing care or a minimum of one other therapeutic service as defined by the department on a full-time, part-time, or intermittent basis to persons in a place of temporary or permanent residence used…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-418 Hospice or hospice service, defined.
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Hospice or hospice service means a person or any legal entity which provides home care, palliative care, or other supportive services to terminally ill persons and their families.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-419 Hospital, defined.
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(1) Hospital means a facility where diagnosis, treatment, medical care, obstetrical care, nursing care, or related services are provided on an outpatient basis or on an inpatient basis for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons who have an illness, injury,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-419.01 Hospital pharmacy, defined.
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Hospital pharmacy means each facility licensed as a hospital in which the compounding, preparation for administration, or dispensing of drugs or devices pursuant to a chart order occurs for patients within the confines of the hospital with oversight by a pharmacist in charge.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-420 Intermediate care facility, defined.
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Intermediate care facility means a facility where shelter, food, and nursing care or related services are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons residing at such facility who are ill, injured, or disabled and do not require hospital or skilled…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-4201 to 71-4210 shall be known and may be cited as the Stroke System of Care Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4202 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that: (1) Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; (2) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4203 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Stroke System of Care Act: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) Hospital means a hospital as defined in section 71-419 and licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4204 Designation of hospitals; department; duties.
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The department shall designate hospitals as comprehensive stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, primary stroke centers, or acute stroke-ready hospitals based on certification from the American Heart Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare O…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4205 Coordinating stroke care agreement; contents.
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A hospital that is designated as a comprehensive stroke center, a thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or a primary stroke center may enter into a coordinating stroke care agreement with an acute stroke-ready hospital to provide appropriate access to care for acute stroke patients…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4206 Plan for triage and transfer of acute stroke patients.
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Beginning on January 1, 2017, a hospital that does not have certification described under section 71-4204 shall have a predetermined plan for the triage and transfer of acute stroke patients and shall file the plan annually with the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4207 Stroke triage assessment tool; post on website.
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The department shall adopt and distribute a nationally recognized, standardized stroke triage assessment tool. The department shall post the stroke triage assessment tool on the department's website and provide a copy of the assessment tool to each emergency medical service licen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4208 Emergency medical service; use of stroke triage assessment tool; establish protocols.
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(1) Beginning on January 1, 2017, an emergency medical service licensed pursuant to the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act shall use a stroke triage assessment tool that is substantially similar to the stroke triage assessment tool adopted by the department under section 71-…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4209 Stroke system of care task force; duties.
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(1) The department shall establish a stroke system of care task force to address matters of triage, treatment, and transport of possible acute stroke patients. The task force shall include representation from the department, including a program created by the department to addres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-421 Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, defined.
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Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities means a facility where shelter, food, and training or habilitation services, advice, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, care, nursing care, or related services are provided for a period of more than twenty-four…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4210 Statewide stroke data registry; data collection and release; powers and duties.
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(1) The department in conjunction with the stroke system of care task force shall establish and implement an improvement plan for a comprehensive stroke system for stroke response and treatment. The department shall: (a) Maintain a statewide stroke data registry that utilizes the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-422 Long-term care hospital, defined.
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Long-term care hospital means a hospital or any distinct part of a hospital that provides the care and services of an intermediate care facility, a nursing facility, or a skilled nursing facility.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-422.01 Memory care endorsement, defined.
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Memory care endorsement means an endorsement for the license of an assisted-living facility providing care for persons with cognitive impairments or dementia which meets the requirements for the endorsement under section 71-472.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-422.02 MAR, defined.
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MAR means a medication administration record kept by an assisted-living facility, a nursing facility, or a skilled nursing facility.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-423 Mental health substance use treatment center, defined.
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Mental health substance use treatment center means a facility where shelter, food, and counseling, supervision, diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation, assessment, or related services professionally directed are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-423.01 Mental illness, defined.
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Mental illness means a wide range of mental health disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior and can result in significantly impaired judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to address basic life necessities and requires care and treatment for healt…