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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-448 License; disciplinary action; grounds.
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The Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services may take disciplinary action against a license issued under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act on any of the following grounds: (1) Violation of any of the provisions of the Assisted-Living Facility …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-449 License; disciplinary actions authorized.
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(1) The department may impose any one or a combination of the following types of disciplinary action against the license of a health care facility or health care service: (a) A fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars per violation; (b) A prohibition on admissions or readmissions,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-450 License; disciplinary actions; considerations.
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(1) In determining what type of disciplinary action to impose, the department shall consider: (a) The gravity of the violation, including the probability that death or serious physical or mental harm will result, the severity of the actual or potential harm, and the extent to whi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-451 License; disciplinary actions; notice.
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(1) If the department determines to deny, refuse renewal of, or take disciplinary action against a license, the department shall send to the applicant or licensee, by certified mail to the last address shown on the records of the department, a notice setting forth the determinati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-452 License; disciplinary actions; rights of licensee.
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Within fifteen days after service of a notice under section 71-451, an applicant or a licensee shall notify the director in writing that the applicant or licensee (1) desires to contest the notice and request an informal conference with a representative of the department in perso…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-453 License; disciplinary actions; informal conference; procedure.
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(1) The director shall assign a representative of the department, other than the individual who did the inspection upon which the notice is based, or a representative peer review organization to hold an informal conference with the applicant or licensee within thirty days after r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-454 License; disciplinary actions; hearings; procedure.
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(1) If the applicant or licensee requests a hearing under section 71-452, the department shall hold a hearing and give the applicant or licensee the right to present such evidence as may be proper. On the basis of such evidence, the director shall affirm, modify, or set aside the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-455 Appeals.
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Any party to a decision of the department under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act may appeal such decision. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-456 License; reinstatement; when; procedure.
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(1) A license issued under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act that has lapsed for nonpayment of fees is eligible for reinstatement at any time by applying to the department and paying the applicable fee as provided in section 71-434. (2) A license that has been disciplined by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-457 Rules and regulations.
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(1) To protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to insure to the greatest extent possible the efficient, adequate, and safe practice of health care in any health care facility or health care service licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, the depar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-458 Violations; penalty.
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Any person who establishes, operates, or maintains a health care facility or health care service subject to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act without first obtaining a license as required under the act or who violates any of the provisions of the act shall be guilty of a Cla…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-459 Injunction.
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The department may maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction against any person for establishing, operating, or maintaining a health care facility or health care service subject to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act without first obtaining a license as req…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4601 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-4601 to 71-4620.01 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4602 Uniformity in construction and use of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles and their systems; purpose.
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The Legislature recognizes that uniformity in the manner of the body and frame design, construction, assembly, and use of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles and that of their systems, components, and appliances including their plumbing, heating, and electrical systems i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4603 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Camping trailer means a vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4604 Plumbing, heating, and electrical systems; body and frame design and construction; installed equal to standards approved by commission.
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(1) All body and frame design and construction and all plumbing, heating, and electrical systems installed in manufactured homes or recreational vehicles manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or leased in this state more than four months after May 27, 1975, and before May 1, 1998…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4604.01 Manufactured home or recreational vehicle; seals certifying compliance with standards; exemption; rules and regulations; fees; Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash Fund.
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(1)(a) Every manufactured home or recreational vehicle manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or leased in this state more than four months after May 27, 1975, and before May 1, 1998, shall comply with the seal requirements of the state agency responsible for regulation of manufac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4605 Standards; compliance prior to sale, offer for sale, or lease.
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Except as provided in section 71-4606, no dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or lease in this state any new or used manufactured home or recreational vehicle manufactured more than four months after May 27, 1975, unless such manufactured home or recreational vehicle meets or exce…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4606 Standards; exception; reciprocity with other states; effect; seal of state on reciprocity list; federal manufactured-home label; validity; restrictions on sale.
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If any other state has plumbing, heating, electrical, or body and frame design and construction codes for recreational vehicles at least equal to those established under the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, the commission, upon determining t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4608 Violations; penalties; administrative fine.
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(1) Any person who is in violation of any provision of the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles regarding a used manufactured home or recreational vehicle or who manufactures unless destined for sale outside the United States, sells, offers for s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4609 Commission; duties; rules and regulations; refusal to issue seal; grounds; hearing; appeal; commission; powers; disciplinary actions; fee.
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(1) The commission shall administer the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles. The commission may adopt and promulgate, amend, alter, or repeal general rules and regulations of procedure for (a) administering the provisions of the code, (b) issuin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4610 Commission; inspections and investigations; purpose; notice of noncompliance.
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(1) The commission may conduct inspections and investigations as may be necessary to enforce the standards adopted under the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles or to carry out its duties pursuant to the code. The commission shall furnish the ap…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4611 Commission; powers and duties.
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For purposes of carrying out the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, the commission may: (1) Hold such hearings, take such testimony, act at such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4612 District court; enforcement.
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Any district court of this state in which any action is instituted in the case of any willful or negligent refusal to obey a subpoena or order of the commission issued pursuant to section 71-4611, may issue an order requiring compliance therewith. Any person who fails to obey suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4613 Manufacturer of manufactured homes; duties.
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Each manufacturer of manufactured homes which selects the commission to perform plan review shall: (1) Submit, in accordance with regulations and standards adopted by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the building plans for every model of its manufactu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4614 Commission; require manufacturer to supply information to purchaser; manner.
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The commission may require the manufacturer to give notification of performance and technical data to: (1) Each prospective purchaser before the first sale for purposes other than resale at each location where any such manufacturer's manufactured homes or recreational vehicles ar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4615 Trade secret information; confidential; exceptions.
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All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the commission or its duly authorized representatives pursuant to the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles which contains or relates to a trade secret, or which, if disclosed, would put the per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4616 Manufacturer; notification of failure to conform; method; contents.
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(1) Every manufacturer shall furnish notification of any failure to conform in any manufactured home or recreational vehicle produced by such manufacturer which the manufacturer determines, in good faith, violates a standard adopted by the commission or which constitutes an immin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4617 Manufacturer; furnish commission with information regarding hazards, defects, and noncompliance; disclosure to public; limitation; exception.
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Every manufacturer shall furnish to the commission a true or representative copy of all notices, bulletins, and other communications sent to the dealers of the manufacturer or to purchasers of manufactured homes or recreational vehicles of the manufacturer regarding any imminent …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4618 Commission; notice to manufacturers concerning nonconformance; opportunity for evidence; determination by commission; effect.
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(1) If the commission determines that any manufactured home or recreational vehicle (a) does not comply with an applicable standard adopted by the commission or (b) contains a failure to conform which constitutes an imminent safety hazard or serious defect in a single manufacture…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4619 Manufacturer; maintain sales records; commission; rules and regulations.
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Every manufacturer shall maintain a record of the name and address of the first purchaser of each manufactured home or recreational vehicle for purposes other than resale and, to the maximum extent feasible and reasonable, shall maintain procedures for ascertaining the name and a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4620 Manufacturer; compliance with standards or correction of nonconformance; conditions; powers of commission; remedy plan; replacement or refund; when provided.
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(1) A manufacturer required to furnish notification of a failure to conform under section 71-4616 or 71-4618 shall also bring the manufactured home or recreational vehicle into compliance with applicable commission standards and correct the failure to conform or have the failure …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4620.01 Existing rules, regulations, orders, suits, and proceedings; effect of transfer.
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All rules, regulations, and orders of the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure or its predecessor agency adopted prior to May 1, 1998, in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the Public Service Commission under the Uniform S…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-464 Itemized billing statement; duty to provide.
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A health care facility or a health care practitioner facility, upon written request of a patient or a patient's representative, shall provide an itemized billing statement, including diagnostic codes, without charge to the patient or patient's representative. Such itemized billin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-466 Religious residential facility; exemption from licensure and regulation.
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Any facility which is used as a residence by members of an organization, association, order, or society organized and operated for religious purposes, which is not operated for financial gain or profit for the organization, association, order, or society, and which serves as a re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-467 General acute hospital; employees; influenza vaccinations; tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine; duties; record.
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(1) Each general acute hospital shall take all of the following actions in accordance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as the guidelines ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-468 Onsite vaccinations for influenza and pneumococcal disease.
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In order to prevent, detect, and control pneumonia and influenza outbreaks in Nebraska: (1) Each general acute hospital and intermediate care facility shall annually, beginning no later than October 1 and ending on the following April 1, offer onsite vaccinations for influenza an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-469 Onsite vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
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In order to prevent, detect, and control diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis in Nebraska, each general acute hospital, intermediate care facility, nursing facility, and skilled nursing facility shall offer onsite vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis to all residents…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-470 Hospital pharmacy; license, when required; designate pharmacist in charge; duties; inspection.
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(1) A hospital in which drugs or devices are compounded, dispensed, or administered pursuant to chart orders is not required to obtain a separate license for the hospital pharmacy, except that if the compounding or dispensing of drugs or devices is done in the pharmacy at the hos…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-471 Memory care endorsement; application; qualifications.
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(1) An assisted-living facility may apply to the department for a memory care endorsement on a form prescribed by the department. Only an assisted-living facility which qualifies for the endorsement may advertise itself as an endorsed memory care facility and may qualify for reim…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-472 Memory care endorsement; qualifications; rules and regulations; fee.
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(1) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing qualifications for a memory care endorsement. The qualifications shall be specific to those necessary for residents with cognitive impairment or dementia and shall include, but not be limited to, sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4720 Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; created; members; appointment; qualifications.
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There is hereby created the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing which shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the Governor subject to approval by the Legislature. The commission members shall include three deaf persons, three hard of hearing persons, and three pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4720.01 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-4720 to 71-4732.01: (1) Commission means Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; (2) Deaf means a hearing impairment, with or without amplification, which is so severe that the person with the impairment may have difficulty in auditorily processin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4721 Commission; members; terms.
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Members of the commission shall serve for terms of three years and may not serve more than two consecutive three-year terms. A former member who has served two consecutive terms may be reappointed to the commission after at least one year of nonservice. The terms of the members s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4722 Members; removal; grounds.
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Members may be removed by the Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, but only after delivering to the member a copy of the charges and affording such member an opportunity to be publicly heard in person, or by counsel, in his or her own defense, upon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4723 Members; expenses.
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The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be reimbursed for expenses in attending meetings of the commission and in carrying out their official duties as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4724 Commission; meetings; record; quorum.
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The commission shall hold at least four meetings a year, at a time and place decided by the commission, and shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be open to the public for inspection. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the holding of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4725 Commission; officers; elect.
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The commission shall annually elect from its members a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary. At least one officer shall be a deaf or hard of hearing person. The vice-chairperson shall serve as chairperson in case of the absence or disability of the chairperson.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4726 Commission; executive director; appoint.
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The commission shall appoint a qualified person to serve as executive director who shall serve with the advice and consent of the commission. When appointing an executive director preference may be given to a deaf or hard of hearing person.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4727 Commission; employees.
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The commission may employ any employees, including interpreters, it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 71-4720 to 71-4732.01.