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NE Code § 71-4746 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4746 - Language assessment program; children from birth through five years of age; scope; report.

71-4746.  Language assessment program; children from birth through five years of age; scope; report.(1) The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, shall establish and coordinate a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program shall assess, monitor, and track the language developmental milestones for children from birth through five years of age who are deaf or hard of hearing. The scope of the program shall include children who use one or more communication modes in American Sign Language, English literacy, and, if applicable, spoken English and visual supplements.(2) Language assessments shall be given as needed to each child who is deaf or hard of hearing and who is less than six years of age in compliance with the Special Education Act and the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as such act existed on January 1, 2020. Such language assessments shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this section and any recommendations adopted pursuant to this section.(3) On or before December 31, 2022, and on or before each December 31 thereafter, the State Department of Education and the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall publish a joint report that is specific to language and literacy developmental milestones for each age from birth through five years of age of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, including children who are deaf or hard of hearing and have another disability, relative to such children's peers who are not deaf or hard of hearing. Such report shall be based on existing data annually reported by the State Department of Education in compliance with the federally required state performance plan on pupils with disabilities. The State Department of Education and the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall each publish the report on their respective websites. The report shall be electronically submitted to the Education Committee of the Legislature and the Clerk of the Legislature.Source Laws 2020, LB965, § 5. Cross References  Special Education Act, see section 79-1110.
NE Code § 71-4808 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4808 - Blood; who may consent to donate.

71-4808.  Blood; who may consent to donate.Any individual of sound mind and seventeen years of age or more may consent to donate whole blood for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting such blood in the human body. No person seventeen or eighteen years of age shall receive compensation for any donation of whole blood without parental permission or authorization.Source   Laws 1971, LB 799, § 8;   Laws 1972, LB 1086, § 3;   Laws 1977, LB 49, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 1178, § 9.
NE Code § 71-4813 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4813 - Eye tissue; pituitary gland; removal; when authorized.

71-4813.  Eye tissue; pituitary gland; removal; when authorized.(1) When an autopsy is performed by the physician authorized by the county coroner to perform such autopsy, the physician or an appropriately qualified designee with training in ophthalmologic techniques, as provided for in subsection (2) of this section, may remove eye tissue of the decedent for the purpose of transplantation. The physician may also remove the pituitary gland for the purpose of research and treatment of hypopituitary dwarfism and of other growth disorders. Removal of the eye tissue or the pituitary gland shall only take place if the:(a) Autopsy was authorized by the county coroner;(b) County coroner receives permission from the person having control of the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to section 30-2223; and(c) Removal of eye tissue or of the pituitary gland will not interfere with the course of any subsequent investigation or alter the decedent's post mortem facial appearance.(2) An appropriately qualified designee of a physician with training in ophthalmologic techniques or a funeral director and embalmer licensed pursuant to the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act upon (a) successfully completing a course in eye enucleation and (b) receiving a certificate of competence from the Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Nebraska Medical Center may enucleate the eyes of the donor.(3) The removed eye tissue or pituitary gland shall be transported to the Department of Health and Human Services or any desired institution or health facility as prescribed by section 38-1427.Source   Laws 1983, LB 60, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 130, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 683;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 599;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 1220;  Laws 2010, LB1036, § 36;  Laws 2014, LB998, § 17. Cross References  Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act, see section 38-1401.
NE Code § 71-4814 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4814 - Organ and tissue donations; legislative findings; protocol; development.

71-4814.  Organ and tissue donations; legislative findings; protocol; development.The Legislature finds that the availability of donor organs and tissue can save the lives and restore the health and productivity of many Nebraskans. Every hospital in the state shall develop a protocol, appropriate to the hospital's capability, for identifying and referring potential donor organ and tissue availability in coordination with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The protocol shall require utmost care and sensitivity to the family's circumstances, views, and beliefs in all discussions regarding donation of organs or tissue. Hospitals shall be required to consult with existing organ and tissue agencies preparatory to establishing a staff training and education program in the protocol. This section and section 71-4816 are for the immediate preservation of the public health and welfare.Source   Laws 1987, LB 74, § 1;  Laws 2010, LB1036, § 37. Cross References  Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, see section 71-4824.
NE Code § 71-4816 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4816 - Certificate of death; attestation required; statistical information.

71-4816.  Certificate of death; attestation required; statistical information.(1) The physician responsible for the completion and signing of the portion of the certificate of death entitled medical certificate of death or, if there is no such physician, the person responsible for signing the certificate of death shall attest on the death certificate whether organ or tissue donation was considered and whether consent was granted under the protocol of the hospital.(2) The Department of Health and Human Services shall make available the number of organ and tissue donors in Nebraska for statistical purposes.Source   Laws 1987, LB 74, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 684;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 600;  Laws 2010, LB1036, § 38.
NE Code § 71-4819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4819 - Department of Health and Human Services; education regarding bone marrow donors; powers and duties.

71-4819.  Department of Health and Human Services; education regarding bone marrow donors; powers and duties.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall educate residents of the state about:(a) The need for bone marrow donors;(b) Patient populations benefiting from bone marrow donations;(c) How to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry;(d) The procedures required to become registered as a potential bone marrow donor, including the procedures for determining tissue type; and(e) The medical procedures a donor must undergo to donate bone marrow and the attendant risks of the procedures.(2) The department shall provide information and educational materials to the public regarding bone marrow donation. The department shall seek assistance from the national marrow donor program to establish a system to distribute materials, ensure that the materials are updated periodically, and fully disclose the risks involved in donating bone marrow. The department shall make special efforts to educate and recruit persons of racial and ethnic minorities to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors.(3) The department may use the press, radio, and television and may place educational materials in appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and state and local agencies. The department, in conjunction with the Director of Motor Vehicles, shall make educational materials available at all places where motor vehicle operators' licenses are issued or renewed.Source   Laws 1992, LB 1099, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 685;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 601;  Laws 2020, LB541, § 1.
NE Code § 71-4820 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4820 - Employer; grant of leaves of absence; encouraged.

71-4820.  Employer; grant of leaves of absence; encouraged.An employer shall be encouraged to grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow.Source  Laws 1992, LB 1099, § 2.
NE Code § 71-4821 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4821 - Physician; inquire of new patient; provide information.

71-4821.  Physician; inquire of new patient; provide information.Each physician may inquire of a new patient who is at least eighteen years of age and younger than forty-five years of age on the new patient's intake form as to whether the patient is registered with the bone marrow registry. If the patient states that the patient is not registered with the bone marrow registry, the physician may provide information developed and disseminated by the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the bone marrow registry to the patient.Source Laws 2020, LB541, § 2.
NE Code § 71-4822 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4822 - Donor Registry of Nebraska; establishment; duties; restriction on information.

71-4822.  Donor Registry of Nebraska; establishment; duties; restriction on information.(1) The federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska shall use the information received from the Department of Motor Vehicles under section 60-494 to establish and maintain the Donor Registry of Nebraska. A procurement organization located outside of Nebraska may obtain information from the Donor Registry of Nebraska when a Nebraska resident is listed as a donor on the registry and is not located in Nebraska immediately preceding or at the time of his or her death. The federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska may receive donor information from sources other than the Department of Motor Vehicles and shall pay all costs associated with creating and maintaining the Donor Registry of Nebraska.(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Donor Registry of Nebraska facilitate organ and tissue donations and not inhibit such donations. A person does not need to be listed on the Donor Registry of Nebraska to be an organ and tissue donor.(3) No person shall obtain information from the Donor Registry of Nebraska for the purpose of fundraising or other commercial use. Information obtained from the Donor Registry of Nebraska may only be used to facilitate the donation process at the time of the donor's death. General statistical information may be provided upon request to the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska.Source  Laws 2004, LB 559, § 7;  Laws 2010, LB1036, § 39.
NE Code § 71-4824 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4824 - Act, how cited.

71-4824.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-4824 to 71-4845 shall be known and may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 1.
NE Code § 71-4826 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4826 - Applicability of act.

71-4826.  Applicability of act.The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 3.
NE Code § 71-4827 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4827 - Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.

71-4827.  Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.Subject to section 71-4831, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 71-4828 by:(1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:(A) Emancipated; or(B) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license and the donor is at least sixteen years of age;(2) An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;(3) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or(4) The donor's guardian.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 4.
NE Code § 71-4828 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4828 - Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

71-4828.  Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:(1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card;(2) In a will;(3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or(4) As provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and must:(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver's license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the gift.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 5.
NE Code § 71-4829 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4829 - Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

71-4829.  Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.(a) Subject to section 71-4831, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:(1) A record signed by:(A) The donor;(B) The other person; or(C) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or(2) A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.(b) A record signed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section must:(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) Subject to section 71-4831, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 6.
NE Code § 71-4830 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4830 - Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

71-4830.  Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:(1) A record signed by:(A) The individual; or(B) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;(2) The individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or(3) Any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(b) A record signed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section must:(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:(1) In the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section for making a refusal;(2) By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to section 71-4828 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or(3) By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h) of section 71-4831, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 7.
NE Code § 71-4831 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4831 - Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

71-4831.  Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4828 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4829.(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4829 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in section 71-4827 or 71-4832 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4828 or 71-4833.(c) If a person other than the donor has made an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4828 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4829, another person who is not the donor may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4833.(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under section 71-4829 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under section 71-4828 or 71-4833.(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in section 71-4827 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under section 71-4828 or 71-4833.(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 8.
NE Code § 71-4832 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-4832 - Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

71-4832.  Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by section 71-4830 or 71-4831, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(1) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under subdivision (2) of section 71-4827 immediately before the decedent's death;(2) The spouse of the decedent;(3) Adult children of the decedent;(4) Parents of the decedent;(5) Adult siblings of the decedent;(6) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;(7) Grandparents of the decedent;(8) The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of death;(9) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent other than any medical personnel caring for the decedent at the time of or immediately leading up to the decedent's death; and(10) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.(b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in subdivision (a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under section 71-4834 knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.Source Laws 2010, LB1036, § 9.