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NE Code § 38-1232 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1232 - Individual liability.

38-1232.  Individual liability.(1) No emergency care provider, physician assistant, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse who provides public emergency care shall be liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his or her acts of commission or omission arising out of and in the course of his or her rendering in good faith any such care. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to grant any such immunity for liability arising out of the operation of any motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or while such person was impaired by alcoholic liquor or any controlled substance enumerated in section 28-405 in connection with such care, nor shall immunity apply to any person causing damage or injury by his or her willful, wanton, or grossly negligent act of commission or omission.(2) No qualified physician or qualified physician surrogate who gives orders, either orally or by communication equipment, to any emergency care provider at the scene of an emergency, no emergency care provider following such orders within the limits of his or her licensure, and no emergency care provider trainee in an approved training program following such orders, shall be liable civilly or criminally by reason of having issued or followed such orders but shall be subject to the rules of law applicable to negligence.(3) No physician medical director shall incur any liability by reason of his or her use of any unmodified protocol, standing order, operating procedure, or guideline provided by the board pursuant to subdivision (9) of section 38-1217.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 23;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5194;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 516;  Laws 2009, LB195, § 18;  Laws 2018, LB1034, § 28;  Laws 2020, LB1002, § 37.
NE Code § 38-1233 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1233 - Emergency care provider; liability relating to consent.

38-1233.  Emergency care provider; liability relating to consent.No emergency care provider shall be subject to civil liability based solely upon failure to obtain consent in rendering emergency medical, surgical, hospital, or health services to any individual regardless of age when the patient is unable to give his or her consent for any reason and there is no other person reasonably available who is legally authorized to consent to the providing of such care.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 24;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5195;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 517;  Laws 2020, LB1002, § 38.
NE Code § 38-1234 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1234 - Emergency care provider; liability within scope of practice.

38-1234.  Emergency care provider; liability within scope of practice.No act of commission or omission of any emergency care provider while rendering emergency medical care within the limits of his or her licensure or status as a trainee to a person who is deemed by the provider to be in immediate danger of injury or loss of life shall impose any liability on any other person, and this section shall not relieve the emergency care provider from personal liability, if any.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 25;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5196;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 518;  Laws 2020, LB1002, § 39.
NE Code § 38-1235 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1235 - Department; accept gifts.

38-1235.  Department; accept gifts.The department may accept from any person, in the name of and for the state, services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of bequest, gift, or grant for the purposes of promoting emergency medical care. Any such funds received shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 26;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5197;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 604;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 519.
NE Code § 38-1236 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1236 - Act; construction with other laws.

38-1236.  Act; construction with other laws.The provisions of the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act shall not be construed to supersede, limit, or otherwise affect the state emergency management laws or any interstate civil defense compact participated in by the State of Nebraska dealing with the licenses for professional, mechanical, or other skills of persons performing emergency management functions.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 27;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5198;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 520.
NE Code § 38-1237 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1237 - Prohibited acts.

38-1237.  Prohibited acts.It shall be unlawful for any person who has not been licensed pursuant to the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act or authorized pursuant to the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact to hold himself or herself out as an emergency care provider, to use any other term to indicate or imply that he or she is an emergency care provider, or to act as such a provider without a license therefor. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a training agency for the initial training or renewal or reinstatement of licensure of emergency care providers unless the training agency is approved pursuant to rules and regulations of the department. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an emergency medical service unless such service is licensed.Source   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 28;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5199;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 521;  Laws 2018, LB1034, § 29;  Laws 2020, LB1002, § 40.  Cross References  EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, see section 38-3801.
NE Code § 38-1301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1301 - Act, how cited.

38-1301.  Act, how cited.Sections 38-1301 to 38-1315 shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Health Specialists Practice Act.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 522.
NE Code § 38-1302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1302 - Definitions, where found.

38-1302.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Environmental Health Specialists Practice Act and elsewhere in the Uniform Credentialing Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 38-1303 to 38-1306 apply.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 2, p. 1279;   Laws 1989, LB 344, § 27;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 38;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 666;  Laws 2003, LB 242, § 116;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3702;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 578;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 523.
NE Code § 38-1303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1303 - Board, defined.

38-1303.  Board, defined.Board means the Board of Registered Environmental Health Specialists.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 524.
NE Code § 38-1304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1304 - Environmental health specialist, defined.

38-1304.  Environmental health specialist, defined.Environmental health specialist means a person who by education and experience in the physical, biological, and sanitary sciences is qualified to carry out educational, investigational, and technical duties in the field of environmental sanitation.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 525.
NE Code § 38-1305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1305 - Provisional environmental health specialist, defined.

38-1305.  Provisional environmental health specialist, defined.Provisional environmental health specialist means a person who is qualified by education but does not have at least two full years of experience in the field of environmental sanitation and is certified in accordance with the Environmental Health Specialists Practice Act.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 526.
NE Code § 38-1306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1306 - Registered environmental health specialist, defined.

38-1306.  Registered environmental health specialist, defined.Registered environmental health specialist means a person who has the educational requirements and has had experience in the field of environmental sanitation required by section 38-1308 and is certified in accordance with the Environmental Health Specialists Practice Act.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 527.
NE Code § 38-1307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1307 - Board; members; qualifications; terms.

38-1307.  Board; members; qualifications; terms.The board shall consist of six members. One member shall be a public member who meets the requirements of section 38-165. Each of the other members shall have been engaged in environmental health for at least ten years, shall have had responsible charge of work for at least five years at the time of his or her appointment, and shall be a registered environmental health specialist. At the expiration of the three-year terms of the members serving on December 1, 2008, successors shall be appointed for five-year terms.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 6, p. 1281;   Laws 1969, c. 578, § 1, p. 2326;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 127;   Laws 1987, LB 473, § 49;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 43;   Laws 1993, LB 375, § 4;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 46;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 667;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3706;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 579;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 528.
NE Code § 38-1308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1308 - Certification; qualifications; exception; term.

38-1308.  Certification; qualifications; exception; term.A person shall be eligible for certification as an environmental health specialist if he or she has graduated with a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university, has satisfactorily completed at least forty-five quarter hours or thirty semester hours of academic work in the basic natural sciences, has been employed full time as an environmental health specialist for a period not less than two years, and has passed an examination approved by the board, except that a person holding a degree higher than a baccalaureate degree who has satisfactorily completed at least forty-five quarter hours or thirty semester hours of academic work in the basic natural sciences may qualify when employed as an environmental health specialist for a period of not less than one year.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 3, p. 1279;   Laws 1989, LB 344, § 28;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 39;   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 182;  Laws 2003, LB 242, § 117;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3703;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 529. Cross References  Credentialing, general requirements and issuance procedures, see section 38-121 et seq.
NE Code § 38-1309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1309 - Provisional environmental health specialist.

38-1309.  Provisional environmental health specialist.Any person meeting the educational qualifications of section 38-1308 but who does not meet the experience requirements of such section may make application for certification as a provisional environmental health specialist.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 4, p. 1280;   Laws 1989, LB 344, § 29;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 40;  Laws 2003, LB 242, § 118;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3704;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 530.
NE Code § 38-1310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1310 - Registered environmental health specialist; provisional environmental health specialist; certification; term; renewal; continuing competency requirements.

38-1310.  Registered environmental health specialist; provisional environmental health specialist; certification; term; renewal; continuing competency requirements.(1) Certification as a registered environmental health specialist shall expire biennially. Certification as a provisional environmental health specialist shall be valid for one year and may be renewed for two additional one-year periods. In no case shall certification for a provisional environmental health specialist exceed a three-year period.(2) Each registered environmental health specialist in active practice in the state shall complete continuing competency activities as approved by the board and adopted and promulgated by the department in rules and regulations as a prerequisite for the registrant's next subsequent biennial renewal. Continuing education is sufficient to meet continuing competency requirements. The requirements may also include, but not be limited to, one or more of the continuing competency activities listed in section 38-145 which a registered environmental health specialist may select as an alternative to continuing education.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 10, p. 1283;   Laws 1969, c. 578, § 4, p. 2328;   Laws 1983, LB 542, § 3;   Laws 1986, LB 926, § 61;   Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 145;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 47;   Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 122;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 49;   Laws 1997, LB 307, § 189;  Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 80;  Laws 2003, LB 242, § 121;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3710;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 531.
NE Code § 38-1311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1311 - Registered environmental health specialist; application for certification; continuing competency requirements.

38-1311.  Registered environmental health specialist; application for certification; continuing competency requirements.An applicant for certification as a registered environmental health specialist who has met the education and examination requirements in section 38-1308, who passed the examination more than three years prior to the time of application for certification, and who is not practicing at the time of application for certification shall present proof satisfactory to the department that he or she has within the three years immediately preceding the application for certification completed continuing competency requirements approved by the board pursuant to section 38-145.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 532.
NE Code § 38-1312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1312 - Registered environmental health specialist; reciprocity; continuing competency requirements; military spouse; temporary certification.

38-1312.  Registered environmental health specialist; reciprocity; continuing competency requirements; military spouse; temporary certification.(1) An applicant for certification as a registered environmental health specialist who has met the standards set by the board pursuant to section 38-126 for certification based on a credential in another jurisdiction but is not practicing at the time of application for certification shall present proof satisfactory to the department that he or she has within the three years immediately preceding the application for certification completed continuing competency requirements approved by the board pursuant to section 38-145.(2) An applicant who is a military spouse may apply for temporary certification as provided in section 38-129.01.Source  Laws 2007, LB463, § 533;  Laws 2017, LB88, § 50.
NE Code § 38-1313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1313 - Fees.

38-1313.  Fees.The department shall establish and collect fees for credentialing under the Environmental Health Specialists Practice Act as provided in sections 38-151 to 38-157.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 534.
NE Code § 38-1314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1314 - Title or abbreviation; use; when.

38-1314.  Title or abbreviation; use; when.Only a person who holds a valid current certificate for use in this state shall have the right and privilege of using the title Registered Environmental Health Specialist and to use the abbreviation R.E.H.S. after his or her name.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 13, p. 1285;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 48;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3713;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 535.
NE Code § 38-1315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1315 - Certified environmental health specialist; misrepresentation; unlawful.

38-1315.  Certified environmental health specialist; misrepresentation; unlawful.It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself or herself as a registered environmental health specialist without being duly certified and the holder of a currently valid certificate issued by the department. An individual holding a certificate of registration as a registered environmental health specialist on December 1, 2008, shall be deemed to be certified as a registered environmental health specialist on such date. An individual holding a certificate of registration as a trainee on December 1, 2008, shall be deemed to be certified as a provisional environmental health specialist on such date.Source   Laws 1963, c. 400, § 14, p. 1285;   Laws 1991, LB 703, § 49;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3714;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 536.
NE Code § 38-1401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1401 - Act, how cited.

38-1401.  Act, how cited.Sections 38-1401 to 38-1428 shall be known and may be cited as the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 537.
NE Code § 38-1402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1402 - Definitions, where found.

38-1402.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act and elsewhere in the Uniform Credentialing Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 38-1403 to 38-1413 apply.Source   Laws 1927, c. 167, § 92, p. 479;   C.S.1929, § 71-1301;   Laws 1931, c. 123, § 1, p. 355;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-1301;   R.S.1943, § 71-194;   Laws 1957, c. 293, § 1, p. 1052;   R.S.1943, (1990), § 71-194;   Laws 1993, LB 187, § 13;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 557;  Laws 1999, LB 828, § 152;  Laws 2003, LB 95, § 35;   R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1301;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 465;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 538.
NE Code § 38-1403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1403 - Accredited school of mortuary science, defined.

38-1403.  Accredited school of mortuary science, defined.Accredited school of mortuary science means a school of the same type as those rated Class A by the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards of the United States, Inc., approved by the board.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 539.
NE Code § 38-1404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1404 - Apprentice, defined.

38-1404.  Apprentice, defined.Apprentice means a person registered with the department as an apprentice who is completing a twelve-month apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed funeral director and embalmer practicing in the State of Nebraska. The licensed funeral director and embalmer is responsible for all funeral assists and embalmings completed by the apprentice.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 540.
NE Code § 38-1405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1405 - Board, defined.

38-1405.  Board, defined.Board means the Board of Funeral Directing and Embalming.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 541.
NE Code § 38-1406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1406 - Branch establishment, defined.

38-1406.  Branch establishment, defined.Branch establishment means a place of business situated at a specific street address or location which is a subsidiary of a licensed funeral establishment, which contains a casket display room, a viewing area, or an area for conducting funeral services, or all of them, and where any portion of the funeral service or arrangements for the disposition of a dead human body is conducted.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 542.
NE Code § 38-1407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1407 - Casket, defined.

38-1407.  Casket, defined.Casket means a receptacle for a dead human body and does not include vaults, lawn crypts, mausoleums, or other outside receptacles for caskets.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 543.
NE Code § 38-1408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1408 - Crematory authority, defined.

38-1408.  Crematory authority, defined.Crematory authority means the legal entity subject to licensure by the department to maintain and operate a crematory and perform cremation.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 544.
NE Code § 38-1409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1409 - Embalming, defined.

38-1409.  Embalming, defined.(1) Embalming means the practice of preparing a dead human body for burial or other final disposal by a licensed funeral director and embalmer or an apprentice, requesting and obtaining burial or removal permits, or assuming any of the other duties incident to the practice of embalming.(2) Any person who publicly professes to be a funeral director and embalmer or an apprentice is deemed to be practicing embalming.(3) The performance of the following acts is also deemed to be the practice of embalming: (a) The disinfection and preservation of dead human beings, entire or in part; and (b) the attempted disinfection and preservation thereof by the use or application of chemical substances, fluids, or gases ordinarily used, prepared, or intended for such purposes, either by outward application of such chemical substances, fluids, or gases on the body or by introducing them into the body, by vascular or hypodermic injection, or by direct introduction into the organs or cavities.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 545.
NE Code § 38-1410 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1410 - Funeral directing, defined.

38-1410.  Funeral directing, defined.Funeral directing means (1) counseling families or next of kin in regard to the conduct of a funeral service for a dead human body for burial, disposition, or cremation or directing or supervising burial, disposition, or cremation of dead human bodies, (2) providing for or maintaining a funeral establishment, or (3) the act of representing oneself as or using in connection with one's name the title of funeral director, mortician, or any other title implying that he or she is engaged in the business of funeral directing.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 546.
NE Code § 38-1411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1411 - Funeral establishment, defined.

38-1411.  Funeral establishment, defined.Funeral establishment means a place of business situated at a specific street address or location devoted to the care and preparation of dead human bodies for burial, disposition, or cremation or to conducting or arranging funeral services for dead human bodies.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 547.
NE Code § 38-1412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1412 - Licensure examination, defined.

38-1412.  Licensure examination, defined.Licensure examination means a national standardized examination, the state jurisprudence examination, and the vital statistic forms examination.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 548.
NE Code § 38-1413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 38 - Health Occupations and Professions|38-1413 - Supervision, defined.

38-1413.  Supervision, defined.Supervision means the direct oversight or the easy availability of the supervising funeral director and embalmer. The first twenty-five funeral assists and embalmings shall be completed under direct onsite supervision of the supervising funeral director and embalmer.Source Laws 2007, LB463, § 549.