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NE Code § 71-5721 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5721 - Employer, defined.

71-5721.  Employer, defined.Employer means a person, nonprofit entity, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, cooperative, firm, trust, association, organization, or other business entity, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold, who or which employs one or more employees.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 6.
NE Code § 71-5722 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5722 - Guestroom or suite, defined.

71-5722.  Guestroom or suite, defined.Guestroom or suite means a sleeping room and directly associated private areas, such as a bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen area, if any, rented to the public for their exclusive transient occupancy, including, but not limited to, a guestroom or suite in a hotel, motel, inn, lodge, or other such establishment.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 7.
NE Code § 71-5723 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5723 - Indoor area, defined.

71-5723.  Indoor area, defined.Indoor area means an area enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls on all sides that are continuous and solid except for closeable entry and exit doors and windows and in which less than twenty percent of the total wall area is permanently open to the outdoors. For walls in excess of eight feet in height, only the first eight feet shall be used in determining such percentage.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 8.
NE Code § 71-5724 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5724 - Place of employment, defined.

71-5724.  Place of employment, defined.Place of employment means an indoor area under the control of a proprietor that an employee accesses as part of his or her employment without regard to whether the employee is present or work is occurring at any given time. The indoor area includes, but is not limited to, any work area, employee breakroom, restroom, conference room, meeting room, classroom, employee cafeteria, and hallway. A private residence is a place of employment when such residence is being used as a licensed child care program and one or more children who are not occupants of such residence are present.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 9.
NE Code § 71-5725 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5725 - Proprietor, defined.

71-5725.  Proprietor, defined.Proprietor means any employer, owner, operator, supervisor, manager, or other person who controls, governs, or directs the activities in a place of employment or public place.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 10.
NE Code § 71-5726 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5726 - Public place, defined.

71-5726.  Public place, defined.Public place means an indoor area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, whether or not the public is always invited or permitted. A private residence is not a public place.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 11.
NE Code § 71-5727 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5727 - Smoke or smoking, defined.

71-5727.  Smoke or smoking, defined.Smoke or smoking means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. The term includes the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form.Source  Laws 2008, LB395, § 12;  Laws 2020, LB840, § 6.
NE Code § 71-5728 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5728 - Tobacco retail outlet, defined.

71-5728.  Tobacco retail outlet, defined.Tobacco retail outlet means a store that sells only tobacco and products directly related to tobacco. Products directly related to tobacco do not include alcohol, coffee, soft drinks, candy, groceries, or gasoline.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 13.
NE Code § 71-5729 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5729 - Smoking in place of employment or public place prohibited.

71-5729.  Smoking in place of employment or public place prohibited.Except as otherwise provided in section 71-5730, it is unlawful for any person to smoke in a place of employment or a public place.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 14.
NE Code § 71-5731 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5731 - Proprietor; duties.

71-5731.  Proprietor; duties.A proprietor of a place of employment or public place where smoking is prohibited under the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act shall take necessary and appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the act at such place.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 16.
NE Code § 71-5732 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5732 - Department of Health and Human Services; local public health department; enjoin violations; retaliation prohibited; waiver of act.

71-5732.  Department of Health and Human Services; local public health department; enjoin violations; retaliation prohibited; waiver of act.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services or a local public health department as defined in section 71-1626 may institute an action in any court with jurisdiction to enjoin a violation of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act. Any interested party may report possible violations of the act to such departments.(2) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, or in any manner retaliate against an employee, applicant for employment, or customer because such employee, applicant, or customer reports or attempts to report a violation of the act.(3) The Department of Health and Human Services may waive provisions of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act upon good cause shown and shall provide for appropriate protection of the public health and safety in the granting of such waivers.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 17.
NE Code § 71-5733 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5733 - Prohibited acts; penalties; act of employee or agent; how construed.

71-5733.  Prohibited acts; penalties; act of employee or agent; how construed.(1) A person who smokes in a place of employment or a public place in violation of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act is guilty of a Class V misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV misdemeanor for the second and any subsequent offenses. A person charged with such offense may voluntarily participate, at his or her own expense, in a smoking cessation program approved by the Department of Health and Human Services, and such charge shall be dismissed upon successful completion of the program.(2) A proprietor who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform a duty under the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act is guilty of a Class V misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV misdemeanor for the second and any subsequent offenses.(3) Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.(4) Every act or omission constituting a violation of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act by an employee or agent of a proprietor is deemed to be the act or omission of such proprietor, and such proprietor shall be subject to the same penalty as if the act or omission had been committed by such proprietor.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 18.
NE Code § 71-5734 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5734 - Rules and regulations.

71-5734.  Rules and regulations.The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act. The department shall consult with interested persons and professional organizations before adopting such rules and regulations.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 19.
NE Code § 71-5735 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5735 - Tobacco retail outlet; sign required; waiver signed by employee; form; owner; duties.

71-5735.  Tobacco retail outlet; sign required; waiver signed by employee; form; owner; duties.(1) The owner of a tobacco retail outlet shall post a sign on all entrances to the tobacco retail outlet, on the outside of each door, in a conspicuous location slightly above or next to the door, with the following statement: SMOKING OF CIGARS AND PIPES IS ALLOWED INSIDE THIS BUSINESS. SMOKING OF CIGARETTES AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES IS NOT ALLOWED.(2) Beginning November 1, 2015, the owner shall provide to the Division of Public Health a copy of a waiver signed prior to employment by each employee on a form prescribed by the division. The waiver shall expressly notify the employee that he or she will be exposed to second-hand smoke, and the employee shall acknowledge that he or she understands the risks of exposure to second-hand smoke.(3) The owner shall not allow cigarette smoking or the use of an electronic smoking device in the tobacco retail outlet.Source  Laws 2015, LB118, § 11;  Laws 2020, LB840, § 8.
NE Code § 71-5801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5801 - Act, how cited.

71-5801.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-5801 to 71-5870 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 1;   Laws 1982, LB 378, § 1;   Laws 1989, LB 429, § 2;   Laws 1991, LB 244, § 9;   Laws 1993, LB 9, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 58;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 3.  Annotations  Consideration of a certificate of need application under the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act is governed by three authorities: (1) The act, (2) department regulations promulgated under the act, and (3) the state health plan. Gramercy Hill Enters. v. State of Nebraska, Department of Health, 255 Neb. 717, 587 N.W.2d 378 (1998). Under the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act, need for nursing beds is not synonymous with demand. Need focuses on long-range plans for services to an entire population, while demand connotes an immediate preference on the part of an individual to live in a particular nursing facility. Beatrice Manor v. Department of Health, 219 Neb. 141, 362 N.W.2d 45 (1985).
NE Code § 71-5803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803 - Definitions, where found.

71-5803.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 71-5803.01 to 71-5803.15 shall be used.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 3;   Laws 1982, LB 378, § 3;   Laws 1989, LB 429, § 4;   Laws 1991, LB 244, § 10;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 59;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 4.
NE Code § 71-5803.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.01 - Acute care bed, defined.

71-5803.01.  Acute care bed, defined.Acute care bed means a bed in a hospital that is or will be licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act for acute care services or a bed that is part of a hospital or unit of a hospital that is excluded from the prospective payment system under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, as a rehabilitation hospital or rehabilitation unit.Source   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 5;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 112.  Cross References  Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
NE Code § 71-5803.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.02 - Ambulatory surgical center, defined.

71-5803.02.  Ambulatory surgical center, defined.Ambulatory surgical center has the same meaning as in section 71-405.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 4;   Laws 1989, LB 429, § 5;   Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 145;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5804;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 6;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 113.
NE Code § 71-5803.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.03 - Certificate of need, defined.

71-5803.03.  Certificate of need, defined.Certificate of need means a written authorization by the department for a person to implement the project under review.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 6;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5806;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 7.
NE Code § 71-5803.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.04 - Department, defined.

71-5803.04.  Department, defined.Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 8;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 736;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5808;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 634.
NE Code § 71-5803.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.05 - Assisted-living facility, defined.

71-5803.05.  Assisted-living facility, defined.Assisted-living facility has the same meaning as in section 71-5903.Source   Laws 1989, LB 429, § 7;   Laws 1997, LB 608, § 18;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5809.01;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 9;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 114;  Laws 2018, LB439, § 2.
NE Code § 71-5803.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.06 - Health care facility, defined.

71-5803.06.  Health care facility, defined.Health care facility means hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and nursing facilities.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 10;   Laws 1982, LB 378, § 6;   Laws 1989, LB 429, § 8;   Laws 1991, LB 244, § 12;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 443;   Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 146;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 62;   Laws 1997, LB 608, § 19;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5810;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 10.
NE Code § 71-5803.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.07 - Health planning region, defined.

71-5803.07.  Health planning region, defined.Health planning region means one of the twenty-six health planning regions established in the Nebraska State Health Plan, 1986-1991.Source  Laws 1997, LB 798, § 11.
NE Code § 71-5803.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.08 - Hospital, defined.

71-5803.08.  Hospital, defined.Hospital has the same meaning as in section 71-419.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 16;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5816;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 12;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 115.
NE Code § 71-5803.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.09 - Intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, defined.

71-5803.09.  Intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, defined.Intermediate care facility has the same meaning as in section 71-420 and includes an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities that has sixteen or more beds. Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities has the same meaning as in section 71-421.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 19;   Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 174;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5819;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 13;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 116;  Laws 2009, LB511, § 1;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 36.
NE Code § 71-5803.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.10 - Long-term care bed, defined.

71-5803.10.  Long-term care bed, defined.Long-term care bed means a bed in a health care facility that is or will be licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act as a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, nursing facility, or long-term care hospital. Long-term care beds do not include residential care beds, domiciliary beds, or swing beds. For purposes of this section, swing beds means beds which may be used by a hospital for acute or long-term care in a facility located in an area which is not designated as urban by the United States Bureau of the Census and which has up to one hundred beds, excluding beds for newborns and intensive-care-type inpatient units.Source   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 14;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 117.  Cross References  Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
NE Code § 71-5803.11 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.11 - Nursing facility, defined.

71-5803.11.  Nursing facility, defined.Nursing facility has the same meaning as in section 71-424.Source   Laws 1991, LB 244, § 11;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5809.02;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 15;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 118.
NE Code § 71-5803.12 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.12 - Person, defined.

71-5803.12.  Person, defined.Person means an individual, a trust or estate, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, including associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies, a state, a political subdivision or instrumentality, including a municipal corporation, of a state, or any legal entity recognized by the state.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 22;   Laws 1982, LB 378, § 13;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 445;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5822;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 16.
NE Code § 71-5803.13 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.13 - Rehabilitation bed, defined.

71-5803.13.  Rehabilitation bed, defined.Rehabilitation bed means a bed in a health care facility that is or will be licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act if the bed is in an inpatient facility which is operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of disabled persons through an integrated program of medical and other services which are provided under professional supervision and if the bed is part of a hospital or unit of a hospital that is excluded from the prospective payment system under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act as a rehabilitation hospital or rehabilitation unit.Source   Laws 1982, LB 378, § 9;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5818.01;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 17;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 119.  Cross References  Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
NE Code § 71-5803.15 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5803.15 - Skilled nursing facility, defined.

71-5803.15.  Skilled nursing facility, defined.Skilled nursing facility has the same meaning as in section 71-429.Source   Laws 1979, LB 172, § 24;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 71-5824;   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 19;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 120.
NE Code § 71-5804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5804 - Transferred to section 71-5803.02.

71-5804.  Transferred to section 71-5803.02.
NE Code § 71-5806 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5806 - Transferred to section 71-5803.03.

71-5806.  Transferred to section 71-5803.03.
NE Code § 71-5808 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5808 - Transferred to section 71-5803.04.

71-5808.  Transferred to section 71-5803.04.
NE Code § 71-5809.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5809.01 - Transferred to section 71-5803.05.

71-5809.01.  Transferred to section 71-5803.05.
NE Code § 71-5809.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5809.02 - Transferred to section 71-5803.11.

71-5809.02.  Transferred to section 71-5803.11.
NE Code § 71-5810 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5810 - Transferred to section 71-5803.06.

71-5810.  Transferred to section 71-5803.06.
NE Code § 71-5816 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5816 - Transferred to section 71-5803.08.

71-5816.  Transferred to section 71-5803.08.
NE Code § 71-5818.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5818.01 - Transferred to section 71-5803.13.

71-5818.01.  Transferred to section 71-5803.13.
NE Code § 71-5818.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5818.02 - Transferred to section 71-5803.14.

71-5818.02.  Transferred to section 71-5803.14.
NE Code § 71-5819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5819 - Transferred to section 71-5803.09.

71-5819.  Transferred to section 71-5803.09.
NE Code § 71-5822 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5822 - Transferred to section 71-5803.12.

71-5822.  Transferred to section 71-5803.12.
NE Code § 71-5824 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5824 - Transferred to section 71-5803.15.

71-5824.  Transferred to section 71-5803.15.
NE Code § 71-5829.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5829.03 - Certificate of need; activities requiring.

71-5829.03.  Certificate of need; activities requiring.Except as provided in section 71-5830.01, no person, including persons acting for or on behalf of a health care facility, shall engage in any of the following activities without having first applied for and received the necessary certificate of need:(1) The initial establishment of long-term care beds or rehabilitation beds except as permitted under subdivisions (4) and (5) of this section;(2) An increase in the long-term care beds of a health care facility by more than ten long-term care beds or more than ten percent of the total long-term care bed capacity of such facility, whichever is less, over a two-year period;(3) An increase in the rehabilitation beds of a health care facility by more than ten rehabilitation beds or more than ten percent of the total rehabilitation bed capacity of such facility, whichever is less, over a two-year period;(4) Any initial establishment of long-term care beds through conversion by a hospital of any type of hospital beds to long-term care beds if the total beds converted by the hospital are more than ten beds or more than ten percent of the total bed capacity of such hospital, whichever is less, over a two-year period;(5) Any initial establishment of rehabilitation beds through conversion by a hospital of any type of hospital beds to rehabilitation beds if the total beds converted by the hospital are more than ten beds or more than ten percent of the total bed capacity of such hospital, whichever is less, over a two-year period; or(6) Any relocation of rehabilitation beds in Nebraska from one health care facility to another health care facility, except that no certificate of need is required for relocation or transfer of rehabilitation beds from a health care facility to another health care facility owned and operated by the same entity.Source   Laws 1997, LB 798, § 22;  Laws 2008, LB765, § 1;  Laws 2009, LB195, § 84;  Laws 2013, LB487, § 1.