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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4833 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

71-4833.
Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4832 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 71-4832 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 71-4832 may be:
(1) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(2) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4835 - Search and notification.

71-4835.
Search and notification.
(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and
(2) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subdivision (a)(1) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4836 - Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.

71-4836.
Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.
(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 71-4834.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4839 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalty.

71-4839.
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalty.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation, therapy, research, or education if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class IIIA felony.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4840 - Other prohibited acts; penalty.

71-4840.
Other prohibited acts; penalty.
A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a Class IIIA felony.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4841 - Immunity.

71-4841.
Immunity.
(a) A person that acts with reasonable care in accordance with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.
(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.
(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in subdivision (a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) of section 71-4832 relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4842 - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

71-4842.
Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
(1) The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;
(2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
(d) The age restrictions of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act do not nullify any designation of gift made on a driver's license or state identification card prior to January 1, 2011, by a person younger than sixteen years of age which was valid when made. Such person shall be considered a donor under the act, and if such 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.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 19.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4843 - Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.

71-4843.
Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) Advance health care directive means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor;
(2) Declaration means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which life-sustaining treatment may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor; and
(3) Health care decision means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor.
(b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive and the terms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the prospective donor's attending physician and prospective donor shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if none or the agent is not reasonably available, a surrogate acting under the Health Care Surrogacy Act or another person authorized by law other than the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict must be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under section 71-4832. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part from a prospective donor may not be administered if it is determined that the administration of those measures would not provide the prospective donor with appropriate end-of-life care or it can be anticipated by reasonable medical judgment that such measures would cause the prospective donor's death other than by the prospective donor's underlying pathology. If the conflict is not resolved expeditiously, the direction of the declaration or advanced directive controls.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 20;
Laws 2018, LB104, § 22.
Cross References
Health Care Surrogacy Act, see section 30-601.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4844 - Uniformity of application and construction.

71-4844.
Uniformity of application and construction.
In applying and construing the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact this uniform act.
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 21.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4845 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

71-4845.
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).
Source
Laws 2010, LB1036, § 22.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4901 - Chronic renal diseases; Department of Health and Human Services program; establish; definitions.

71-4901.
Chronic renal diseases; Department of Health and Human Services program; establish; definitions.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a program for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases. This program shall assist persons suffering from chronic renal diseases who require life-saving care and treatment for such renal disease, but who are unable to pay for such services on a continuing basis. For the purposes of sections 71-4901 to 71-4905, chronic renal disease is defined as that stage of renal function in which the kidney is no longer able to maintain the integrity of the internal environment of the organism which condition is of a permanent and deteriorating state. Such condition shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Chronic glomerulonephritis; (2) chronic pyelonephritis; (3) nephrotic syndrome; (4) polycystic kidney disease; (5) Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; or (6) progressive focal glomemlites such as lupus nephritis. For the purposes of sections 71-4901 to 71-4905, life-saving care and treatment is that care and treatment which requires constant medical attention and frequent hospitalization capable of restoring life or extending life beyond that normal for a person suffering from chronic renal disease.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1270, § 1;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 686.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4903 - Department of Health and Human Services; duties.

71-4903.
Department of Health and Human Services; duties.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall:
(1) Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under this program and establish standards and qualifications of those patients unable to pay for treatment of chronic renal disease on a continuing basis. Such standards shall require that an individual:
(a) Shall be a bona fide resident of the State of Nebraska;
(b) Shall not be able to pay the total cost of such needed care and treatment without depriving himself or herself or those legally dependent upon him or her for their necessities of life;
(c) Shall not have deprived himself or herself, directly or indirectly, of any property for the purpose of qualifying for assistance under the provisions of sections 71-4901 to 71-4905;
(d) Shall not have relatives legally responsible to provide such care and treatment who refuse or neglect to provide such care and treatment in whole or in part without good cause; and
(e) Shall be a proper candidate for such care and treatment, including willingness of that person to receive such care and treatment;
(2) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases, including dialysis, transplant, and other medical procedures and techniques which will have a life-saving effect in the care and treatment of persons suffering from these diseases;
(3) Assist in the development of programs for the prevention of chronic renal diseases;
(4) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from chronic renal diseases in obtaining the medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and technical services necessary in caring for such diseases, including the renting of home dialysis equipment, and extend financial assistance to donors to persons suffering from chronic renal diseases in obtaining the medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and technical services necessary in caring for such donors;
(5) Assist in equipping dialysis centers and the planning of such on the basis of consultation with the comprehensive health planning office; and
(6) Institute and carry on an educational program among physicians, hospitals, public health departments, and the public concerning chronic renal diseases, including the dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs concerning the prevention of chronic renal diseases and the methods for the care and treatment of persons suffering from these diseases.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1270, § 3;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 688;
Laws 2002, LB 93, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4904 - Chronic Renal Disease Cash Fund; created; purpose.

71-4904.
Chronic Renal Disease Cash Fund; created; purpose.
There is hereby created in the Department of Health and Human Services the Chronic Renal Disease Cash Fund. The fund shall be used for payment of services, granting of financial assistance, and participation in other state and federal programs for the purpose of caring for persons suffering from chronic renal disease.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1270, § 5;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 689.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-4905 - Director of Administrative Services; warrants.

71-4905.
Director of Administrative Services; warrants.
The Director of Administrative Services is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants upon the proper funds in the state treasury for, but never in excess of, the sums herein specified upon presentation of proper vouchers. The State Treasurer shall pay the warrants out of money in the proper funds not otherwise appropriated.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1270, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5001 - Act, how cited.

71-5001.
Act, how cited.
Sections 71-5001 to 71-5004 shall be known and may be cited as the Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act.
Source
Laws 2017, LB506, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5002 - Terms, defined.

71-5002.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act:
(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;
(2) Lethal fetal anomaly means a fetal condition diagnosed before birth that will, with reasonable certainty, result in the death of the unborn child within three months after birth;
(3) Nurse practitioner means any person licensed to practice as a nurse practitioner in this state;
(4) Perinatal hospice means comprehensive support to the pregnant woman and her family that includes support from the time of diagnosis, through the time of birth and the death of the infant, and through the postpartum period. Supportive care may include, but is not limited to, counseling and medical care by maternal-fetal medical specialists, obstetricians, neonatologists, anesthesia specialists, clergy, social workers, and specialty nurses focused on alleviating fear and ensuring that the woman and her family experience the life and death of their child in a comfortable and supportive environment; and
(5) Physician means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state and includes osteopathic physicians.
Source
Laws 2017, LB506, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5003 - Lethal fetal anomaly; physician or nurse practitioner; powers.

71-5003.
Lethal fetal anomaly; physician or nurse practitioner; powers.
A physician or nurse practitioner who diagnoses an unborn child as having a lethal fetal anomaly may:
(1) Inform the pregnant woman, orally and in person, that perinatal hospice services are available and offer or refer for this care; and
(2) Deliver to the pregnant woman in writing the information support sheet provided by the department under section 71-5004.
Source
Laws 2017, LB506, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5004 - Department; website and information support sheet; duties; perinatal hospice program; request to include information.

71-5004.
Department; website and information support sheet; duties; perinatal hospice program; request to include information.
(1) The department shall create and organize geographically a list of perinatal hospice programs available in Nebraska and nationally. The department shall post such information on its website and shall include an information support sheet in English and Spanish on the website that can be printed and delivered by physicians and nurse practitioners to the pregnant woman as provided in section 71-5003. The website and information support sheet shall be completed and available within ninety days after August 24, 2017. The website and information support sheet shall include:
(a) A statement indicating that perinatal hospice is an innovative and compassionate model of support for the pregnant woman who finds out that her baby has a life-limiting condition and who chooses to continue her pregnancy;
(b) A general description of the health care services available from perinatal hospice programs; and
(c) Pertinent contact information that includes any twenty-four-hour perinatal hospice services available.
(2) A perinatal hospice program may request that the department include the program's informational material and contact information on the website. The department may add the information to the website upon request.
Source
Laws 2017, LB506, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-51,102 - Automated external defibrillator; use; conditions; liability.

71-51,102.
Automated external defibrillator; use; conditions; liability.
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) Automated external defibrillator means a device that:
(i) Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and is capable of determining, without intervention of an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and
(ii) Automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart when it has identified a condition for which defibrillation should be performed;
(b) Emergency medical service means an emergency medical service as defined in section 38-1207;
(c) Health care facility means a health care facility as defined in section 71-413;
(d) Health care practitioner facility means a health care practitioner facility as defined in section 71-414; and
(e) Health care professional means any person who is licensed, certified, or registered by the Department of Health and Human Services and who is authorized within his or her scope of practice to use an automated external defibrillator.
(2) Except for the action or omission of a health care professional acting in such capacity or in a health care facility, no person who delivers emergency care or treatment using an automated external defibrillator 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 rendering such care or treatment in good faith. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to (a) grant immunity for any willful, wanton, or grossly negligent acts of commission or omission or (b) limit the immunity provisions for certain health care professionals as provided in section 38-1232.
(3) A person acquiring an automated external defibrillator shall notify the local emergency medical service of the existence, location, and type of the defibrillator and of any change in the location of such defibrillator unless the defibrillator was acquired for use in a private residence, a health care facility, or a health care practitioner facility.
Source
Laws 1999, LB 498, § 1;
Laws 2000, LB 819, § 111;
Laws 2003, LB 667, § 12;
Laws 2005, LB 176, § 1;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 605;
Laws 2007, LB463, § 1221.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-51,103 - Nebraska Emergency Medical System Operations Fund; created; use; investment.

71-51,103.
Nebraska Emergency Medical System Operations Fund; created; use; investment.
There is hereby created the Nebraska Emergency Medical System Operations Fund. The fund may receive gifts, bequests, grants, fees, or other contributions or donations from public or private entities. The fund shall be used to carry out the purposes of the Statewide Trauma System Act and the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act, including activities related to the design, maintenance, or enhancement of the statewide trauma system, support of emergency medical services programs, and support for the emergency medical services programs for children. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 191, § 2;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 606;
Laws 2007, LB463 § 1222;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 119;
Laws 2013, LB222, § 28.
Cross References
Emergency Medical Services Practice Act, see section 38-1201.
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
Statewide Trauma System Act, see section 71-8201.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5201 - Terms, defined.

71-5201.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of sections 71-5201 to 71-5209, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Residency program shall mean a residency education program which is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;
(2) Model ambulatory practice unit shall mean the facilities or classrooms for the teaching of ambulatory health care skills within a residency program;
(3) Medical profession shall mean medical physicians and osteopathic physicians; and
(4) College of Medicine shall mean the University of Nebraska College of Medicine.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 1;
Laws 1993, LB 152, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5202 - Medical education residency program; established; purpose; implementation.

71-5202.
Medical education residency program; established; purpose; implementation.
There is hereby established a statewide medical education residency program for the purpose of training resident physicians. The Dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Nebraska Medical Center shall be responsible for implementing the development and expansion of residency programs in cooperation with the medical profession, hospitals, and clinics located throughout the state. The dean and the departmental chairmen in the College of Medicine shall determine where residency education and training shall be established, giving consideration to communities in the state where the population, hospital facilities, number of physicians and interest in medical education indicate the potential success of residency education and training. The communities chosen shall be selected because they can be expected to fill requirements of the American Medical Association for participation in a residency program.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5203 - Residency programs; funding; use of funds.

71-5203.
Residency programs; funding; use of funds.
The Legislature shall provide funding for residency programs as provided in sections 71-5201 to 71-5209. Such funding shall be in addition to all other funding of the University of Nebraska, including current sources of funding house officer education and training. The funding for the residency programs shall not be used to supplant funds for other programs under the administration of the College of Medicine or the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Residency program funding shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Stipends for the residents in training;
(2) Salaries of appropriate faculty and auxiliary support personnel and operational budget items; and
(3) Initial construction costs and costs to remodel existing facilities to serve as model ambulatory practice units within a residency program.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 3;
Laws 1993, LB 152, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5204 - Funding; designation of minimum enrollments and priorities.

71-5204.
Funding; designation of minimum enrollments and priorities.
Funding provided by section 71-5203 shall be sufficient to provide for the following minimal residency enrollments:
(1) During fiscal year 1975-76, funding shall be provided for two hundred eighty-three residencies, including forty-three in the family practice residency program;
(2) During fiscal year 1976-77, funding shall be provided for three hundred seven residencies, including fifty-five in the family practice residency program;
(3) During fiscal year 1977-78, funding shall be provided for three hundred seventeen residencies, including fifty-seven in the family practice residency program;
(4) During fiscal year 1978-79, and each year thereafter, funding shall be provided for three hundred twenty residencies, including sixty in the family practice residency program;
(5) During fiscal year 1975-76 and each year thereafter, funding shall be provided for thirty additional family practice residencies in the State of Nebraska through associated residency programs; and
(6) Any residencies which may be funded, in addition to those provided in this section, shall be family practice residencies. Beginning July 1, 1976, any expansion of residencies, other than family practice residencies, shall be initiated only when the demand for such specialties is shown by patient numbers and need in the State of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5205 - Family practice residency program; how funded.

71-5205.
Family practice residency program; how funded.
The family practice residency program may be funded in part by grants provided by the Department of Health and Human Services or agencies of the federal government. If such grants are provided, the Legislature shall not provide funding for such program.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 5;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 711;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 607.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5206 - Family practice residents; contract with other programs to assist in training; when; requirements.

71-5206.
Family practice residents; contract with other programs to assist in training; when; requirements.
If the College of Medicine of the University of Nebraska is unable to train the number of family practice residents provided for in section 71-5204, the college may, with the approval of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, contract with other associated programs which:
(1) Comply with the essentials for residency training in family practice as specified by the American Medical Association;
(2) Are approved or eligible for approval by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;
(3) Are affiliated with an accredited medical school; and
(4) Are not receiving funds pursuant to section 71-5206.01.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 6;
Laws 1993, LB 152, § 3;
Laws 1999, LB 241, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5206.01 - Family practice residents; funding of stipends and benefits.

71-5206.01.
Family practice residents; funding of stipends and benefits.
(1) The Legislature may provide funding to the Office of Rural Health for the purpose of funding the cost of resident stipends and benefits, which funding may include health insurance, professional liability insurance, disability insurance, medical education expenses, continuing competency expenses, pension benefits, moving expenses, and meal expenses in family practice residency programs based in Nebraska but which are not under a contract pursuant to section 71-5206. The resident stipends and benefits funded in this section shall apply only to residents who begin family practice residency training at a qualifying institution in years beginning on or after January 1, 1993. The total funding provided in the form of stipend and benefit support per resident to a family practice residency program under this section shall not exceed the total funding provided in the form of stipend and benefit support per resident to a family practice residency program under section 71-5203.
(2) Upon receiving an itemized statement of the cost of stipends and benefits of a family practice residency program from a sponsoring institution and upon determining that the sponsoring institution is not receiving funds under a contract pursuant to section 71-5206, the office may reimburse such institution fifty percent of such cost for each family practice resident in the program. The office may reimburse such institution twenty-five percent of the remaining cost per family practice resident for each year that one of the program's graduates practices family medicine in Nebraska, up to a maximum of three years for each graduate, and an additional twenty-five percent of the remaining cost per resident for each of the program's graduates who practices family medicine in an area of Nebraska classified as of January 1, 1991, by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as Medicare Locale 16. The total number of residents receiving annual financial payments made under this section shall not exceed nine students during any school year.
Source
Laws 1993, LB 152, § 4;
Laws 1999, LB 241, § 2;
Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 89;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 120;
Laws 2013, LB222, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5207 - Recruitment and training of physicians for rural communities; program established; purpose.

71-5207.
Recruitment and training of physicians for rural communities; program established; purpose.
There is hereby created a program for the recruitment and training of physicians for rural communities, which shall be included as a program in the general budget of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The purpose of such program shall be to coordinate, train, and recruit physicians to meet the medical service needs of rural communities.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5208 - Dental education program in comprehensive dentistry; established; purpose; implementation.

71-5208.
Dental education program in comprehensive dentistry; established; purpose; implementation.
There is hereby established a statewide dental education program in comprehensive dentistry for the purpose of training dentists in the clinic of the College of Dentistry during the senior year of dental training. The Dean of the College of Dentistry of the University of Nebraska shall be responsible for implementing the comprehensive dentistry program.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 571, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5210 - Act, how cited.

71-5210.
Act, how cited.
Sections 71-5210 to 71-5212 shall be known and may be cited as the Primary Care Provider Act.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 69;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 121.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5211 - Primary care, defined.

71-5211.
Primary care, defined.
For purposes of the Primary Care Provider Act, primary care means family practice, general practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 70;
Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 43.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5212 - Postgraduate residency training program; University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center; develop plans.

71-5212.
Postgraduate residency training program; University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center; develop plans.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Creighton University Medical Center shall each develop a separate plan to increase the number of graduates from its medical center who enter a primary care postgraduate residency training program. Each report shall include numerical goals and timeframes for such increases. Each medical center shall request input from the Nebraska Rural Health Advisory Commission in the formation of the plans.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 71;
Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 44.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-5301.01 - Use of lead-free materials; rules and regulations.

71-5301.01.
Use of lead-free materials; rules and regulations.
The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding the use of lead-free materials in public water systems in compliance with standards established in accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Source
Laws 1988, LB 383, § 2;
Laws 2001, LB 667, § 29;
Laws 2016, LB899, § 2;
Laws 2021, LB148, § 73.