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20-506 – Racial Profiling Advisory Committee; created; members; duties.

20-506. Racial Profiling Advisory Committee; created; members; duties. (1) The Racial Profiling Advisory Committee is created. (2)(a) The committee shall consist of: (i) The executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, who also shall be the chairperson of the committee; (ii) The Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety or […]

20-601 – Legislative declaration.

20-601. Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby declares that American Sign Language is recognized by the State of Nebraska as a distinct and separate language. Source Laws 2020, LB965, § 1.

20-405 – When declaration operative.

20-405. When declaration operative. A declaration shall become operative when (1) it is communicated to the attending physician, (2) the declarant is determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition or in a persistent vegetative state, (3) the declarant is determined by the attending physician to be unable to make decisions regarding […]

20-505 – Forms authorized.

20-505. Forms authorized. On or before January 1, 2002, the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety, the Attorney General, and the State Court Administrator may adopt and promulgate (1) a form, in printed or electronic format, to be used by a law enforcement officer when […]

20-406 – Revocation of declaration.

20-406. Revocation of declaration. (1) A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time and in any manner without regard to the declarant’s mental or physical condition. A revocation shall be effective upon its communication to the attending physician or other health care provider by the declarant or a witness to the revocation. (2) The […]

20-407 – Recording determination of terminal condition and declaration.

20-407. Recording determination of terminal condition and declaration. When the attending physician has knowledge of a declaration and, after personal examination, has determined that a declarant is in a terminal condition or in a persistent vegetative state, the attending physician shall record the diagnosis, determination, and the terms of the declaration, in writing, in the […]

20-408 – Treatment of qualified patients.

20-408. Treatment of qualified patients. (1) A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment so long as the patient is able to do so. (2) The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act shall not affect the responsibility of the attending physician or other health care provider to provide treatment, including nutrition and hydration, for […]

20-409 – Transfer of patients.

20-409. Transfer of patients. An attending physician or other health care provider who is unwilling to comply with the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act shall take all reasonable steps as promptly as practicable to transfer care of the declarant to another physician or health care provider who is willing to do so. Source Laws […]

20-410 – Immunities.

20-410. Immunities. (1) A physician or other health care provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration in the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a declaration. (2) A physician or other health care provider whose action under the Rights of […]

20-411 – Penalties.

20-411. Penalties. (1) A physician or other health care provider who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with section 20-409 shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. (2) A physician who willfully fails to record a determination of terminal condition or persistent vegetative state or the terms of a […]