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.
20-408 – 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 […]
20-412 – Miscellaneous provisions.
20-412. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act shall not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide or homicide. (2) The making of a declaration pursuant to section 20-404 shall not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a policy […]
20-413 – When health care provider may presume validity of declaration.
20-413. When health care provider may presume validity of declaration. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, a physician or other health care provider may assume that a declaration complies with the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act and is valid. Source Laws 1992, LB 671, § 13.
20-414 – Recognition of declaration executed in another state.
20-414. Recognition of declaration executed in another state. A declaration executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state shall be valid for purposes of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. Source Laws 1992, LB 671, § 14.
20-415 – Effect of previous declaration.
20-415. Effect of previous declaration. An instrument executed anywhere before July 15, 1992, which substantially complies with subsection (1) of section 20-404 shall be effective under the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. Source Laws 1992, LB 671, § 15.