2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-161.17 — Licensee, certificate holder, or registrant; mentally ill; automatic suspension; copy of determination of mental illness; termination of suspension; when.

Section 71-161.17
Licensee, certificate holder, or registrant; mentally ill; automatic suspension; copy of determination of mental illness; termination of suspension; when.

(1) The license, certificate, or registration of any person to practice any profession or occupation licensed, certified, or registered by the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 71 shall be suspended automatically if he or she is determined by legal process to be mentally ill.

(2) A certified copy of the document evidencing that such a licensee, certificate holder, or registrant has been determined by legal process to be mentally ill shall be transmitted to the Director of Regulation and Licensure as soon as possible following such determination.

(3) A suspension under this section may be terminated by the Director of Regulation and Licensure when he or she receives competent evidence that such former practitioner is not or is no longer mentally ill and is otherwise satisfied, with due regard for the public interest, that such former practitioner's license, certificate, or registration to practice may be restored.

Source:

Laws 1976, LB 877, § 22

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 69

Laws 1986, LB 579, § 61

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 45

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 397

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska