2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-3601 — Terms, defined.
Section 71-3601Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act:
(1) Communicable tuberculosis means tuberculosis manifested by a laboratory report of sputum or other body fluid or excretion found to contain tubercle bacilli or by chest X-ray findings interpreted as active tuberculosis by competent medical authority;
(2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;
(3) Facility means a structure in which suitable isolation for tuberculosis can be given and which is approved by the department for the detention of recalcitrant tuberculosis persons;
(4) Local health officer means (a) the health director of a local public health department as defined in section 71-1626 or (b) the medical advisor to the board of health of a county, city, or village;
(5) Recalcitrant tuberculous person means a person affected with tuberculosis in an active stage who by his or her conduct or mode of living endangers the health and well-being of other persons, by exposing them to tuberculosis, and who refuses to accept adequate treatment; and
(6) State health officer means the Director of Regulation and Licensure or the chief medical officer as described in section 81-3201.
Source:
- Laws 1963, c. 399, § 1, p. 1273
Laws 1982, LB 566, § 6
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 657
Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 88
~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006
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