2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-101 — Law, how cited; terms, defined.

Section 71-101
Law, how cited; terms, defined.

Sections 71-101 to 71-1,107.30, 71-1,133 to 71-1,338, 71-1,343 to 71-1,361, and 71-1301 to 71-1354 and the Physical Therapy Practice Act shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Licensing Law.

For purposes of the Uniform Licensing Law, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Board or professional board means one of the boards appointed by the State Board of Health pursuant to sections 71-111 and 71-112;

(2) Licensed, when applied to any licensee in any of the professions named in section 71-102, means a person licensed under the Uniform Licensing Law;

(3) Profession or health profession means any of the several groups named in section 71-102;

(4) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;

(5) Whenever a particular gender is used, it is construed to include both the masculine and the feminine, and the singular number includes the plural when consistent with the intent of the Uniform Licensing Law;

(6) License, licensing, or licensure means permission to engage in a health profession which would otherwise be unlawful in this state in the absence of such permission and which is granted to individuals who meet prerequisite qualifications and allows them to perform prescribed health professional tasks and use a particular title;

(7) Certificate, certify, or certification, with respect to professions, means a voluntary process by which a statutory, regulatory entity grants recognition to an individual who has met certain prerequisite qualifications specified by such regulatory entity and who may assume or use the word certified in the title or designation to perform prescribed health professional tasks. When appropriate, certificate means a document issued by the department which designates particular credentials for an individual;

(8) Lapse means the termination of the right or privilege to represent oneself as a licensed, certified, or registered person and to practice the profession when a license, certificate, or registration is required to do so;

(9) Credentialing means the totality of the process associated with obtaining state approval to provide health care services or human services or changing aspects of a current approval. Credentialing grants permission to use a protected title that signifies that a person is qualified to provide the services of a certain profession. Credential includes a license, certificate, or registration; and

(10) Dependence means a compulsive or chronic need for or an active addiction to alcohol or any controlled substance or narcotic drug.

Source:

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 1, p. 454

C.S.1929, § 71-101

R.S.1943, § 71-101

Laws 1972, LB 1067, § 1

Laws 1984, LB 481, § 5

Laws 1986, LB 277, § 2

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 23

Laws 1986, LB 579, § 15

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 1

Laws 1986, LB 355, § 8

Laws 1987, LB 473, § 3

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 4

Laws 1988, LB 557, § 12

Laws 1989, LB 344, § 4

Laws 1989, LB 323, § 2

Laws 1991, LB 456, § 4

Laws 1993, LB 48, § 1

Laws 1993, LB 187, § 3

Laws 1993, LB 429, § 1

Laws 1993, LB 536, § 43

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 2

Laws 1994, LB 900, § 1

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 9

Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 2

Laws 1995, LB 406, § 10

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 371

Laws 1997, LB 622, § 77

Laws 1999, LB 178, § 1

Laws 1999, LB 366, § 7

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 7

Laws 2001, LB 25, § 1

Laws 2001, LB 209, § 1

Laws 2001, LB 270, § 1

Laws 2001, LB 398, § 19

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 4

Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 11

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 13

Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 8

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 103

Laws 2005, LB 306, § 1

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 79.

~ Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006