2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-193.22 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-193.22
Terms, defined.

As used in the Dental Anesthesia Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Analgesia shall mean the diminution or elimination of pain in the conscious patient;

(2) Board shall mean the Board of Dentistry;

(3) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;

(4) General anesthesia shall mean a controlled state of unconsciousness accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including the inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command, and produced by a pharmacologic or nonpharmacologic method or a combination thereof;

(5) Inhalation analgesia shall mean the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen to diminish or eliminate pain in a conscious patient;

(6) Parenteral shall mean administration other than through the digestive tract, including, but not limited to, intravenous administration; and

(7) Sedation shall mean a depressed level of consciousness in which the patient's ability to independently and continuously maintain an airway and respond appropriately to physical stimulation or verbal command is retained and which is produced by a pharmacologic or nonpharmacologic method or a combination thereof.

Source:

Laws 1986, LB 438, § 2

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 419

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 77

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska