2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-503 — Contagious, infectious, or other disease or illness; poisoning; duty of attending physician; violation; penalty.

Section 71-503
Contagious, infectious, or other disease or illness; poisoning; duty of attending physician; violation; penalty.

All attending physicians shall report to the official local health department or the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure promptly, upon the discovery thereof, the existence of any contagious or infectious diseases and such other disease, illness, or poisoning as the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure may from time to time specify. Any attending physician, knowing of the existence of any such disease, illness, or poisoning, who fails promptly to report the same in accordance with this section, shall be deemed guilty of a Class V misdemeanor for each offense.

Source:

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VI, art. II, div. VIII, § 3, p. 780

C.S.1922, § 8224

C.S.1929, § 71-2303

R.S.1943, § 71-503

Laws 1967, c. 441, § 1, p. 1381

Laws 1977, LB 39, § 150

Laws 1986, LB 763, § 2

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 493

Cross References:

Health districts in counties over 200,000 population,see sections 71-1601 to 71-1625.

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska