2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1729 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-1729
Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Board means the Board of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses;

(2) Certified registered nurse anesthetist means a licensed registered nurse holding a certificate issued under the act;

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

(4) Licensed practitioner means any physician or osteopathic physician licensed to prescribe, diagnose, and treat as prescribed in sections 71-1,102 and 71-1,137; and

(5) Practice of anesthesia means (a) the performance of or the assistance in any act involving the determination, preparation, administration, or monitoring of any drug used to render an individual insensible to pain for procedures requiring the presence of persons educated in the administration of anesthetics or (b) the performance of any act commonly the responsibility of educated anesthesia personnel. Practice of anesthesia includes the use of those techniques which are deemed necessary for adequacy in performance of anesthesia administration. Nothing in the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Act prohibits routine administration of a drug by a duly licensed registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or other duly authorized person for the alleviation of pain or prohibits the practice of anesthesia by students enrolled in an accredited school of nurse anesthesia when the services performed are a part of the course of study and are under the supervision of a licensed practitioner or certified registered nurse anesthetist.

Source:

Laws 1981, LB 379, § 26

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 73

Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 47

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 74

~Revised Statutes Supplement, 2006