2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 81-657 — Brain injury registry; physician, psychologist, hospital , and rehabilitation center; report required; contents.

Section 81-657
Brain injury registry; physician, psychologist, hospital, and rehabilitation center; report required; contents.

(1) If a person with brain or head injury is not admitted to a hospital within the state but is treated in this state in the office of a physician or psychologist licensed under the Uniform Licensing Law, the treating physician or psychologist shall report the brain or head injury to the department within thirty days after identification of the person sustaining such injury. Each treating physician or psychologist shall be required to report each brain or head injury only one time.

(2) Each hospital and each rehabilitation center located within a hospital in the State of Nebraska shall annually report to the department a brain or head injury which results in admission or treatment.

(3) The report shall contain the following information about the person sustaining the injury:

(a) Name;

(b) Social security number;

(c) Date of birth;

(d) Gender;

(e) Residence;

(f) Date of the injury;

(g) Final diagnosis or classification of the injury according to the International Classification of Disease, Clinical Modification Coding System, as adopted by the department;

(h) Cause of the injury and, if practicable, whether the injury resulted from an accident involving the use of alcohol;

(i) Place or site of occurrence of the injury;

(j) Identification of the reporting source;

(k) Dispensation upon discharge;

(l) Payor source; and

(m) Any additional information the department can demonstrate is reasonable in order to implement the purposes stated in section 81-653.

Cross References:

Uniform Licensing Law, see section 71-101.

Source:

Laws 1992, LB 308, § 5

Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 163

Laws 2001, LB 152, § 1

Laws 2006, LB 1178, § 1.

~ Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006