2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 38 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
38-2897 Pharmacy technician; duty to report impaired practitioner; immunity.

38-2897. Pharmacy technician; duty to report impaired practitioner; immunity.

A pharmacy technician shall report first-hand knowledge of facts giving him or her reason to believe that any person in his or her profession, or any person in another profession under the regulatory provisions of the department, may be practicing while his or her ability to practice is impaired by alcohol, controlled substances, or narcotic drugs. A report made to the department under this section shall be confidential. Any person making a report to the department under this section, except for those self-reporting, shall be completely immune from criminal or civil liability of any nature, whether direct or derivative, for filing a report or for disclosure of documents, records, or other information to the department under this section. The immunity granted by this section shall not apply to any person causing damage or injury by his or her willful, wanton, or grossly negligent act of commission or omission.

Source

• Laws 2007, LB236, § 38;
• R.S.Supp.,2007, § 71-1,147.72.