Nebraska Statutes 71-436. License; multiple services or locations; effect
(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 71-470, an applicant for licensure under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall obtain a separate license for each type of health care facility or health care service that the applicant seeks to operate. A single license may be issued for (a) a facility or service operating in separate buildings or structures on the same premises under one management, (b) an inpatient facility that provides services on an outpatient basis at multiple locations, or (c) a health clinic operating satellite clinics on an intermittent basis within a portion of the total geographic area served by such health clinic and sharing administration with such clinics. A single license shall be issued for a PACE center which meets the requirements for licensure established by the department pursuant to section 71-457.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-436
- Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
- Department: means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-410
- Health care facility: means an ambulatory surgical center, an assisted-living facility, a center or group home for the developmentally disabled, a critical access hospital, a general acute hospital, a health clinic, a hospital, an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, a long-term care hospital, a mental health substance use treatment center, a nursing facility, a PACE center, a pharmacy, a psychiatric or mental hospital, a public health clinic, a rehabilitation hospital, or a skilled nursing facility. See Nebraska Statutes 71-413
- Health care service: means an adult day service, a children's day health service, a home health agency, a hospice or hospice service, a PACE center, or a respite care service. See Nebraska Statutes 71-415
- Health clinic: means a facility where advice, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, care, or services relating to the preservation or maintenance of health are provided on an outpatient basis for a period of less than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons not residing or confined at such facility. See Nebraska Statutes 71-416
- PACE center: means a facility from which a PACE provider offers services within the scope of a PACE program pursuant to a written agreement between the provider, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-424.01
(2) The department may issue one license document that indicates the various types of health care facilities or health care services for which the entity is licensed. The department may inspect any of the locations that are covered by the license. If an entity is licensed in multiple types of licensure for one location, the department shall conduct all required inspections simultaneously for all types of licensure when requested by the entity.