A provisional license may be issued to a health care facility or health care service that substantially complies with requirements for licensure under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act if the failure to fully comply with such requirements does not pose an imminent danger of death or physical harm to the persons residing in or served by such facility or service. Such provisional license shall be valid for a period of up to one year, shall not be renewed, and may be converted to a regular license upon a showing that the facility or service fully complies with the requirements for licensure under the act and rules and regulations.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-437

  • 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
  • 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
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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