The state health officer and each local health officer shall use all available means to detect persons with communicable tuberculosis in his or her jurisdiction. If he or she has reasonable grounds based upon medical science for believing that a person has communicable tuberculosis and if this person refuses to submit to the examination necessary for determining the existence of communicable tuberculosis, the state health officer or local health officer shall issue an order to the person to obtain the appropriate examination. Thereafter, if the person does not comply within seven days, the state health officer or local health officer may institute commitment procedures as described in sections 71-3601 to 71-3604, the purpose of commitment under this section being to determine whether or not the person has communicable tuberculosis.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-3612

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

The costs of voluntary examination made upon request of the state health officer or local health officer and the cost of examination made upon order of the state health officer or local health officer shall be paid from county general funds of the person’s county of residence. If the person is a nonresident or has no permanent residence, the costs shall be paid from the county general funds of the county of commitment. The costs of examination and maintenance while under commitment shall be paid from state funds appropriated to the department therefor. The costs of transportation under the commitment procedure for examination shall be paid from county general funds of the county of residence. If the person is not a resident of Nebraska or has no permanent residence, they shall be paid from the county general funds of the county of commitment.

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