A health care facility or health care service shall not be established, operated, or maintained in this state without first obtaining a license issued by the department under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. No facility or service shall hold itself out as a health care facility or health care service or as providing health care services unless licensed under the act. The department shall issue a license to health care facilities and health care services that satisfy the requirements for licensure under the act.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-432

  • 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
  • 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