Nebraska Statutes 71-433. Health care facility; health care service; license; application
(1) An applicant for an initial or renewal license to operate a health care facility or health care service required to be licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall file a written application with the department. The application shall be accompanied by the license fee set pursuant to section 71-434 and shall set forth the full name and address of the facility or service to be licensed, the full name and address of the owner of such facility or service, the names of all persons in control of the facility or service, and additional information as required by the department, including affirmative evidence of the applicant’s ability to comply with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act. The application shall include the applicant’s social security number if the applicant is an individual. The social security number shall not be public record and may only be used for administrative purposes.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-433
- 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
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-410
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- 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.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) The application shall be signed by (a) the owner, if the applicant is an individual or partnership, (b) two of its members, if the applicant is a limited liability company, (c) two of its officers, if the applicant is a corporation, or (d) the head of the governmental unit having jurisdiction over the facility or service to be licensed, if the applicant is a governmental unit.