Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Nursing Home Administrator Practice Act

• Accredited institution: means a postsecondary educational institution approved by the board. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2403
• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Administrator or nursing home administrator: means any individual who meets the education and training requirements of section 38-2419 and is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of a nursing home or an integrated system or who in fact performs such functions, whether or not such functions are shared by one or more other persons. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2404
• Administrator-in-training: means a person who is undergoing training to become a nursing home administrator and is directly supervised in a nursing home by a certified preceptor. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2405
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means the Board of Nursing Home Administration. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2406
• Certified preceptor: means a person who is currently licensed by the State of Nebraska as a nursing home administrator, has three years of experience as a nursing home administrator, has practiced within the last two years in a nursing home, and is approved by the department to supervise an administrator-in-training or a person in a mentoring program. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2407
• Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Core educational requirements: means courses necessary for licensure as a nursing home administrator and includes courses in patient care and services, social services, financial management, administration, and rules, regulations, and standards relating to the operation of a health care facility. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2408
• Core educational requirements means courses necessary for licensure as a nursing home administrator and: includes courses in patient care and services, social services, financial management, administration, and rules, regulations, and standards relating to the operation of a health care facility. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2408
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Degree or advanced degree: means a baccalaureate, master's, or doctorate degree from an accredited institution and which includes studies in the core educational requirements. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2409
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• 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.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Facility operated primarily for caring for persons with head injuries and associated disorders: means a nursing home in which all or a majority of the persons served by the nursing home have head injuries and associated disorders. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2410.01
• Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Integrated system: means a health and human services organization offering different levels of licensed care or treatment on the same premises. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2411
• Internship: means that aspect of the educational program of the associate degree in long-term care administration which allows for practical experience in a nursing home and occurs under the supervision of a certified preceptor. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2412
• 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.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Magistrate: shall include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Nursing degree: means a degree or diploma in nursing from an accredited program of nursing approved by the Board of Nursing. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2413
• Nursing home or home for the aged or infirm: means any institution or facility licensed as a nursing facility or a skilled nursing facility by the department pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, homes for the aged or infirm owned or administered by the federal or state government or an agency or political subdivision thereof. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2414
• Oath: shall include affirmation in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• 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
• 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
• Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
• Previous work experience: means at least two years working full time in a nursing home or previous work experience in health care administration. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2415
• Previous work experience in health care administration: means at least two years working full time as an administrator or director of nursing of a hospital with a long-term care unit or assisted-living facility or director of nursing in a nursing home. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2416
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Violate: shall include failure to comply with. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801