Nebraska Statutes 71-5869. Health care facility; license or permit; denial, revocation, or suspension; grounds
(1) A license or permit which has been issued by the department under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or any other state statute to a health care facility which engaged in an activity identified as requiring a certificate of need under the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act without having first obtained a certificate of need or which engaged in an activity prohibited under the act is subject to revocation or suspension. Nothing contained in this section shall limit the rights of appeal of a health care facility from such decision as provided in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-5869
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Certificate of need: means a written authorization by the department for a person to implement the project under review. See Nebraska Statutes 71-5803.03
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-5803.04
- Health care facility: means hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and nursing facilities. See Nebraska Statutes 71-5803.06
- 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.
(2) No license or permit may be issued or renewed by the department under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or any other state statute, nor may any type of approval be granted to any health care facility which engaged in an activity identified as requiring a certificate of need under the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act without having first obtained a certificate of need or which engaged in an activity prohibited under the act.