Nebraska Statutes 44-2839. Health care professional liability insurance plan; contents; premiums; use
The director shall adopt and promulgate a health care professional liability insurance plan pursuant to sections 44-2837 to 44-2839 which shall contain a requirement that the Excess Liability Fund shall participate in such plan. Such plan may contain such other reasonable provisions as the director shall deem necessary or sufficient to make the plan effective. The Excess Liability Fund shall receive all premiums paid under the plan, except the portion payable to the risk manager or paid in settlement of claims, and shall assume the risks relating to policies issued under the plan. The Department of Insurance shall be reimbursed from the fund for necessary expenses incurred in the administration of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act. The director shall certify such expenses to the State Treasurer who shall reimburse the Department of Insurance for such services.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-2839
- Department: shall mean the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2807
- Health care: shall mean any act or treatment performed or furnished, or which should have been performed or furnished, by any health care provider for, to, or on behalf of a patient during the patient's care, treatment, or confinement. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2811
- Risk manager: shall mean an insurance company admitted to write insurance in Nebraska, which company shall be appointed by the director to manage the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2812
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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