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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A physician or other health care provider who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with section 20-409 shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(2) A physician who willfully fails to record a determination of terminal condition or persistent vegetative state or the terms of a declaration in accordance with section 20-407 shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(3) An individual who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the declaration of another individual without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another individual shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(4) An individual who falsifies or forges the declaration of another individual or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation under section 20-406 shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(5) A person who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(6) A person who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to execute a declaration shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(7) The penalties provided in this section shall not displace any sanction applicable under other law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 20. Civil Rights § 20-411. Penalties - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-20-civil-rights/ne-rev-st-sect-20-411/
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