Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 27. Courts; Rules of Evidence § 27-1201. Unanticipated outcome of medical care; civil action; health care provider or employee; use of certain statements and conduct; limitations

(a)Health care provider means any person licensed or certified by the State of Nebraska to deliver health care under the Uniform Credentialing Act and any health care facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. Health care provider includes any professional corporation or other professional entity comprised of such health care providers;

(b)Relative means a patient's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepfather, stepmother, child, grandchild, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or spouse's parents. Relative includes persons related to the patient through adoptive relationships. Relative also includes any person who has a family-type relationship with the patient;

(c)Representative means a legal guardian, attorney, person designated to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient under a power of attorney, or any person recognized in law or custom as a patient's agent; and

(d)Unanticipated outcome means the outcome of a medical treatment or procedure that differs from the expected result.