Opinion No. (1997)

REQUESTED BY: Senator Don Wesely, Chairperson Health and Human Services Committee Nebraska State Legislature OPINION REQUEST:

LB 146 would change the Nebraska statutes stating the grounds for disciplining licenses of health care professionals. LB 146 would amend the disciplinary statutes by adding the following language:

This section shall not be construed to affect or prevent a licensee's use of whatever medical care, conventional or nonconventional, which effectively treats human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition which is within the scope of practice of the licensee.

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