{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-30-619","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-619","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-619","body":"(1) It shall be a Class II felony for a person to willfully conceal or destroy evidence of any person’s disqualification as a surrogate under the Health Care Surrogacy Act with the intent and effect of causing the withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition or hydration which hastens the death of the individual.\n\n(2) It shall be a Class I misdemeanor for a person without the authorization of the individual to willfully alter, forge, conceal, or destroy evidence of an advance health care directive, appointment of a guardian, appointment of an agent for the individual under a power of attorney for health care, or evidence of disqualification of any person as a surrogate under the Health Care Surrogacy Act.\n\n(3) A physician or other health care provider who willfully prevents the transfer of an individual in accordance with section 30-617 with the intention of avoiding the provisions of the Health Care Surrogacy Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 30"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-619","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"ff24f631033cb34d8727ee242a89bde49d4f9cb783f4a17d9ede1a04c747af44","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-30-618","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-30-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}