{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-477","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-477","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-477","body":"(1) A facility shall be eligible to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital if such facility is:\n\n(a) Licensed as a critical access hospital;\n\n(b) Licensed as a general hospital with not more than fifty licensed beds located in a county in a rural area as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the federal Social Security Act; or\n\n(c) Licensed as a general hospital with not more than fifty licensed beds that is deemed as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of the federal Social Security Act.\n\n(2) A facility applying for licensure as a rural emergency hospital shall include with the application:\n\n(a) An action plan for initiating rural emergency hospital services, including a detailed transition plan that lists the specific services that the facility will retain, modify, add, and discontinue;\n\n(b) A description of services that the facility intends to provide on an outpatient basis; and\n\n(c) Such other information as required by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department.\n\n(3) A rural emergency hospital shall not have inpatient beds, except that such hospital may have a unit that is a distinct part of such hospital and that is licensed as a skilled nursing facility to provide post-hospital extended care services.\n\n(4) A rural emergency hospital may own and operate an entity that provides ambulance services.\n\n(5) A licensed general hospital or critical access hospital that applies for and receives licensure as a rural emergency hospital and elects to operate as a rural emergency hospital shall retain its original license as a general hospital or critical access hospital. Such original license shall remain inactive while the rural emergency hospital license is in effect.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-477","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"8c7d48f699c9543d2a28933dbe24b3681f0bbb9611aa1b9668521dc206d3bb7b","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-476","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-478"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}