{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-4-163","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-4,163","heading":"Surgical procedures; medical treatment protocols.","body":"The medical director shall develop and implement medical treatment protocols for common surgical procedures. In developing these protocols, the medical director shall ensure that the medical treatment protocols include:\n(1) Provisions defining procedures that are considered to be major surgery;\n(2) Provisions requiring that all inmates needing major surgery are referred to appropriate specialists and facilities outside of the department for that surgery;\n(3) Provisions requiring the implementation of pain management measures within an appropriate time after the completion of surgical procedures;\n(4) Provisions requiring that all decisions by the health care staff regarding whether or not surgery should be performed are based on a community standard of health care; and\n(5) Provisions requiring the health care staff to carefully document the rationale for each of their decisions to resort to surgery or to refrain from surgery as a treatment option.","path":["Chapter 83 - STATE INSTITUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=83-4,163","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"877b75ed3448ba54c5f4b40972ba90d44251e6c5af65947f89880581b35d098b","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-4-162","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-4-164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}