71-3601. Terms, defined.For purposes of the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act:(1) Communicable tuberculosis means tuberculosis manifested by a laboratory report of sputum or other body fluid or excretion found to contain tubercle bacilli or by chest X-ray findings interpreted as active tuberculosis by competent medical authority;(2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;(3) Directed health measure means any measure, whether prophylactic or remedial, intended and directed to prevent, treat, or limit the spread of tuberculosis;(4) Facility means a structure in which suitable isolation for tuberculosis can be given and which is approved by the department for the detention of recalcitrant tuberculous persons;(5) Local health officer means (a) the health director of a local public health department as defined in section 71-1626 or (b) the medical advisor to the board of health of a county, city, or village;(6) Recalcitrant tuberculous person means a person affected with tuberculosis in an active stage who by his or her conduct or mode of living endangers the health and well-being of other persons, by exposing them to tuberculosis, and who refuses to on affected with tuberculosis in an active stage who by his or her conduct or mode of living endangers the health and well-being of other persons, by exposing them to tuberculosis, and who refuses to accept adequate treatment; and(7) State health officer means the chief medical officer as described in section 81-3115.Source Laws 1963, c. 399, § 1, p. 1273; Laws 1982, LB 566, § 6; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 657; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 88; Laws 2007, LB296, § 576; Laws 2009, LB195, § 79.
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