44-2827 Health care provider; proof of financial responsibility; filing by insurer. - Nebraska Statutes

44-2827. Health care provider; proof of financial responsibility; filing by insurer.Financial responsibility of a health care provider may be established only by filing with the director proof that the health care provider is insured pursuant to sections 44-2837 to 44-2839 or by a policy of professional liability insurance in a company authorized to do business in Nebraska. Such insurance shall be in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and, in cases involving physicians or certified registered nurse anesthetists, but not with respect to hospitals, an aggregate liability of at least one million dollars for all occurrences or claims made in any policy year shall be provided. In the case of hospitals and their employees, an aggregate liability amount of three million dollars for all occurrences or claims made in any policy year shall be provided. The filing shall state the premium charged for the policy of insurance. SourceLaws 1976, LB 434, § 27; Laws 1986, LB 1005, § 3; Laws 2003, LB 146, § 2; Laws 2004, LB 998, § 3; Laws 2005, LB 256, § 19.