Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 173 - CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Chapter 3 - SCHOOL HEALTH, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, VISUAL EVALUATION, AND IMMUNIZATION STANDARDS
Section 173-3-002 - DEFINITIONS

For purposes of these regulations:

Booster dose means a dose of vaccine given after the initial series to enhance waning immunity to specific disease(s).

Child or children means any student or students enrolled in a public or private elementary or secondary school system in Nebraska.

Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.

Local health department means a county, district, or city-county health department approved by the Department of Health and Human Services as a local full-time public health service.

Reportable communicable disease means those diseases which are required by law to be reported pursuant to 173 NAC 1.