Healthcare (Healthcare Workforce · Licensing)

LB 436 updates Nebraska's rules for regulating health professions and changing their scope of practice. It requires new or expanding health professions to prove unregulated practice harms public health, that regulation won't create economic barriers, and that new competency standards will protect patients. This affects health professionals seeking state licensing or expanded practice authority, as well as the state agencies reviewing their applications. The bill sets clear, evidence-based criteria to determine when regulation is necessary, replacing outdated language in the existing law.