Required Signage for Hospitals
Nebraska Statute 28-929.02.
Assault on a health care professional; hospital and health clinic; sign required.
Every hospital and health clinic shall display at all times in a prominent place a printed sign with a minimum height of twenty inches and a minimum width of fourteen inches, with each letter to be a minimum of one-fourth inch in height, which shall read as follows:
WARNING: ASSAULTING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, INCLUDING STRIKING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WITH ANY BODILY FLUID, IS A SERIOUS CRIME WHICH MAY BE PUNISHABLE AS A FELONY.
(Nebraska Revised Statute 28-929.02)
| Description | Locations |
|---|---|
| Assault on Healthcare Worker | Main entrance/other hospital entrances |
| Patient Rights | Main entrance |
| Notice of Privacy Practice | Main entrance/ER area |
| Notice of Participation in Nebraska Hospital Medical Liability | Main entrance/other hospital entrances |
| Tobacco Free Campus | Main entrance/other hospital entrances |
| State Fire Marshal/Certificate of Occupancy | Main entrance |
| Safe Haven Act | Main entrance/other hospital entrances |
| *EMTALA/Appropriate Languages | All entrances patient could enter/ER |
| No Concealed Handguns/Weapons | Main entrance/other hospital entrances |
| Trauma System Certification | ER area |
| Boiler Inspection Certificates | Boiler areas |
| Underground Tank Storage Certificates | Engineering |
| Federal Labor Law Postings | Employee areas |
| Exit Signs | Established by Life Safety Codes |
| Fire/Evacuation Plans | Various locations as appropriate |
| Handicap Parking | Parking Lots |
| Nebraska Licenses/ i.e. hospital, hospice, home health | Main entrance |
| CT & Mammography Accreditation Certifications | Imaigng Services |
| Posting for Location of Control of Radiation Regulations | Imaging Services |
| Caution, Radiation | Imaging Services |
| Certificate Registration of Radiation Generating Equipment | Imaging Services |
| X-Ray in Use | Imaging Services |
| FDA Certificate of Mammography Facility | Imaging Services |
| Fire Extinguisher Locations | Near extinguishers |
| Bio Hazard Warnings | Areas with bio hazard materials |
| Oxygen Storage | Oxygen storage locations |
| Eyewash Stations | Appropriate locations |
| Medical Gas Shutoffs | Appropriate locations |
| Boiler Emergency Shutdown | Appropriate locations |
| Laboratory License | Laboratory |
| Open Meetings Act | Board Meeting Rooms |
| Notice of Board of Directors Meeting | Appropriate locations |
| Sales Tax Authorization | Appropriate locations |
| E-Verify Poster | Employee & interview locations |
| Elevator Inspection Certificate | In elevator |
| *Notice of Availability of Physicians/How hospital will meet the needs of someone with medical emergency | Main Entrance/ER |
| *Roster in surgical suite with privileges granted to each medical practitioner | Surgery/Appropriate areas |
| *Estimate of Charges | Main entrances/ER |
| *Listing of Common DRGs, when required | Appropriate areas |
| *(Posted due to Licensure or Federal Condition of Participation regulations and/or statutes) |
