38-177.Disciplinary actions; terms, defined.For purposes of sections 38-178, 38-179, and 38-184:(1) Confidential information means information protected as privileged under applicable law;(2) Conviction means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere or non vult contendere made to a formal criminal charge or a judicial finding of guilt irrespective of the pronouncement of judgment or the suspension thereof and includes instances in which the imposition or the execution of sentence is suspended following a judicial finding of guilt and the defendant is placed on probation; and (3) Pattern of incompetent or negligent conduct means a continued course of incompetent or negligent conduct in performing the duties of the profession.SourceLaws 1976, LB 877, § 6; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 36; Laws 1986, LB 318, § 142; Laws 1988, LB 693, § 1; Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 21; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-161.01; Laws 2007, LB463, § 77.