Can I issue someone a 1099-NEC if I am not self employed and I do not own a business?

Can I issue someone a 1099-NEC if I am not self-employed and I do not own a business? My husband and I both file W-2's and and he files a 1099-Misc for some odd and end side job money he WAS making. In the middle of the year, he had a medical emergency and had to pay someone to complete some side jobs he could not. Can I issue this person a 1099-NEC? He was paid between $6000 and $7000.