1. When an employee of a county other than a department head, county manager or county administrator who has been employed by the county for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment the employee may request within 15 days of the date of dismissal a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons for the dismissal. Within 15 days of the date of the request the employee so dismissed shall be furnished the written statement. Within 30 days after receipt of the written statement, the dismissed employee may, in writing, request a public hearing before the board of county commissioners to determine the reasonableness of the action. The board of county commissioners shall grant the dismissed employee a public hearing within 15 days after receipt of the written request. At the public hearing, technical rules of evidence do not apply.
2. Boards of county commissioners are authorized to enact ordinances necessary to make effective the purposes of this section.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply in counties having a population of 100,000 or more.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 308; A 1969, 829, 1545; 1973, 1139; 1979, 521)