Retaliation prohibited; penalty. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

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1. An officer, director or employee of a facility for long-term care, day care center, facility for long-term rehabilitation or provider of living arrangement services shall not retaliate against any person for having filed a complaint with, or provided information to, the Ombudsman or an advocate.

2. If any person is found, after notice and a hearing, to have violated any provision of subsection 1, the Director, at the request of the Administrator, may refer the matter to the Division for the imposition of an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation.

3. Any money collected as a result of an administrative fine imposed pursuant to this section must be deposited in the State General Fund.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 1485; A 2009, 43; 2019, 266, effective January 1, 2020)


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