Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 654 - ADMINISTRATORS OF FACILITIES FOR LONG-TERM CARE
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HEALTH SERVICES EXECUTIVES, NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR GROUPS
Section 654.220 - Complaints: Filing; investigation; formal hearing; service of notice; disciplinary action or dismissal of charges; report of discipline imposed; voluntary surrender of license

1. Any person who becomes aware that a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 654 of NRS is engaged in conduct which constitutes grounds for disciplinary action may file a complaint with the Board. The complaint must be in writing and signed by the complainant.

2. The Board will permit the licensee to provide proof satisfactory to the Board that he or she was not engaged in conduct which is grounds for disciplinary action.

3. A member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board to review cases, will review each complaint and conduct an investigation to determine whether there is a reasonable basis for the complaint. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a member of the Board who participated in the investigation may not participate in the decision whether to take further action on the complaint following the investigation and may not participate in any subsequent hearing or action by the Board relating to the complaint.

4. If a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board to review cases, decides to proceed with disciplinary action, the member of the Board or committee:

5. If the member of the Board or committee appointed to review the case recommends that the Board impose one or more of the disciplinary actions set forth in subsection 8:

6. If a licensee submits a written request for a discipline agreement to the Board pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 5, the Board will consider whether to impose the discipline recommended pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 at a meeting of the Board held pursuant to NRS 654.100. At the meeting, the Board may not impose any discipline on the licensee other than the discipline recommended pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 that was agreed to by the licensee pursuant to sub-subparagraph (II) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 5.

7. If:

8. If the Board determines by a finding of substantial evidence at a hearing conducted pursuant to subsection 7 that the licensee was engaged in conduct which is grounds for disciplinary action, it may order that the licensee:

9. If the Board determines at a hearing conducted pursuant to subsection 7 that the licensee was not engaged in conduct which is grounds for disciplinary action, the Board will dismiss the charges in writing and notify the licensee that the charges have been dismissed.

10. If discipline is imposed against a licensee pursuant to this section, the Board will report the disciplinary action to the National Practitioner Data Bank maintained by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor.

11. The Board may, subject to the provisions of NRS 654.190, accept the voluntary surrender of a license.