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Protections for Certain Acts of Retaliation or Discrimination

Latest Update: August 21, 2020
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NRS 449.208  Retaliation or discrimination against employees or certain other persons: Written notice regarding protections and legal remedies for certain acts of retaliation or discrimination; posting of notice; inclusion of notice in employee handbook.

      1.  A medical facility shall prepare a written notice for the employees of the medical facility and for the nurses, nursing assistants and medication aides - certified who contract with the medical facility regarding the protections provided for actions taken pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 449.205 and the legal remedy provided pursuant to NRS 449.207. The notice must include the process by which an employee, nurse, nursing assistant or medication aide - certified may make a report pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 449.205.

      2.  A medical facility shall:

      (a) Post in one or more conspicuous places at the medical facility the notice prepared pursuant to subsection 1; and

      (b) Include the text of the written notice in any manual or handbook that the medical facility provides to employees, nurses, nursing assistants and medication aides - certified who contract with the medical facility concerning employment practices at the medical facility.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 557; A 2011, 1340)

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Although many of these requirements apply to individual medical professionals and other types of hospitals and health care facilities, the information is presented solely to support Critical Access Hospitals. The reporting requirements and legal mandates on this site are not an exhaustive list and Nevada Rural Hospital Partners, Inc. bears no responsibility or liability for any hospitals' or providers' failure to comply with Federal or State laws or regulations.