NAC228.140. Grounds for refusal to issue or renew certificate, for revocation or suspension of certificate or for placement of program on probation.

The Committee may refuse to issue or renew a certificate for a program, revoke or suspend a certificate or place a program on probation with specified conditions for a specified period if:

     1. The organization that operates the program has not complied with NAC 228.010 to 228.225, inclusive;

     2. The organization that operates the program has obtained a certificate or any other license by fraudulent misrepresentation;

     3. A staff member of the program has committed gross malpractice in his or her actions or omissions related to the program;

     4. A staff member of the program, while at a facility of the program or while performing any work for the program, has been intoxicated or has used or possessed a controlled substance without a prescription;

     5. A staff member of the program has engaged in violent behavior or has:

     (a) Entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to;

     (b) Been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of; or

     (c) Been convicted of,

Ê a crime which demonstrates his or her unfitness to act as a staff member of the program, and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal;

     6. A state or other regulatory board has taken disciplinary action against a staff member of the program;

     7. The organization that operates the program or a staff member of the program has engaged in unethical practice in the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence;

     8. The organization that operates the program fails to request approval of a change in the program as required by NAC 228.125;

     9. The organization that operates the program or a staff member of the program fails to comply with a stipulation, agreement, order, advisory opinion or declaratory order issued by the Committee;

     10. The program provides treatment to an offender after its certificate has expired; or

     11. The organization that operates the program or a staff member of the program has engaged in any other unjust practice, method or treatment which the Committee determines warrants such an action.

     (Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98; A by R213-99, 8-1-2000; R001-08, 8-26-2008)