NAC449.999462. Imposition of sanctions: Requirement for imposition; optional imposition; multiple sanctions; use of severity and scope factors for particular sanction.

     1. The Bureau shall impose at least one sanction listed in NRS 449.447 upon an outpatient facility that has a deficiency with a severity level of four or a combined severity and scope score of six or more.

     2. More than one sanction may be imposed at the discretion of the Bureau.

     3. The Bureau may impose sanctions if deficiencies of a severity level of three or less or a combined severity and scope score of less than six are identified.

     4. If the Bureau chooses to impose a particular sanction, it must be applied according to the severity and scope factors established in NAC 449.999465 to 449.999468, inclusive.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R179-09, eff. 7-22-2010)