NAC555.526. Contents; notification of options; notice of warning in lieu of serving complaint.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the Department has reason to believe that a person has violated any provision of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, it will serve upon that person an administrative complaint that contains:

     (a) The name of the person alleged to have committed the violation;

     (b) A short and plain statement of the acts or omissions alleged to have been committed in violation of those provisions and the citation of the provisions allegedly violated; and

     (c) The enforcement action that the Department intends to pursue.

     2. At the time of serving an administrative complaint on a person, the Department will notify the person that he or she may:

     (a) Agree to an informal disposition;

     (b) Request an informal case review; or

     (c) Demand a hearing pursuant to NRS 555.470.

     3. The Department will notify the person named in the administrative complaint that if he or she does not exercise one of the options set forth in subsection 2, the Department will proceed to a hearing on the violation pursuant to the provisions of NAC 561.300 to 561.580, inclusive.

     4. In lieu of serving an administrative complaint pursuant to subsection 1, the Director may issue a notice of warning if the violation that the Department believes the person has committed is the first offense of a nonserious violation.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99; A by R033-01, 5-1-2002)