NAC623A.515. Settlement of complaints: Determination of parameters; offer; proposed stipulated agreement; approval.

     1. After the formal disciplinary complaint and the notice of hearing have been served upon the respondent pursuant to the provisions of NAC 623A.513, the designated member of the Board, the Executive Director and the legal counsel for the Board may determine parameters within which the complaint may be settled with the respondent.

     2. If, pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1, the designated member of the Board, the Executive Director and the legal counsel for the Board determine parameters within which the complaint may be settled, the legal counsel for the Board shall offer to the respondent to settle the complaint.

     3. If the legal counsel for the Board and the respondent reach an agreement to settle the complaint, the legal counsel for the Board shall prepare a proposed stipulated agreement that resolves the complaint.

     4. The legal counsel for the Board shall submit the proposed stipulated agreement to the Board for the approval of the Board at the next public meeting of the Board. If the Board approves the proposed stipulated agreement, the stipulated agreement is effective and the complaint against the respondent must be dismissed.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Landscape Arch. by R217-03, eff. 12-30-2011)