NAC652.570. Payment of monetary penalties: Time limitations; interest; costs.

     1. Payments made to satisfy a monetary penalty imposed pursuant to NAC 652.157, 652.320 or 652.550 are due within 15 days after the date on which the notice of the penalty is provided pursuant to NAC 652.540 and must be paid irrespective of any administrative appeal.

     2. If the laboratory has appealed a decision imposing a monetary penalty pursuant to NAC 652.493, the penalty is due and must be paid after the final administrative decision is rendered and within 15 days after the laboratory has been notified of the amount of the monetary penalty and any interest that may be due.

     3. The total monetary penalty assessed against any laboratory bears interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, interest will be assessed on the unpaid balance of the penalty, beginning on the date on which the penalty is due.

     4. The payment of any interest that accrues while the laboratory has a hearing pending on the initial determination of violations leading to the imposition of a monetary penalty will be stayed pending the appeal.

     5. Any costs, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, incurred by the Division in the collection of any monetary penalty may be recovered from the laboratory.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R104-13, eff. 3-28-2014)