Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES › Section 284.650 - Causes for disciplinary action

Current through June 11, 2024
Appropriate disciplinary or corrective action may be taken for
				any of the following causes:
1.
			 Activity which is incompatible with an employee's conditions of employment
			 established by law or which violates a provision of NAC
			 284.653
			 or 284.738 to
			 284.771, inclusive.
2. Disgraceful personal conduct which impairs
			 the performance of a job or causes discredit to the agency.
3. The employee of any institution
			 administering a security program, in the considered judgment of the appointing
			 authority, violates or endangers the security of the institution.
4. Discourteous treatment of the public or
			 fellow employees while on duty.
5.
			 Incompetence or inefficiency.
6.
			 Insubordination or willful disobedience.
7. Inexcusable neglect of duty.
8. Fraud in securing appointment.
9. Prohibited political activity.
10. Dishonesty.
11. Abuse, damage to or waste of public
			 equipment, property or supplies because of inexcusable negligence or willful
			 acts.
12. Drug or alcohol misuse as
			 described in NRS 284.4062 and NAC 284.884.
13. Conviction of any criminal act involving
			 moral turpitude.
14. Being under
			 the influence of intoxicants, a controlled substance without a medical doctor's
			 prescription or any other illegally used substances while on duty.
15. Unauthorized absence from duty or abuse
			 of leave privileges.
16. Violation
			 of any rule of the Commission.
17.
			 Falsification of any records.
18.
			 Misrepresentation of official capacity or authority.
19. Violation of any safety rule adopted or
			 enforced by the employee's appointing authority.
20. Carrying, while on the premises of the
			 workplace, any firearm which is not required for the performance of the
			 employee's current job duties or authorized by his or her appointing
			 authority.
21. Failure of an
			 employee who is authorized pursuant to
			 NRS
			 202.3673 to carry a concealed firearm while
			 on the premises of the public building in which he or she is employed to notify
			 the appointing authority or a designated representative of the appointing
			 authority, in accordance with section 1 of LCB File No. R123-19, that the
			 employee will be carrying the concealed firearm.
22. Any act of violence which arises out of
			 or in the course of the performance of the employee's duties, including,
			 without limitation, stalking, conduct that is threatening or intimidating,
			 assault or battery.
23. Failure to
			 participate in any investigation of alleged discrimination, including, without
			 limitation, an investigation concerning sex- or gender-based
			 harassment.
24. Failure to
			 participate in an administrative investigation authorized by the employee's
			 appointing authority.
25. Failure
			 to report the suspension, revocation or cancellation of a professional or
			 occupational license, certificate or permit or driver's license when required
			 pursuant to NAC
			 284.652.
[Personnel Div., Rule XII
				§ D, eff. 8-11-73] - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; 7-22-87;
				12-26-91; 7-1-94; 11-16-95; R031-98, 4-17-98; A by Personnel Comm'n by R065-98,
				7-24-98; R147-06, 12-7-2006); A by
				R118-17A,
				eff. 9/21/2018; A by
				R123-19A,
				eff. 12/21/2020; A
				by
				R016-21A,
				eff. 9/8/2022
NRS
				  284.065, 284.155,
				  284.343,
				  284.385,
				  284.4082