{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-181.23","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-181.23","heading":"State/Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman; prohibition of retaliation.","body":"No person shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any resident or relative or guardian of a resident, any employee of a long-term care facility, or any other person because of the making of a complaint or providing of information in good faith to the State Ombudsman or Regional Ombudsman. The Department shall determine instances of discrimination or retaliation and assess a monetary penalty in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per incident. The Department shall adopt rules pertaining to this determination of discrimination or retaliation. (1989, c. 403, s. 1; 2015-220, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 3. Department of Health and Human Services.","Part 14D. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-181.23.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"95fcf345082ca84b6172bbf06c2bd6e5331fe334dcf9633941b521497152925a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-181.22","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-181.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}