Sec 36-450.02. Nonretaliatory policy

A. Each health care institution licensed pursuant to this chapter shall adopt a policy that prohibits retaliatory action against a health professional who in good faith:

1. Makes a report to the health care institution pursuant to the requirements of section 36-450.01.

2. Having provided the health care institution a reasonable opportunity to address the report, provides information to a private health care accreditation organization or governmental entity concerning the activity, policy or practice that was the subject of the report.

B. This section does not prohibit a health care institution licensed pursuant to this chapter from taking action against a health professional for a purpose not related to a report filed pursuant to section 36-450.01.

C. Except as provided in section 23-1501, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivisions (a) and (c), this section shall only be enforced through the provisions of this chapter.

D. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any termination or other adverse action that occurs more than one hundred eighty days after the date of a report made pursuant to either subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is not a retaliatory action.