- (a) No person shall willfully interfere with any lawful action or activity of an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman, including the request for immediate entry into a facility.
- (b) No person shall take any discriminatory, disciplinary or retaliatory action against any officer or employee of a facility or against any resident or any guardian or family member thereof for any communication by any such individual with an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman or for any information given or disclosed by such individual in good faith to aid the office in carrying out its duties and responsibilities.
- (c) Any person that violates the provisions of subsection (a) or the provisions of subsection (b) shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
L. 1990, ch. 328, § 5; L. 1998, ch. 101, § 14; June 14.