Discrimination prohibited; development of antidiscrimination policy; posting of nondiscrimination statement and certain other information; construction of section

1. An agency to provide personal care services in the home and any employee or independent contractor of such an agency shall not discriminate in the provision of services to a client based wholly or partially on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or human immunodeficiency virus status of the client or any person with whom the client associates. 2. An agency to provide personal care services in the home shall: (a) Develop and carry out policies to prevent the specific types of prohibited discrimination described in the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449B.125 and meet any other requirements prescribed by regulations of the Board; and (b) Post prominently on any Internet website used to market the agency the following statement: [Name of the agency to provide personal care services in the home] does not discriminate and does not permit discrimination, including, without limitation, bullying, abuse or harassment, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status, or based on association with another person on account of that person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status. 3. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to: (a) Require an agency to provide personal care services in the home or an employee or independent contractor thereof to take or refrain from taking any action in violation of reasonable medical standards; or (b) Prohibit an agency to provide personal care services in the home from adopting a policy that is applied uniformly and in a nondiscriminatory manner, including, without limitation, such a policy that bans or restricts sexual relations.