The Nevada Commission on Ethics on the morning of its meeting approved a stipulated agreement resolving complaint 24-109C against Charles Green, identified as the secretary-treasurer of the Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners.

Executive Director Russell Armstrong summarized the agreement to the commission. Armstrong said the commission initiated the complaint on Aug. 8, 2024, and a review panel referred the matter to the full commission after an investigation. The parties attended a settlement conference, and the matter was negotiated with Commissioner Lowery serving as settlement commissioner. Armstrong said the principal allegation was that Green “did not appropriately disclose or abstain during a public meeting of the board of homeopathic medical examiners” when the board considered compensating him for services.

Under the terms the commission approved, Green agreed to one non-willful violation of NRS 281A.420 (disclosure requirement), to pay a $500 monetary penalty with $250 suspended, to provide the board necessary information and materials to continue its work, to step down from the board (he no longer serves on the board), to complete training if he returns to public service, and to accept an admonishment from the commission. Armstrong told commissioners the statutory authority establishing the Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners contemplates that secretary-treasurer compensation may be payable under that statute and that Green had performed years of service for a small board with a small budget.

Commission counsel and the parties said the stipulation addressed related operational issues, including that there had been no call for disclosures at the meeting and that the Department of Business and Industry is also reviewing certain aspects of the matter. Commissioner Miller moved to accept the stipulated agreement and asked commission counsel to formalize it in appropriate legal form; the motion was seconded and approved.

Motion outcome: The chair announced the motion passed with a 5–0 tally and two abstentions; commissioners who abstained were recorded in the transcript as Commissioner Lowery and Vice Chair (recorded as) Rowland, and the chair and staff noted that Vice Chair Wallen and Commissioner Lowery were precluded from participating on the matter per NRS 281A.022(4) and therefore did not take part in the decision on the merits. The commission directed staff to formalize the agreement and enter the stipulated terms into the commission’s final opinion and order.

Why it matters: The agreement resolves a complaint about disclosure and abstention procedures for an appointed board and records both a monetary penalty and corrective conditions intended to permit the board to continue its functions. The commission’s action also illustrates the settlement pathway the agency uses for contested matters.