42-9.4-13. Retaliation -- Whistleblower protections.
(a)No agency, officer, or official shall take action…#
(a) No agency, officer, or official shall take action against an official, officer, or employee
for disclosing or threatening to disclose the existence of any activity constituting waste, fraud,
abuse, or mismanagement to the inspector general, unless the disclosure or threatened disclosure
was made with knowledge that the disclosure was false or was made with willful disregard for its
truth or falsity.
(b)Any report disclosed by the office may differ from the…#
(b) Any report disclosed by the office may differ from the complete written report in that
the inspector general shall have the discretion to redact or otherwise protect the names of
complainants and witnesses, or other information that, if not redacted, might compromise the
identity of a complainant or witness.