38-533. Exemptions


This article does not apply to an employee or former employee of a state university
or the board of regents which has in effect at the time a personnel action is taken
against the employee a rule or provision for the protection of its employees from
reprisal for the disclosure of information to a public body, except that the employee or
former employee may appeal the final administrative decision to the superior court as
provided in title 12, chapter 7, article 6. Notwithstanding section 12-910, an employee
or former employee who has been dismissed is entitled to a trial de novo in superior
court.