1. Unless an act committed in violation of this section constitutes sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366, a law enforcement officer who voluntarily engages in sexual conduct with a person who is under arrest or is currently detained by the law enforcement officer or any other law enforcement officer is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The consent of a person who was under arrest or detained by any law enforcement officer to any sexual conduct with a law enforcement officer is not a defense to a prosecution for any act prohibited by this section.
3. As used in this section, “sexual conduct”:
(a) Includes acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with another person’s clothed or unclothed genitals or pubic area to arouse, appeal to or gratify the sexual desires of a person.
(b) Does not include acts of a law enforcement officer that are performed to carry out the necessary duties of the law enforcement officer.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 836)
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