NRS 394.354 - “Aversive intervention” defined.

NV Rev Stat § 394.354 (2019) (N/A)

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“Aversive intervention” means any of the following actions if the action is used to punish a pupil with a disability or to eliminate, reduce or discourage maladaptive behavior of a pupil with a disability:

1. The use of noxious odors and tastes;

2. The use of water and other mists or sprays;

3. The use of blasts of air;

4. The use of corporal punishment;

5. The use of verbal and mental abuse;

6. The use of electric shock;

7. The administration of chemical restraint to a person;

8. The placement of a person alone in a room where release from the room is prohibited by a mechanism, including, without limitation, a lock, device or object positioned to hold the door closed or otherwise prevent the person from leaving the room;

9. Requiring a person to perform exercise under forced conditions if the:

(a) Person is required to perform exercise because he or she exhibited a behavior that is related to his or her disability;

(b) Exercise is harmful to the health of the person because of his or her disability; or

10. The deprivation of necessities needed to sustain the health of a person, regardless of the length of the deprivation, including, without limitation, the denial or unreasonable delay in the provision of:

(a) Food or liquid at a time when it is customarily served; or

(b) Medication.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3243)

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