{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-388.473","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 388.473","heading":"“Aversive intervention” defined.","body":"“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:\n1. The use of noxious odors and tastes;\n2. The use of water and other mists or sprays;\n3. The use of blasts of air;\n4. The use of corporal punishment;\n5. The use of verbal and mental abuse;\n6. The use of electric shock;\n7. The administration of chemical restraint to a person;\n8. 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;\n9. Requiring a person to perform exercise under forced conditions if the:\n(a) Person is required to perform the exercise because he or she exhibited a behavior that is related to his or her disability;\n(b) Exercise is harmful to the health of the person because of his or her disability; or\n(c) Nature of the person’s disability prevents him or her from engaging in the exercise; or\n10. 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:\n(a) Food or liquid at a time when it is customarily served; or\n(b) Medication.","path":["TITLE 34 — EDUCATION","CHAPTER 388 - SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION","PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES","Use of Aversive Intervention, Physical Restraint and Mechanical Restraint on Pupils With Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-388.html#NRS388Sec473","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:38Z","sha256":"0ce6d1d6a6dbf1602634cc9825d996fd9ce946067b84fdce7597132117dd5b31","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-388.471","next":"us-nv/nrs-388.476"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}