{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-449a.203","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 449A.203","heading":"“Aversive intervention” defined.","body":"“Aversive intervention” means any of the following actions if the action is used to punish a person with a disability or to eliminate, reduce or discourage maladaptive behavior of a person 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. Requiring a person to perform exercise under forced conditions if the:\n(a) Person is required to perform the exercise because the person 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 the person from engaging in the exercise;\n8. Any intervention, technique or procedure that deprives a person of the use of one or more of the person’s senses, regardless of the length of the deprivation, including, without limitation, the use of sensory screens; or\n9. 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.\nÊ The term does not include the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with NRS 449A.454 or 449A.500 to 449A.581, inclusive.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 449A - CARE AND RIGHTS OF PATIENTS","USE OF AVERSIVE INTERVENTION OR FORMS OF RESTRAINT ON PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-449A.html#NRS449ASec203","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"03e71b07e434464033b2137b776955fc519276a694724e8e2e6a8c6e62756d51","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-449a.200","next":"us-nv/nrs-449a.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}