Section 449A.203 - "Aversive intervention" defined"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:
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. Requiring a person to perform exercise under forced conditions if the: (a) Person is required to perform the exercise because the person 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(c) Nature of the person's disability prevents the person from engaging in the exercise;8. 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; or9. 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. 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.
Added to NRS by 1999, 3247; A 2013, 2288(Added to NRS by 1999, Ch. 597, § 69; A 2013, Ch. 417, § 27) - (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.766)