NRS449.766. “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; or

      9.  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.

Ê The term does not include the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with NRS 449.626 or 449.691 to 449.697, inclusive.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 3247; A 2013, 2288)