Statute 392 4633

1. Corporal punishment must not be administered upon a pupil in any public school. 2. Subsection 1 does not prohibit any person from defending himself or herself if attacked by a pupil. 3. As used in this section, 'corporal punishment' means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon or the physical restraint of a pupil for disciplinary purposes. The term does not include the use of reasonable and necessary force: (a) To quell a disturbance that threatens physical injury to any person or the destruction of property; (b) To obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a pupil’s control; (c) For the purpose of self-defense or the defense of another person; or (d) To escort a disruptive pupil who refuses to go voluntarily with the proper authorities. (Added to NRS by 1960, 60; A 1979, 1616; 1987, 1013; 1993, 2622; 2009, 921; 2017, 2090)