'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 n, 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. 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)
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