“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.

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) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 449.766)