2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 392 - Pupils
NRS 392.4633 - Corporal punishment prohibited.
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)
