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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction
NRS 388.476 - "Chemical restraint" defined.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 388.476 (2020)
"Chemical restraint" means the administration of drugs for the specific and exclusive purpose of controlling an acute or episodic aggressive behavior when alternative intervention techniques have failed to limit or control the behavior. The term does not include the administration of drugs on a regular basis, as prescribed by a physician, to treat the symptoms of mental, physical, emotional or behavioral disorders and for assisting a person in gaining self-control over his or her impulses.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3237) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 388.522)
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