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2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 449A - Care and Rights of Patients
NRS 449A.206 - "Chemical restraint" defined.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 449A.206 (2022)
"Chemical restraint" means the administration of drugs to a person for the specific and exclusive purpose of controlling an acute or episodic behavior that places the person or others at a risk of harm when less restrictive alternative intervention techniques have failed to limit or control the behavior. The term does not include the administration of drugs prescribed by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse as standard treatment for the mental or physical condition of the person.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3247; A 2021, 3112)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 449.767)
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